Dependency on puppetlabs-ruby constrains use

[dcj]

The puppetlabs-ruby module only supports Debian and Redhat based systems, so when I attempt to use this r10k module on another OS, (e.g. OS X/Darwin), it fails.

It would be a nice enhancement if there was a way to use this r10k module on a broader set of machines....

[igalic]

@dcj the way to go is to fix those modules then ;)

[dcj]

@igalic Agreed, but it my current impression that puppet labs only supports specific OSes with their PE product, and these modules are intended to support only that product, and therefore they aren't interested in additions for other OSes.

[igalic]

That is not entirely true. While puppetlabs is highly focused on getting support for PE supported platforms into supported modules, that doesn't mean that they will leave the FOSS community by the side.

If you can update puppetlabs-ruby to support your favourite OS, and include Documentation and spec tests / acceptance tests (if possible / necessary), there is no reason why that shouldn't get merged.

[acidprime]

Typically they will take any well thought out code they can test against

[acidprime]

I would be interested in getting this module working on darwin though, so please file any thing thats not working.

[acidprime]

Seems like the ignore option in this PR #67 might solve this in a round about fashion

[acidprime]

also now that puppet is supported on Mac OS X pe_gem should just work

[acidprime]

closing this now that #67 is merged in v2.3.0