Merge pull request #1285 from opscode/new-policy-files

New policy files for Chef Client.

7 files changed, 147 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+# Chef Client Changelog
+
+## Unreleased
+
+* Improves syntax check speed for Ruby 1.9+, especially when using bundler.
+* Send X-Remote-Request-Id header in order to be able to correlate actions during a single run.
+* Fix for CHEF-5048.
+* Fix for CHEF-5052.
+* Fix for CHEF-5018.
+* Add --validator option to `knife client create` to be able to create validator clients via knife.
+* Add --force option to `knife client delete` in order to prevent accidental deletion of validator clients.
+* Add -r / --runlist option to chef-client which permanently sets or changes the run_list of a node.
+
+## Last Release: 11.10.0 (02/06/2014)
+
+http://docs.opscode.com/release/11-10/release_notes.html
diff --git a/CHEF_MVPS.md b/CHEF_MVPS.md
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+### Chef is proud of our community!
+
+Every release of Chef we pick someone from the community to name as the Most Valuable Player for that release. It could be someone who provided a big feature, reported a security vulnerability, or someone doing great things in the community that we want to highlight.
+
+#### Hall of Fame
+
+After receiving three MVP awards, we add someone to the hall of fame. We want to express our gratitude to their continuing participation and give newer community members the opportunity to be reconignized.
+
+* Matthew Kent
+* Doug MacEachern
+* Tollef Fog Heen
+* Thom May
+* Bryan Berry
+* Bryan McLellan
+
+#### The MVP recipients
+
+| Release | Date | MVP |
+|---------|------|-----|
+| [Client 11.10.4](http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/02/20/chef-client-patch-release-11-10-4/) | 2014-02-20 | Jon Cowie |
+| [Client 11.10.2](http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/02/18/chef-client-release-11-10-2-10-30-4/) | 2014-02-18 | Eric Tucker |
+| [Client 11.10.0](http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/02/06/chef-client-11-10-0-release/) | 2014-02-06 | Nikhil Benesch |
+| [Client 11.8.2](http://www.getchef.com/blog/2013/12/06/release-chef-client-10-30-2-11-8-2-mixlib-shellout-1-3-0/) | 2013-12-06 | James Ogden |
+| [Client 11.8.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/10/31/release-chef-client-11-8-0-ohai-6-20-0/) | 2013-10-31 | Eric Saxby |
+| [Client 11.6.2](http://www.getchef.com/blog/2013/10/08/release-chef-client-11-6-2-10-28-2/) | 2013-10-08 | Jeff Blaine |
+| [Client 11.6.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/07/23/chef-client-11-6-0-ohai-6-18-0-and-more/) | 2013-07-23 | Jesse Campbell |
+| [Client 11.4.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/02/13/chef-client-11-4-0-10-22-0-released/) | 2013-02-13 | Vaidas Jablonskis |
+| [Client 11.2.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/02/07/chef-client-11-2-0-10-20-0-released/) | 2013-02-06 | Mike Javorski |
+| [Chef 11.0.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/02/04/chef-11-released/) | 2013-02-04 | Andrea Campi, Bryan Berry |
+| [Chef 10.30.4](http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/02/18/chef-client-release-11-10-2-10-30-4/) | 2014-02-18 | Christopher Laco |
+| [Chef 10.30.2](http://www.getchef.com/blog/2013/12/06/release-chef-client-10-30-2-11-8-2-mixlib-shellout-1-3-0/) | 2013-12-06 | Phil Dibowitz |
+| [Chef 10.28.2](http://www.getchef.com/blog/2013/10/08/release-chef-client-11-6-2-10-28-2/) | 2013-10-08 | Jeff Blaine |
+| [Chef 10.28.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/09/03/chef-10-28-0-released/) | 2013-09-03 | Jeff Blaine |
