From 1a7bb5e0e8822b2dd15ccab2cf56717bec65a75d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Smith Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:39:36 -0800 Subject: Add release notes for 14.9 Signed-off-by: Tim Smith --- RELEASE_NOTES.md | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+) (limited to 'RELEASE_NOTES.md') diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md index b12e6d02e2..1c272e7efb 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md @@ -1,5 +1,65 @@ 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 for the official Chef release notes. +# Chef Client Release Notes 14.9: + +## Updated Resources + +### group + +On Windows hosts the group resource now supports setting the comment field via a new `comment` property. + +### homebrew_cask + +Two issues that caused homebrew_cask to converge on each Chef run have been resolved. Thanks [@jeroenj](https://github.com/jeroenj) for this fix. Additionally the resource will no longer fail if the `cask_name` property is specified. + +### homebrew_tap + +The homebrew_tap resource no longer fails if the `tap_name` property is specified. + +### openssl_x509_request + +The openssl_x509_request resource now property writes out the CSR file if the `path` property is specified. Thank you [@cpjones](https://github.com/cpjones) for reporting this issue. + +### powershell_package_source + +powershell_package_source now suppresses warnings which prevented properly loading the resource state, and resolves idempotency issues when both the `name` and `source_name` properties were specified. Thanks [@Happycoil](https://github.com/Happycoil) for this fix. + +### sysctl + +The sysctl resource now allows slashes in the key or block name. This allows keys such as `net/ipv4/conf/ens256.401/rp_filter` to be used with this resource. + +### windows_ad_join + +Errors joining the domain are now properly suppressed from the console and logs if the `sensitive` property is set to true. Thanks [@Happycoil](https://github.com/Happycoil) for this improvement. + +### windows_certificate + +The delete action now longer fails if a certificate does not exist on the system. Additionally certificates with special characters in their passwords will no longer fail. Thank you for reporting this [@chadmccune](https://github.com/chadmccune) + +### windows_printer + +The windows_printer resource no longer fails when creating or deleting a printer if the `device_id` property is specified. + +### windows_task + +Non-system users can now run tasks without a password being specified. + +## Minimal Ohai Improvements + +The ohai `init_package` plugin is now included as part of the `minimal_ohai` plugins set, which allows resources such as timezone to continue to function if Chef is running with the minimal number of ohai plugins. + +## Ruby 2.6 Support + +Chef 14.9 now supports Ruby 2.6. + +## InSpec 3.2.6 + +InSpec has been updated from 3.0.64 to 3.2.6 with improved resources for auditing. See the [InSpec changelog](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#v326-2018-12-20) for additional details on this new version. + +## powershell_exec Runtimes Bundled + +The necessary VC++ runtimes for the powershell_exec helper are now bundled with Chef to prevent failures on hosts that lacked the runtimes. + # Chef Client Release Notes 14.8: ## Updated Resources -- cgit v1.2.1