On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 6:09 AM, David Schmitt <da...@dasz.at> wrote: > On 6/7/2010 2:51 PM, Michael DeHaan wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 3:18 AM, Marc Fournier >> <marc.fourn...@camptocamp.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> My question is this. Are the modules intended to be used with the >>>> author-modulename naming convention? If so, did I do something wrong >>>> or is there something wrong with the camptocamp-apt module that is not >>>> allowing this? >>>> >>> >>> This module was indeed made to be used as "apt" not "camptocamp-apt". >>> You raise an interesting question, which I'm not sure of the answer... >>> >>> Should module authors modify their modules to match the forge >>> namespace ? Or is it expected that users rename modules downloaded from >>> the forge before using them ? >>> >>> Does anyone have an idea of right the way to do this ? >>> >>> Marc >>> >> >> The intent is to have the modules downloaded from the module tool, as >> with RPM, though obviously if you grab them via the download button >> they can be named whatever they like. >> >> I think the modules should be written so that they assume they are >> named after what they are in forge. >> >> (It seems we should be making a better note of that in the >> instructions for the module tool.) >> > > > Wouldn't that break autoloading, if say the "apache" class is stored in > $moduledir/DavidSchmitt-apache ? Or are you suggesting that the class should > also be called "DavidSchmitt-apache"? > > I can see the benefits of the latter (regarding namespacing and such), but > I suspect I should quickly change my moniker on the forge if that's the case > :-) >
I would prefer shortname, let puppet fail when there are collisions. Or maybe initials could be used for namespacing. ds_apache (tough luck Danielle Steel) > > > Best Regards, David > -- > dasz.at OG Tel: +43 (0)664 2602670 Web: http://dasz.at > Klosterneuburg UID: ATU64260999 > > FB-Nr.: FN 309285 g FB-Gericht: LG Korneuburg > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<puppet-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@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.
