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    Make roles more independent of one another · c10182e5
    Slavi Pantaleev authored
    With this change, the following roles are now only dependent
    on the minimal `matrix-base` role:
    - `matrix-corporal`
    - `matrix-coturn`
    - `matrix-mailer`
    - `matrix-mxisd`
    - `matrix-postgres`
    - `matrix-riot-web`
    - `matrix-synapse`
    
    The `matrix-nginx-proxy` role still does too much and remains
    dependent on the others.
    
    Wiring up the various (now-independent) roles happens
    via a glue variables file (`group_vars/matrix-servers`).
    It's triggered for all hosts in the `matrix-servers` group.
    
    According to Ansible's rules of priority, we have the following
    chain of inclusion/overriding now:
    - role defaults (mostly empty or good for independent usage)
    - playbook glue variables (`group_vars/matrix-servers`)
    - inventory host variables (`inventory/host_vars/matrix.<your-domain>`)
    
    All roles default to enabling their main component
    (e.g. `matrix_mxisd_enabled: true`, `matrix_riot_web_enabled: true`).
    Reasoning: if a role is included in a playbook (especially separately,
    in another playbook), it should "work" by default.
    
    Our playbook disables some of those if they are not generally useful
    (e.g. `matrix_corporal_enabled: false`).
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