[Freeipa-devel] [freeipa PR#215][comment] Add script to setup krb5 NFS exports

[pvoborni]

  URL: https://github.com/freeipa/freeipa/pull/215
Title: #215: Add script to setup krb5 NFS exports

pvoborni commented:
"""
Justin, pasting here re-phrased mail I wrote you on Dec 5. 

This is a tool which integrates external host with FreeIPA. It is written in a way that it can exist completely outside of FreeIPA git repository.  Thinking more about it. It might be actually better to write an Ansible module which would configure server as a NFS server and join it to FreeIPA realm. We will be working on better Ansible integration in very close future. 

Technical/maintenance side of the patch: tools merged in FreeIPA repository are then maintained by FreeIPA core team.  Problem is that the tool is written in a way that it doesn't use any internal FreeIPA calls and thus reimplements IPA logic, it makes it hard to maintain. To make it easier to maintain it would be better to reuse IPA internal calls. But it doesn't make sense for you to spend time on rewriting it according to upstream rules nor it doesn't make sense for upstream developer to modify your code according to it (this would be faster for both sides then former review ping-pong). So it would be preferred to maintain it elsewhere.

The proposal/general agreement on FreeIPA triage was:
- move this script into separate git repo, e.g. on Git Hub. That way fixing the script doesn't have to rely on FreeIPA schedule. It might be your repo or maybe under FreeIPA org if you prefer it.
- FreeIPA upstream will create wiki page where we will list similar contribution (like https://github.com/peterpakos/ipa_check_consistency/ ) and add it there so it would be discoverable
- FreeIPA upstream will also make it discoverable from installed rpms - https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/6536
- if the project receives high enough popularity - will be widely use it may be considered for rewrite and including it into IPA core

What was not discuss but may be a good thing is to create integration travis tests in  the separate repo which would test the script so it can be tested automatically.
"""

See the full comment at https://github.com/freeipa/freeipa/pull/215#issuecomment-279784708