RoadMap (in priority order)¶

• Deprecate import (#12929)

  • stage one: figure out the UX for this

• Graph processing improvements

  • preserve containment relationships when processing graph on the client (#8040)
  • produce better dot output of the client graphs
  • work toward support for fixing #2198

• Structured fact data

  • Facter should support structured data for third party facts (boolean, array, hash) (#4561)
  • Puppet support for structured third party fact data

• Sort out the model for packages and non-portable options (#2247, #4113, #7463, #12843)

• Fix puppet doc on Ruby 1.9 (#11786)

• Make onlyif, unless, and maybe did I work global metaparameters (#651)

• Placeholder for “MD5 issue” (scoping, and also #8120)

• Static Compiler (#6873)

  • Make the static compiler default (#12158)

• Catalog model changes

  • Need to be able to distinguish between multiple types of edges (#8040)
  • Need to be able to distinguish between ruby-defined types and manifest-defined types (#4415)
  • Deal with backward-compatibility issues (eg: can’t break older clients who don’t understand the new catalog format)

• Modules

  • Load “library” plugins that are used by multiple puppet functions and delivered via pluginsync (#4248)

• Environments

  • Masters cannot reliably distinguish between multiple versions of a type/function/plugin used in different environments (#12173)

• Autoloader

  • Bug #2384 – Provider features are validated at instantiation rather than run time

* Make autoloader more opinionated with a clearer mental model – autoloader (puppet code) – Enforce naming conventions for autoloading manifests (#5041, #5043, #5044) – create_resource doesn’t interact with autoloader well (#11912) – import has issues (#12397)

• Further type/provider pluginsync cleanup

  • Bug #2384 – Provider features are validated at instantiation rather than run time
  • Bug #6683 – Default provider still called even if provider specified

• Improve migration path from old scoping to new scoping (#14115)