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| author | Tim Smith <tsmith@chef.io> | 2020-12-09 21:50:16 -0800 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-12-09 21:50:16 -0800 |
| commit | 0a29892953b07ba1fded119f5aef364e14c7dd07 (patch) | |
| tree | 231b41df8ba533f18ba10b097a82b89672f3278d | |
| parent | 7e66d4d3fb92698d50b61f6cf6b7f8365a4b47cf (diff) | |
| download | chef-0a29892953b07ba1fded119f5aef364e14c7dd07.tar.gz | |
Add Chef Infra Client 16.8 release notes (#10725)
Signed-off-by: Tim Smith <tsmith@chef.io>
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diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md index 3151158572..685580d0aa 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md @@ -1,5 +1,34 @@ This file holds "in progress" release notes for the current release under development and is intended for consumption by the Chef Documentation team. Please see <https://docs.chef.io/release_notes/> for the official Chef release notes. +# What's New in 16.8 + +## Updated Resources + +### dsc_resource / dsc_script + +The `dsc_resource` and `dsc_script` resources have been updated to use the `powershell_exec` helper for significantly improved performance executing the PowerShell commands. + +### hostname + +The `hostname` resource has been updated to prevent failures when the default system hostname is set on macOS hosts. + +### remote_file + +The `remote_file` resource has been updated to use certificates located in Chef Infra Client's `trusted_certificates` directory. Thanks for reporting this issue [@carguel](https://github.com/carguel/)! + +### windows_certificate + +The `windows_certificate` has been updated with a new `exportable` property that marks PFX files as exportable in the certificate store. + +## Ohai Improvements + +- A new optional `Grub2` plugin can be enabled to expose GRUB2 environment variables. +- Linode cloud detection has been improved. + +## Platform Packages + +We are once again building packages for Solaris on Sparc and x86 platforms. + # What's New in 16.7 ## Performance Enhancements @@ -18,7 +47,7 @@ We've updated the release of `chef-vault` bundled with Chef Infra Client to 4.1. ### build_essential -The `build_essential` resource has been updated to resolve idempotency issues and greatly improve performance on macOS hosts. +The `build_essential` resource has been updated to resolve idempotency issues and greatly improve performance on macOS hosts. ### chef_client_config |