+| [Chef 10.26.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/05/08/chef-10-26-0-released/) | 2013-05-08 | Ranjib Dey |
+| [Chef 10.24.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/02/15/chef-server-11-0-6-and-10-24-0-released/) | 2013-02-15 | Anthony Goddard |
+| [Chef 10.22.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/02/13/chef-client-11-4-0-10-22-0-released/) | 2013-02-13 | Brian Bianco |
+| [Chef 10.20.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/02/07/chef-client-11-2-0-10-20-0-released/) | 2013-02-06 | Chris Roberts |
+| [Chef 10.18.2](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/01/18/chef-10-18-2-bugfix-release/) | 2013-01-18 | Fletcher Nichol |
+| [Chef 10.18.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/01/16/chef-10-18-0-released/) | 2013-01-16 | Xabier de Zuazo |
+| [Chef 10.16.6](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/01/11/chef-10-16-6-security-release/) | 2013-01-11 | Dan Kubb |
+| [Chef 10.16.4](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2012/12/26/chef-10-16-4-released/) | 2012-12-26 | Avishai Ish-Shalom |
+| [Chef 10.16.2](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2012/10/26/chef-10-16-2-released/) | 2012-10-26 | Jamie Winsor |
+| [Chef 10.16.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2012/10/22/chef-10-16-0-released/) | 2012-10-22 | John Dewey |
+| [Chef 10.14.4](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2012/09/28/chef-10-14-4-released/) | 2012-09-27 | Kendrick Martin |
+| [Chef 10.14.2](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2012/09/11/chef-10-14-2-released/) | 2012-09-10 | Phil Dibowitz, Tim Smith |
+| [Chef 10.14.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2012/09/07/chef-10-14-0-released/) | 2012-09-07 | Xabier de Zuazo |
+| [Chef 10.12.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2012/06/19/chef-10-12-0-released/) | 2012-06-18 | Chris Roberts |
+| [Chef 0.10.10](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2012/05/11/chef-0-10-10-released/) | 2012-05-11 | Juanje Ojeda, Igor Afonov |
+| [Chef 0.10.8](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2011/12/15/chef-0-10-8-released/) | 2011-12-15 | Bryan Berry |
+| [Chef 0.10.6](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2011/12/14/chef-0-10-6-released/) | 2011-12-13 | Andrea Campi |
+| [Chef 0.10.4](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2011/08/11/chef-0-10-4-released/) | 2011-08-11 | Matthew Kent |
+| [Chef 0.10.2](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2011/06/29/chef-0-10-2-and-0-9-18-released/) | 2011-06-29 | Daniel Oliver |
+| [Chef 0.10.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2011/05/02/chef-0-10-0-released/) | 2011-05-02 | Grace Mollison, Darrin Eden |
+| [Chef 0.9.18](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2011/06/29/chef-0-10-2-and-0-9-18-released/) | 2011-06-29 | Jesai Langenbach |
+| [Chef 0.9.16](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2011/04/15/chef-0-9-16-released/) | 2011-04-15 | Michael Leinartas |
+| [Chef 0.9.14](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2011/03/04/chef-0-9-14-released/) | 2011-03-04 | Gilles Devaux |
+| [Chef 0.9.12](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2010/10/22/chef-0-9-12-released/) | 2010-10-22 | Laurent Désarmes |
+| [Chef 0.9.10](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2010/10/19/chef-0-9-10-ohai-0-5-8-and-mixliblog-1-2-0-released/) | 2010-10-19 | Toomas Pelberg, Tommy Bishop |
+| [Chef 0.9.8](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2010/08/05/chef-0-9-8-and-mixlib-authentication-1-1-4-released/) | 2010-08-05 | Joe Williams |
+| [Chef 0.9.6](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2010/07/03/chef-0-9-6-released/) | 2010-07-03 | Caleb Tennis |
