[Pkg-puppet-devel] puppet: Thanks for packaging puppet!

[Sven Mueller]

Alright, taking this discussion back onto the mailinglist (I'm subscribed,
by the way, and even part of the pkg-puppet project admins, even though I
never got around to doing anything).

On Mon, February 27, 2012 6:58 pm, micah anderson wrote:
>>
>> I've packaged ruby-hiera, but upstream lacks a license in the tarball.
>> This is fixable, it just takes some initiative and time. ...and the
>> package needs some testing on a working puppet master :)
>>
>> The next release of puppet (or puppet 2.7.12rc1) includes the "puppet
>> module" tool, so when that comes out, I guess packaging
>> "ruby-hiera-puppet" is not needed.
>
> Also, I submitted this bug six months ago:
>
> http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/9455
>
> but not much information there... I had the idea that it was going to be
> integrated upstream and packaging it independently would not be
> necessary.

Thanks for pinging on that bug. I voted on the bug now, and am not quite
sure if I should comment on it. We will see.

> Nevertheless, I'm not against making a package of this, making it a part
> of the pkg-puppet team repository and uploading it to debian. It can
> always be removed if/when this type of upstream integration makes it,
> and until then having it in debian would be a good way to get more
> testing.
>
> Sven, are you interested in taking on the items that Stig mentioned as
> the fixes to make the package work, and the license question, and make
> it happen? We can make space for you over here in the team! :)

Well, for one, I'm already an (inactive) part of the team. On the other
hand, I start a new job on thursday, and am not quite sure yet if I can
spare the time (especially since my other Debian packages are in dire need
for some attention and updates). But I will at least try get the license
question clarified. Then I will go further as time permits.

What I already promised is that I will test the packages on my puppet
server once they are available. I'm not sure if I can do much more. Did I
mention I hate git?

Regards,
Sven