Puppet users - Jan 2014 - How to do "base" setup in a role/profile configuration

Hi all,

I have a role/profile setup that's working quite well.  However, I'm 
finding that there are *super* simple things that don't really require the 
setup of their own module, such as installing "nano" or setting up a 
yumrepo {}.  Do I really need an MOTD module?  I have a profile::base class 
which includes things like ::ntp, which because it's a daemon and requires 
monitoring/service statements, etc. makes sense to keep separate.  But do I 
really need a yum module when I'm just calling yumrepo{} or package{} that 
install a few .rpm files?  And for installing general, un-managed packages 
like bash, nano, etc., surely I shouldn't create a component/module for 
each of those?  I think that'd be overkill.

I've thought about doing a few things.  Perhaps creating a
"general" class
that includes subclasses, like so:

include general::yum
include general::motd

Alternatively, inside the puppet "base" profile, I can have the
include
::ntp statements, and then also add some package{} and yumrepo{} 
statements... but not sure if that's anti role/profile.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.  Thank you!

-Matt

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