+| [Chef 0.9.4](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2010/06/30/chef-0-9-4-released/) | 2010-06-30 | Ian Meyer |
+| [Chef 0.9.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2010/06/21/chef-0-9-0-and-ohai-0-5-6-released/) | 2010-06-21 | Doug MacEachern |
+| [Chef 0.8.16](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2010/05/11/chef-0-8-16-and-ohai-0-5-4-release/) | 2010-05-11 | Akzhan Abdulin |
+| [Chef 0.8.14](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2010/05/07/chef-0-8-14-release/) | 2010-05-07 | Renaud Chaput |
+| [Chef 0.8.10](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2010/04/02/chef-0-8-10-release/) | 2010-04-02 | Thom May, Tollef Fog Heen |
+| [Chef 0.8.8](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2010/03/18/chef-0-8-8-release/) | 2010-03-18 | Eric Hankins |
+| [Chef 0.8.6](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2010/03/05/chef-0-8-6-release/) | 2010-03-05 | Ian Meyer |
+| [Chef 0.8.4](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2010/03/02/chef-0-8-4-release/) | 2010-03-02 | Tollef Fog Heen |
+| [Chef 0.8.2](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2010/03/01/chef-0-8-2-release/) | 2010-03-01 | Scott M. Likens |
+| [Chef 0.7.16](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2009/12/22/chef-0-7-16-release/) | 2009-12-22 | Bryan McLellan |
+| [Chef 0.7.14](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2009/10/26/chef-0-7-14-ohai-0-3-6-releases/) | 2009-10-16 | Thom May |
+| [Chef 0.7.12](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2009/10/06/chef-0-7-12rc0-ohai-0-3-4rc0-releases/) | 2009-10-06 | Diego Algorta |
+| [Chef 0.7.10](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2009/09/04/chef-0-7-10-release/) | 2009-09-04 | Dan DeLeo |
+| [Chef 0.7.8](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2009/08/13/chef-0-7-8-release/) | 2009-08-13 | Jeppe Nejsum Madsen |
+| [Chef 0.7.6](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2009/08/08/chef-0-7-6-release/) | 2009-08-08 | Grant Zanetti |
+| [Chef 0.7.4](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2009/06/26/back-to-back-chef-0-7-2-and-chef-0-7-4-released/) | 2009-06-26 | Hongli Lai |
+| [Chef 0.7.2](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2009/06/26/back-to-back-chef-0-7-2-and-chef-0-7-4-released/) | 2009-06-26 | Joshua Sierles |
+| [Chef 0.7.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2009/06/10/chef-0-7-0-release/) | 2009-06-10 | Matthew Kent |
+| [Chef 0.6.2](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2009/04/29/chef-0-6-2-release/) | 2009-04-29 | David Balatero |
+| [Chef 0.6.0](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2009/04/29/chef-0-6-0-release/) | 2009-04-29 | Matthew Kent |
+| [Chef 0.5.6](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2009/03/06/chef-0-5-6/) | 2009-03-06 | Sean Cribbs |
+| [Chef 0.5.4](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2009/02/13/chef-0-5-4/) | 2009-02-13 | Arjuna Christensen |
+| [Chef 0.5.2](http://www.opscode.com/blog/2009/02/01/chef-0-5-2-and-ohai-0-1-4/) | 2009-02-01 | Bryan McLellan |
+
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 523fadc45f..9d9839fd5c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Chef uses the Apache 2.0 license to strike a balance between open contribution a
 The license tells you what rights you have that are provided by the copyright holder. It is important that the contributor fully understands what rights
 they are licensing and agrees to them. Sometimes the copyright holder isn't the contributor, most often when the contributor is doing work for a company.
 
