[Pulp-list] meta-packages

[Stephen Benjamin]

On Thu, 2012-09-20 at 15:26 -0500, Jeff Ortel wrote:
> All,
> 
> As you know, pulp v2 is packaged into quite a few packages (RPMSs).  In 
> an effort to make this more manageable for users, we decided to provide 
> meta-packages that would bundle the platform packages + RPM support 
> packages.  We weren't 100% convinced this was the way to go but decided 
> to try it anyway.  After living with if for a bit, the bad taste in my 
> mouth just hasn't gone away and, in fact, has gotten worse with the 
> introduction of puppet support.  Nothing against the puppet support :) 
> If we continue using the meta-packages, users would do wonky things when 
> installing a pulp server with both RPM and puppet support.
> 
> Like:
> 
> # yum install pulp-rpm-server pulp-puppet-server
>
> This /seems/ like they're install two separate servers.
> 
> Unless there is objection, I plan to get rid of the meta-packages under 
> products/.  What does this mean for users?  It means that when 
> installing pulp, users will install the platform packages + the support 
> packages they need.  Here is what this will look like:
> 
> THE PULP SERVER:
> 
> # yum install pulp-server
> 
> ... and for RPM support:
> 
> # yum install pulp-rpm-plugins
> 
> For pulp-admin:
> 
> # yum install pulp-admin-client
> 
> ... and for RPM support:
> 
> # yum install pulp-rpm-admin-extensions
> 
> In both cases, yum depsolving does most of the work.
> 
> Here is the shortest version of how a user would install a pulp server + 
> RPM support & the admin client:
> 
> # yum install pulp-rpm-plugins pulp-rpm-admin-extensions
> 
> Again, yum depsolving does most of the work.
> 
> 
> ON THE CONSUMER:
> 
> # yum install 
>
> ... and for RPM support:
> 
> # yum install pulp-rpm-consumer-extensions
> 
> For the agent:
> 
> # yum install pulp-agent
> 
> .. and for RPM support:
> 
> # yum install pulp-rpm-handlers
> 
> Here is the short version:
> 
> # yum install pulp-rpm-consumer-extensions pulp-rpm-handlers
> 
> Users can also get creative with yum wildcards.
> 
> Still considering package groups in addition to this ....
> 
> Thoughts, Objections?

My first impression as an end-user of pulp is this is overly
complicated, why does it have to be so compartmentalized?  I don't know
why you should have to jump through hoops (albeit, small ones) to
install support for RPM repositories.  I think that "yum install
pulp-server" should give you a working pulp server with a set of core
functionality, and pulp-consumer should do the same.

For any automation cases, like in a kickstart or in puppet/chef/cfengine
it's much simpler to specify one package:

pulp-consumer

than it would be to have this:

pulp-consumer-client
pulp-rpm-consumer-extensions
pulp-agent
pulp-rpm-handlers

Just my $0.02.


- Steve


> -jeff
> 
> 
> 
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