A pm2rpm tool perhaps Todd? :-). On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Todd Zullinger <t...@pobox.com> wrote: > Michael Stahnke wrote: >> >> For the next major Puppet version, code-named Telly, we have some changes >> coming. This is the first in a series of emails around these changes and >> may require some input from the community. >> >> For Telly, the nagios types will be moved into a module. This allows them >> to be iterated on in isolation from the rest of Puppet's core release cycle >> and process. In the future we have plans to move several other types into >> modules that can be individually maintained, improved, tested and used. >> >> The module for Nagios will be available on the Forge. >> >> The upgrade path is the thing we need some feedback about. The basic >> steps to upgrade would be to setup a Telly master, and then install the >> Nagios module via the Puppet Module Tool, which ships integrated with >> 2.7.13+ and Telly. > > > Is it possible to package these modules for distros? In the past, we've had > a few requests to do this for third-party modules but we didn't do this > because there wasn't really any standard for it. With puppet module tool > being integrated now, perhaps that's something that can be reconsidered. > > I'm thinking that for folks using rpm, they'd rather see an update that > pulls in the same fucntionality as they had before. And even for new > installs, I'd personally prefer to install these things via rpm. If I > wanted to use a secondary package management system, I could use gems or > eggs or CPAN, but I don't. ;) > > I think it's good to split out these things, as it would allow us to > properly add a nagios dep to the hypothetical puppet-module-nagios package. > > -- > Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. > -- W. C. Fields >
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