Install from PyPI package and keep up to date by default

[gdubicki]

Pull Request (PR) description

Puppetboard developers follow semver, use pre-releses and put a lot of effort into making the PyPI (and Docker) the best way to install the app.

vcsrepo installation method should be used only by the contributors (as: developers and testers of non-releases).

This Pull Request (PR) fixes the following issues

• The current default install method installs a non-release from a commit that is at the top of the main branch in voxpupuli/puppetboard and does not update it unless you provide a specific different revision. I would argue that this is not what a regular user would want. I think that a regular user wants to either pin a specific release OR keep puppetboard up to date from the final (stable) releases OR maybe keep up to date from the pre-releases.
• Using with packaged puppetboard #85

[gdubicki]

I was inspired by the original report of #353 in voxpupuli/puppetboard#680, as I was not even able to learn what Puppetboard version was he using based on his code...

[gdubicki]

Can you please check this out, @bastelfreak @smortex @kenyon?

The failing tests seem to be breaking on puppetdb, not puppetboard.

PS I know that this would need a major release as it's a backward-incompatible change but I think it's worth it.

[kenyon]

Seems like a good idea to me.

[smortex]

The failing tests seem to be breaking on puppetdb, not puppetboard.

I just merged #352 which should also fix your issues. Can you rebase on top of it?

From your working directory:

git fetch origin       # Download the latest code we have here
git rebase origin/master # Move your commits on top of the main branch
git push -f            # Send the changes (-f is required because we re-wrote history)

[gdubicki]

Done, @smortex, but I have to clean up some unnecessary changes, please hold on with merging.

[gdubicki]

Ok, done.

I have also added some extra validation as over the past few days I have learned the hard way that it's very easy to not get the version you expect if you mess up the params, if you don't have such validation. 🙄

[gdubicki]

What do you think, @smortex, is it merge’able now?

[gdubicki]

@smortex , @kenyon : can I please get a quick re-review of the recent changes before I merge?

[gdubicki]

Thanks @kenyon! ..but I actually don’t have the permissions to merge it on my own. 😞

[rledousa]

THANK YOU!!!