inheritence and version overrides

[nvalentine-puppetlabs]

Heads up... I've not yet tracked down all of these issues here but if you classify as such:

class { 'splunk::linux_forwarder':
  splunk_ver = <some non-default value>,
}

you won't get the version specified due to the way the default version is specified in params and set in the implementation class via inheritance. I believe that the use of way inheritance is used in this module may mean there are other similar issues.

[reidmv]

Yeah, the problem here is an overarching module/parameter design issue. We're strapped for time but definitely agree, this needs an overhaul.

[crayfishx]

This issue hasn't had any updates in nearly 3 years and nothing seems to refer to a remaining problem so I'm going to mark this as closed... if there is still an issue around this please feel free to re-open and add more up to date details.... thanks.