[compatibility improvement] Deprecate use of build-essentials and yum-epel cookbooks

[GitBytes]

Cookbook version

2.0.5/latest

Chef-client version

>= 14

Platform Details

Any supported

Scenario:

Trying to cut down on deprecation warnings (build-essentials cookbook) or manage Yum EPEL via other means more naturally.

Steps to Reproduce:

Include resources or recipes per README in a Chef 14 environment, attempt to use the Chef 14 build-essential resources manage EPEL (or just yum in general) in other ways outside of the yum-epel cookbook.

Expected Result:

Less dependencies when implementing this cookbook for configuration and letting the implementor manage dependencies outside of this cookbook which should be focused on nrpe, not how one manages yum-epel or build-essentials.

Actual Result:

Unexpected and unpredictable cookbook resolution results, resource naming conflicts, potential cookbook bloat, deprecation warnings in every Chef run. That should about do it for now I think.

Recommendation:

Move any current requirements to the testing fixture area of the cookbook if possible and make a couple more assumptions that things exist before deploying and configuring nrpe services.

Thanks! =)

[tas50]

build-essential can be dropped when we drop Chef 13 support, but we'll want to keep yum-epel around since that allows for a no touch setup of EPEL on hosts. It's used throughout the Chef community so removing it here doesn't accomplish much.

[GitBytes]

Is there a set timeline for that to happen yet @tas50? Thanks!

[GitBytes]

Also, to my point, my suggestion doesn't prevent Chef 13 from being compatible, there just might be the additional step of adding a dependency on the consumer side as they are able to transition from 13 > 14.
This would just be an additional dependency added to the test side only in the case of Chef 13 for example.

[damacus]

I think we drag our heels on this one until April and deprecate it then. Along with Chef-13! :)

Thanks for opening up an issue

[GitBytes]

Works for me! Thanks guys!

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