Cookbook Releases, Spring Edition 3/21

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Ohai Chefs,

Welcome to Spring, at least in the Northern Hemisphere!

We have a few cookbooks for you today. Teaser: In addition to the released versions w/ COOK tickets, we’re converting cookbooks to test kitchen 1.0-alpha support. More information about this will be coming soon, so stay tuned!

chef-client v2.2.2:

  • [COOK-2393] - chef-client::delete_validation checks for chef-server
    in the path, on chef 11, needs to check for chef-server-ctl
  • [COOK-2410] - chef-client::service doesn’t always start the
    chef-client daemon
  • [COOK-2413] - Deprecation warning when using Chef::Mixin::Language
    in chef-client cookbook under chef 11.x
  • [COOK-2446] - Typo: the chef-client executable has a hyphen
  • [COOK-2492] - Ruby System("") call that includes an ‘&’ on Ubuntu
    has odd behavior.
  • [COOK-2536] - On Freebsd - chef-client group values in helper
    library should be set to “wheel” vs [ “wheel” ]

couchdb v2.4.0:

  • [COOK-1629] - source recipe not working on centos 5.8
  • [COOK-2608] - Update source install version to 1.2.1

logrotate v1.2.0:

  • [COOK-2401] - Add the ability to manage the global logrotate
    configuration

openvpn v1.1.0:

  • [COOK-1231] - dont use up script if security isnt >1
  • [COOK-2513] Changed user and group to attributes

webpi v1.2.0:

  • [COOK-2298] - webpi will not install anything due to logic bug
  • [COOK-1270] - webpi creates logs with timestamps in the name
    cluttering c:\
  • [COOK-2438] - WebPI should use an attribute for MSI package name
  • [COOK-2452] - WebPI should check comma separated string of
    components to determine which to install if any

yum v2.2.0:

  • [COOK-2189] - yum::ius failed on install (caused from rpm dependency)
  • [COOK-2196] - Make includepkgs and exclude configurable for each repos
  • [COOK-2244] - Allow configuring caching using attributes
  • [COOK-2399] - yum cookbook LWRPs fail FoodCritic
  • [COOK-2519] - Add priority option to Yum repo files
  • [COOK-2593] - allow integer or string for yum priority
  • [COOK-2643] - don’t use conditional attribute for yum_key remote_file
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Just one more late addition, rabbitmq. If you’re using this cookbook, please go over the README for the changes.

rabbitmq v2.0.0

  • Major v2.0 changes are documented in the README.
  • [COOK-2391] - Added support for verify verify_peer and fail_if_no_peer_cert true
  • [COOK-2153] - Fix of user LWRP
  • [COOK-2180] - Plugin management via node attributes
  • [COOK-2201] - Use the proper syntax when using rabbitmq 3.0 instead of 2.x
  • [COOK-2210] - User management via node attributes
  • [COOK-2211] - Virtualhost management via node attributes
  • [COOK-2235] - RabbitMQ bin path isn’t necessarily part of PATH for the plugin provider
  • [COOK-2392] - correctly configure a rabbitmq cluster
  • [COOK-2366] - Default recipe doesn’t create mnesia dir
  • [COOK-2416] - Add support for clearing tags.

Thanks,
Matt Ray
Senior Technical Evangelist :: Opscode
512.731.2218 :: matt@opscode.com
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From: Joshua Timberman [joshua@opscode.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 6:23 PM
To: chef@lists.opscode.com Users
Subject: [chef] Cookbook Releases, Spring Edition 3/21

Ohai Chefs,

Welcome to Spring, at least in the Northern Hemisphere!

We have a few cookbooks for you today. Teaser: In addition to the released versions w/ COOK tickets, we’re converting cookbooks to test kitchen 1.0-alpha support. More information about this will be coming soon, so stay tuned!

chef-client v2.2.2:

  • [COOK-2393] - chef-client::delete_validation checks for chef-server
    in the path, on chef 11, needs to check for chef-server-ctl
  • [COOK-2410] - chef-client::service doesn’t always start the
    chef-client daemon
  • [COOK-2413] - Deprecation warning when using Chef::Mixin::Language
    in chef-client cookbook under chef 11.x
  • [COOK-2446] - Typo: the chef-client executable has a hyphen
  • [COOK-2492] - Ruby System("") call that includes an ‘&’ on Ubuntu
    has odd behavior.
  • [COOK-2536] - On Freebsd - chef-client group values in helper
    library should be set to “wheel” vs [ “wheel” ]

couchdb v2.4.0:

  • [COOK-1629] - source recipe not working on centos 5.8
  • [COOK-2608] - Update source install version to 1.2.1

logrotate v1.2.0:

  • [COOK-2401] - Add the ability to manage the global logrotate
    configuration

openvpn v1.1.0:

  • [COOK-1231] - dont use up script if security isnt >1
  • [COOK-2513] Changed user and group to attributes

webpi v1.2.0:

  • [COOK-2298] - webpi will not install anything due to logic bug
  • [COOK-1270] - webpi creates logs with timestamps in the name
    cluttering c:\
  • [COOK-2438] - WebPI should use an attribute for MSI package name
  • [COOK-2452] - WebPI should check comma separated string of
    components to determine which to install if any

yum v2.2.0:

  • [COOK-2189] - yum::ius failed on install (caused from rpm dependency)
  • [COOK-2196] - Make includepkgs and exclude configurable for each repos
  • [COOK-2244] - Allow configuring caching using attributes
  • [COOK-2399] - yum cookbook LWRPs fail FoodCritic
  • [COOK-2519] - Add priority option to Yum repo files
  • [COOK-2593] - allow integer or string for yum priority
  • [COOK-2643] - don’t use conditional attribute for yum_key remote_file