puppetlabs / puppetlabs/puppet-resource_api

Ability to use arbitrary type aliases from modules

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enhancement
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Ruby
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Description

https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-specifications/blob/master/language/resource-api/README.md#puppet-4-data-types

Currently, only built-in Puppet 4 data types are usable. This is because the type information is required on the agent, but Puppet has not made it available yet. This work is tracked in PUP-7197. Even once that is implemented, modules will have to wait until the functionality is widely available before being able to rely on it.

Originally tracked in https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PDK-532

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Research direction

Start with the Puppet 4 data types section in the linked resource-api README and review the status of PUP-7197, which tracks the required agent functionality. Confirm how PDK-532 relates to this issue; done means module-defined type aliases can be used rather than only built-in Puppet 4 data types.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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