extrepo: Why not for Ubuntu, only for Debian?

[mathieumd]

I tried to run the GitLab role on an Ubuntu, but debops.extrepo was skipping due to ansible_distribution != "Debian" (defaults/main.yml#L27)

Why limiting to Debian only?

I manually installed extrepo on the machine, enabled gitlab_ce, then the role could continue.

sudo apt install extrepo
sudo extrepo enable gitlab_ce
sudo apt update

So it looks like (from my view of someone who has just discovered Extrepo!) it could be enable for Ubuntu machines too, no?

[drybjed]

I was not aware that extrepo worked on Ubuntu as well. Thanks for the heads up, I'll update the condition.

[mathieumd]

It's worth mentioning, although obvious, that Debian APT package origin will not be the same as Ubuntu codename. For example, for GitLab installed through extrepo on an Ubuntu jammy, it's bookworm, not jammy:

lsb_release -cs
#jammy
apt-cache policy |grep gitlab-ce
#500 https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages
#    release v=1,o=packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce,a=bookworm,n=bookworm,l=gitlab-ce,c=main,b=amd64
#                                                         ^^^^^^^^   ^^^^^^^^

It must be anticipated, by example if using Unattended-Upgrades:

 unattended_upgrades__origins:
   - 'o=packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/{{gitlab_ce_ee}},n=${distro_codename},l={{gitlab_ce_ee}}'
+  - 'o=packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/{{gitlab_ce_ee}},n=bookworm,l={{gitlab_ce_ee}}'