Reorganizing changelog, some cleanup still needed, but now it's easier to tell what is in the release :)

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Michael DeHaan 2013-01-26 13:30:38 -05:00
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@ -3,63 +3,74 @@ Ansible Changes By Release
1.0 "Eruption" -- release pending -- changes unsorted for now
* default_sudo_exe parameter can be set in config to use sudo alternatives
New modules:
* new sysctl module
* new pacman module (Arch linux)
* added when_failed and when_changed
* when_set and when_unset can take more than one var (when_set: $a and $b and $c)
* new apt_key module
* hg module now in core
* new ec2_facts module
* added pkgin module for Joyent SmartOS
New config settings:
* default_sudo_exe parameter can be set in config to use sudo alternatives
* added when_failed and when_changed
New playbook/language features:
* task includes can now be of infinite depth
* when_set and when_unset can take more than one var (when_set: $a and $b and $c)
* added the with_sequence lookup plugin
* can override "connection:" on an indvidual task
* parameterized playbook includes can now define complex variables (not just all on one line)
* making inventory variables available for use in vars_files paths
* messages when skipping plays are now more clear
Module fixes and new flags:
* ability to use raw module without python on remote system
* fix for service status checking on Ubuntu
* service module now responds to additional exit code for SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE
* usage of run_command standardized between module implementations
* fix for raw module with '-c local'
* fixes to git module
* various fixes to git module
* ec2 module now reports the public DNS name
* added the with_sequence lookup plugin
* various fixes for variable resolution in playbooks
* task includes can now be of infinite depth
* can pass executable= to the raw module to specify alternative shells
* fixes for handling of "~" in some paths
* can override "connection:" on an indvidual task
* fix for postgres module when user contains a "-"
* various other database module fixes
* added additional template variables -- $template_fullpath and $template_run_date
* raise errors on invalid arguments used with a task include statement
* making inventory variables available for use in vars_files paths
* various fixes to DWIM'ing of relative paths
* ability to use raw module without python on remote system
* shell/command module takes a executable= parameter to specify a different shell than /bin/sh
* added return code and error output to the raw module
* added support for @reboot to the cron module
* hostname patterns in the inventory file can now use alphabetic ranges
* whitespace is now allowed around group variables in the inventory file
* parameterized playbook includes can now define complex variables (not just all on one line)
* misc fixes to the pip module
* inventory scripts can now define groups of groups and group vars (need example for docs?)
* nagios module can schedule downtime for all services on the host
* various patterns can now take a regex vs a glob if they start with "~" (need docs on which!)
* /bin/ansible now takes a --list-hosts just like ansible-playbook did
* various subversion module improvements
* various mail module improvements
* allow intersecting host patterns by using "&" ("webservers:!debian:&datacenter1")
* messages when skipping plays are now more clear
* SELinux fix for files created by authorized_key module
* "template override" ??
* lots of documentation tweaks
* handle tilde shell character for --private-key
* get_url module can now send user/password authorization
* new ec2_facts module
* hg module now in core
* ec2 module can now deploy multiple simultaneous instances
* fix for apt_key modules stalling in some situations
* hash merging policy is now selectable in the config file, can choose to override or merge
* fix to enable Jinja2 {% include %} to work again in template
* ec2 module is now powered by Boto
* fix to enable Jinja2 {% include %} to work again
* added pkgin module for Joyent SmartOS
* setup module can now detect if package manager is using pacman
Core fixes and new behaviors:
* ...
* various fixes for variable resolution in playbooks
* fixes for handling of "~" in some paths
* various fixes to DWIM'ing of relative paths
* /bin/ansible now takes a --list-hosts just like ansible-playbook did
* various patterns can now take a regex vs a glob if they start with "~" (need docs on which!) - also /usr/bin/ansible
* allow intersecting host patterns by using "&" ("webservers:!debian:&datacenter1")
* handle tilde shell character for --private-key
* hash merging policy is now selectable in the config file, can choose to override or merge
Inventory files/scripts:
* hostname patterns in the inventory file can now use alphabetic ranges
* whitespace is now allowed around group variables in the inventory file
* inventory scripts can now define groups of groups and group vars (need example for docs?)
0.9 "Dreams" -- Nov 30 2012