Hi, On 01/28/2012 04:35 PM, Trevor Vaughan wrote: > Drawbacks: > > * Requires the user to have an explicit working knowledge of all modules and namespaces > * Adds a lot of random logic to the code (unless it becomes a metaparam of some sort)
You skipped the most important drawback: Commitment to parameterized classes. The fact that there can be only one place that includes those classes, and that this singular place must have the whole picture of what requirements are met, is conceivably a show stopper from my point of view. This will work for people that have a functional ENC, I guess, but should that be a requirement for using Forge modules? Furthermore, how can modules hope to ever interoperate like this? If all module classes get parameterized, it will be outright impossible for one module to ever include another module's classes. Say module A includes class B::C. As soon as a user installs module A in addition to B, they have to clean their manifests of inclusions of B::C. On 01/29/2012 07:39 AM, Brian Gupta wrote: > It frightens me a bit that I think the "correct" solution, will be to > replicate what the distros are doing in Puppetforge. Basically turning > puppetforge into a massive cross distro metadata repo, with very strict > contribution standards and rules. This would involve strong rules for > curated modules that would require manpower to vet (and to > contribute the modules). I honestly don't see the problem. Imagine CPAN was limited to downloads of tarballs from the website (or even souce control checkouts). I disbelieve it would be as significant today as it has become. The same goes for Ruby Gems and all such systems. As this seems to be a recurring theme: Am I wrong to compare these to the Forge? Sincerely, Felix -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
