diff --git a/rfcs/0001-adding-package-logic-to-loader.md b/rfcs/0001-adding-package-logic-to-loader.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..345bf7f5ad --- /dev/null +++ b/rfcs/0001-adding-package-logic-to-loader.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +- Feature Name: adding_python_package_logic_to_loader +- Start Date: 2018-06-29 +- RFC PR: +- Salt Issue: + +# Summary +[summary]: #summary + +Add support for python packages to the loader. Instead of just having +apache.py, we would have `salt/modules/apache/__init__.py`, and all the other +modules under that directory loaded in the `apache.` namespace that +we already have. + +# Motivation +[motivation]: #motivation + +Split modules out into different git repositories, and allow the community more control to help maintain them. + +# Design +[design]: #detailed-design + +This should be pretty straight forward, we should be able to use the same +_module_dirs that we are using now, and iterate over the files, and if they are +a directory, then we load all of the modules underneath it into the namespace +of the directory. + +Heirarchy would be alphabetical, and we would need to log messages if the +function exists in an earlier file that has been loaded. + +## Alternatives +[alternatives]: #alternatives + +## Unresolved questions +[unresolved]: #unresolved-questions + +# Drawbacks +[drawbacks]: #drawbacks