Omnibus Cookbook 2.0.0

Chef Infra (archive)
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Ohai Chefs!

I just released Omnibus Cookbook v2.0.0 which includes a number of new features:

Improvement

  • Add support for Mac OS X
  • Update Rubocop
  • Update to Berkshelf 3
  • Reduce number of dependencies on community cookbooks
  • Packaged custom ChefSpec matchers
  • Added checksum verifications for installing remote packages
  • Support multiple rubies with ruby-install and chruby
  • Ensure a consistent version of bash everywhere by compiling from source
  • Improved test suite and coverage
  • Use a consistent version of git by compiling from source

Breaking

  • Dropped support for smartos
  • Dropped support for solaris2

Changelog: https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/omnibus/releases/tag/v2.0.0
Changeset: https://github.com/opscode-cookbooks/omnibus/compare/1.2.4...v2.0.0

As always, please test this cookbook in isolation before rolling out changes to your infrastructure. If you have any issues or questions, please open an issue on GitHub.

Happy bussing!
Seth Vargo
@sethvargo

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Hey Seth,

I just ran across this now, so please excuse the late reply.

On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Seth Vargo sethvargo@getchef.com wrote:

Breaking

  • Dropped support for smartos
  • Dropped support for solaris2

Could you explain the breakage in this release, i.e. why were smartos
and solaris2 platform support dropped?

Changelog: Release v2.0.0 · chef-boneyard/omnibus · GitHub
Changeset:
Comparing 1.2.4...v2.0.0 · chef-boneyard/omnibus · GitHub

As always, please test this cookbook in isolation before rolling out changes
to your infrastructure. If you have any issues or questions, please open an
issue on GitHub.

I checked if there was already an issue raised, but found only the
integration of smartos support from a year ago:

The removal's here:

I've been working (in the background) on getting better support for
smartos in cookbooks, and something like this seems like a step
backwards.

Thanks for any feedback you can give,

  • Dimitri