On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 09:06:10 -0400, Justin W. Flory wrote:
> On 10/4/18 12:51 AM, Michael DePaulo wrote:
> > The few fellow Fedora contributors I've talked to (including mattdm)
> > like the idea of listing linux-system-roles on fedora-join after a
> > brief high-level discussion. It could be advertised towards anyone
> > who knows how to write Ansible playbooks/roles (no module writing in
> > Python); a very broad skill set nowadays.
> >
> > What do people here think?
> >
>
> Hi Mike! Thanks for sharing this here. I am learning about the
> linux-system-roles for the first time too now. :)
>
> Could you elaborate on what you mean on listing the roles / project on
> fedora-join? I think it's a cool resource for beginners working with
> Ansible (perhaps relevant for Fedora Infrastructure Apprentices), but I
> was curious if you had an idea of what this might look like for Fedora Join.
Although useful for Fedora Infrastructure Apprentices also, I am under the impression that linux-system-roles is supposed to be part of Fedora itself, presumably Server edition. I will ask about that in a few hours.
Pavel Cahyna and I are working on getting it packaged in Fedora. It would not be installed by default in Fedora Server, but it could be a talking point (if it arrives for F29.)
After some discussion, we will hold off on listing it here even once it is packaged.
The reason being that linux-system-roles is currently kind of cathedral-like. *At this time*, and *based on my understanding*, the project only wants improvements to the existing roles. We don't want to promote linux-system-roles on fedora-join, and then existing Ansible roles authors (with their roles on Ansible Galaxy) ask for their roles to be included, and the project tells them "no". This should change in the future though.