Merge branch 'master' into freeze-property-default

Signed-off-by: Noah Kantrowitz <noah@coderanger.net>

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@@ -210,6 +210,21 @@ This change allows chef to support new classes of files, such as Ohai
 plugins or Inspec tests, without having to make changes to the cookbook
 format to support them.
 
+### DSL-based custom resources and providers no longer get module constants
+
+Up until now, creating a `mycook/resources/thing.rb` would create a `Chef::Resources::MycookThing` name to access the resource class object.
+This const is no longer created for resources and providers. You can access resource classes through the resolver API like:
+
+```ruby
+Chef::Resource.resource_for_node(:mycook_thing, node)
+```
+
+Accessing a provider class is a bit more complex, as you need a resource against which to run a resolution like so:
+
+```ruby
+Chef::ProviderResolver.new(node, find_resource!("mycook_thing[name]"), :nothing).resolve
+```
+
 ### Default values for resource properties are frozen
 
 A resource declaring something like: