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| author | danielsdeleo <dan@getchef.com> | 2014-08-12 12:11:03 -0700 |
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| committer | danielsdeleo <dan@getchef.com> | 2014-08-12 12:11:03 -0700 |
| commit | d9601d8df71d8b680e4b9e14ed49f14d91813d30 (patch) | |
| tree | af4a2e2bc14dfb50912e4bfcacf668c33deced82 | |
| parent | ba82dc821311e99238260bef01bc3c20c823d523 (diff) | |
| download | chef-d9601d8df71d8b680e4b9e14ed49f14d91813d30.tar.gz | |
Update release notes and doc changes files for metadata name change
| -rw-r--r-- | DOC_CHANGES.md | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | RELEASE_NOTES.md | 8 |
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diff --git a/DOC_CHANGES.md b/DOC_CHANGES.md index b1121e2bf4..c036433b87 100644 --- a/DOC_CHANGES.md +++ b/DOC_CHANGES.md @@ -6,3 +6,11 @@ Example Doc Change: Description of the required change. --> +### Metadata `name` Attribute is Required. + +Current documentation states: + +> The name of the cookbook. This field is inferred unless specified. + +This is no longer correct as of 12.0. The `name` field is required; if +it is not specified, an error will be raised if it is not specified. diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md index cefea25f42..db14882996 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md @@ -1,5 +1,13 @@ # Chef Client Release Notes 12.0.0: +## `name` Attribute is Required in Metadata + +Previously, the `name` attribute in metadata had no effect on the name +of an uploaded cookbook, instead the name was always inferred from the +directory basename of the cookbook. The `name` attribute is now +respected when determining the name of a cookbook. Furthermore, the +`name` attribute is required when loading/uploading cookbooks. + ## http_request resource no longer appends query string Previously the http_request GET and HEAD requests appended a hard-coded "?message=resource_name" |