Hi folks TL;DR we want to remove support for old style local charm repositories in Juju 2.0
Hopefully everyone is aware that Juju 2.0 and the charm store will support multi-series charms. To recap, a multi-series charm is one which can declare that it supports more than just the one series; you no longer need to have a separate copy of the charm for precise vs trusty vs xenial. Note that all series must be for the same OS so you'll still need separate charm sources for Windows vs Ubuntu vs Centos. Here's a link to the release notes https://jujucharms.com/docs/devel/temp-release-notes#multi-series-charms Juju 2.0 will also support deploying bundles natively https://jujucharms.com/docs/devel/temp-release-notes#native-support-for-charm-bundles So, with multi-series charm support, local charm deployment is now also a lot easier. Back in Juju 1.x, to deploy local charms you needed to set up a so-called charm repository, with a proscribed directory layout. The directory layout has one directory per series. _ mycharms |_precise |_mysql |_trusty |_mysql |_bundle |_openstack You deployed using a local URL syntax: $ juju deploy --repository ~/mycharms local:trusty/mysql $ juju deploy --repository ~/mycharms local:bundle/openstack The above structure was fine for when charms were duplicated for each series. But one of the limitations is that you can't easily git checkout mycharm and deploy straight from the vcs source on disk. Juju 2.0 supports deploying charms and bundles straight from any directory, including where you've checked out your launchpad/github charm source. $ juju deploy ~/mygithubstuff/mysql $ juju deploy ~/mygithubstuff/openstack/bundle.yaml So the above combined with the consolidation of charms for many series into the one source tree means that the old local repo support is not needed. Will anyone complain if we drop local repos in Juju 2.0? Is there a use case where it's absolutely required to retain this? -- Juju-dev mailing list Juju-dev@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/juju-dev