-To make a good faith effort to ensure these criteria are met, Opscode requires a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) or a Corporate Contributor License
+To make a good faith effort to ensure these criteria are met, Chef requires a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) or a Corporate Contributor License
 Agreement (CCLA) for all contributions. This is without exception due to some matters not being related to copyright and to avoid having to continually
 check with our lawyers about small patches.
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ helpful to be clear about your use case and change so they can understand it eve
 
 ### Github and Pull Requests
 
-All of Opscode's open source projects are available on [Github](http://www.github.com/opscode).
+All of Chef's open source projects are available on [Github](http://www.github.com/opscode).
 
 We don't require you to use Github, and we will even take patch diffs attached to tickets on the tracker.
 However Github has a lot of convenient features, such as being able to see a diff of changes between a
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ and accounting for it.
 
 ## Code Review
 
-Opscode regularly reviews code contributions and provides suggestions for improvement in the code itself or the implementation.
+Chef regularly reviews code contributions and provides suggestions for improvement in the code itself or the implementation.
 
 We find contributions by searching the ticket tracker for _resolved_ tickets with a status of _fixed_. If we have feedback we will
 reopen the ticket and you should resolve it again when you've made the changes or have a response to our feedback. When we believe
@@ -134,14 +134,14 @@ The versioning for the Chef project is X.Y.Z.
 * Y is a minor release, which adds both new features and bug fixes
 * Z is a patch release, which adds just bug fixes
 
-Major releases and have historically been once a year. Minor releases for Chef average every two months and patch releases come as needed.
+Major releases have historically been once a year. Minor releases for Chef average every three months and patch releases come as needed.
 
 There are usually beta releases and release candidates (RC) of major and minor releases announced on
 the [chef-dev mailing list](http://lists.opscode.com/sympa/info/chef-dev). Once an RC is released, we wait at least three
 days to allow for testing for regressions before the final release. If a blocking regression is found then another RC is made containing
 the fix and the timer is reset.
 
-Once the official release is made, the release notes are available on the [Opscode blog](http://www.opscode.com/blog).
+Once the official release is made, the release notes are available on the [Chef blog](http://www.getchef.com/blog).
 
 ## Working with the community
 
@@ -151,5 +151,5 @@ These resources will help you learn more about Chef and connect to other members
 * #chef and #chef-hacking IRC channels on irc.freenode.net
 * [Community Cookbook site](http://community.opscode.com)
 * [Chef wiki](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef)
-* Opscode Chef [product page](http://www.opscode.com/chef)
+* Chef [product page](http://www.getchef.com/chef)
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTIONS.md b/CONTRIBUTIONS.md
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+<!---
+This file is reset every time a new release is done. The contents of this file are for the currently unreleased version.
+
+Example Contribution:
+* **kalistec**: Improved file resource greatly.
+-->
+# Chef Client Contributions:
+
+* **jonlives**: Changed the order of recipe and cookbook name setting. Fixes CHEF-5052.
+
diff --git a/DOC_CHANGES.md b/DOC_CHANGES.md
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+<!---
+This file is reset every time a new release is done. This file describes changes that have not yet been released.
+
+Example Doc Change:
+### Headline for the required change
+Description of the required change.
+-->
+
+# Chef Client Doc Changes:
+
+### --validator option for `knife client create`
+Boolean value. If set to true, knife creates a validator client o.w. it creates a user client. Default is false.
+
+###  --force for `knife client delete`
+Option that is required to be specified if user is attempting to delete a validator client. No effect while deleting a user client.
+
+### -r / --runlist option for chef-client
+Option similar to `-o` which sets or changes the run_list of a node permanently.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 61f2587673..1c8e58d115 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Then get the source and install it:
 
 Before working on the code, if you plan to contribute your changes, you need to
 read the
-[Opscode Contributing document](http://docs.opscode.com/community_contributions.html).
+[Chef Contributions document](http://docs.opscode.com/community_contributions.html).
 
 You will also need to set up the repository with the appropriate branches. We
 document the process on the
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
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+<!---
+This file is reset every time a new release is done. The contents of this file are for the currently unreleased version.
+
+Example Note:
+
+## Example Heading
+Details about the thing that changed that needs to get included in the Release Notes in markdown.
+-->
+# Chef Client Release Notes:
+
+
+# Chef Client Breaking Changes: