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| author | Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org> | 2017-03-16 16:08:47 -0700 |
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| committer | Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org> | 2017-03-17 09:05:14 -0700 |
| commit | 7ae99fe1c5e47fe306965393528c619b822322d3 (patch) | |
| tree | 5e813b093d95960d5f55dfe7f6ecc65df95a57fa | |
| parent | 99d808cc95fbb72133e11d7f87a83a8afc2ba98e (diff) | |
| download | chef-7ae99fe1c5e47fe306965393528c619b822322d3.tar.gz | |
add RELEASE_NOTES
Signed-off-by: Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org>
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diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md index 28468a1667..6ebd586b7b 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md @@ -92,3 +92,11 @@ now correctly use the `node.dup` or `node.to_hash` methods, or you should mutate ### The Chef::REST API has been removed It has been fully replaced with `Chef::ServerAPI` in chef-client code. + +### Properties overriding methods now raise an error + +Defining a property that overrides methods defined on the base ruby `Object` or on `Chef::Resource` itself can cause large amounts of +confusion. A simple example is `property :hash` which overrides the Object#hash method which will confuse ruby when the Custom Resource +is placed into the Chef::ResourceCollection which uses a Hash internally which expects to call Object#hash to get a unique id for the +object. Attempting to create `property :action` would also override the Chef::Resource#action method which is unlikely to end well for +the user. Overriding inherited properties is still supported. |