Optionally load provider config from /etc/opk/providers.d

[markafarrell]

Optionally load providers from /etc/opk/providers.d

Fixes #107

[Foxboron]

I don't want to complicate this further, but could we support a proper hierarchy of files? The UAPI group, a collection of linux distro, has a "Configuration Files Specification" that allows a hierarchy of files in which we could provide system defaults and overrides.

I suspect it would be nice to implement this with /etc/opk/providers.d now or later.

https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/configuration_files_specification/

[EthanHeilman]

I suspect it would be nice to implement this with /etc/opk/providers.d now or later.

For the sake of not having to worry about upgrades, we should do this now. A good chunk of the code is the upcoming release will be around configuration files. This is exactly the right moment to get our ducks in a row. Can you open a PR or issue that proposes what changes we need to make?

[markafarrell]

@EthanHeilman Did we want to try to support the current format and a new yaml based format? Or are we happy to just throw away the current format and only support a new yaml based format for provider configuration for future releases?

[markafarrell]

@Foxboron @EthanHeilman I have created a new issue #115 to discuss the possible format for provider configuration

[EthanHeilman]

Did we want to try to support the current format and a new yaml based format? Or are we happy to just throw away the current format and only support a new yaml based format for provider configuration for future releases?

I'm still thinking about the yaml format.

I don't think we can throw away the current format.