From 9c16b3fc91432cce070f7f28d74e5400192cb044 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael DeHaan Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:55:28 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Organize 0.9 changelog --- CHANGELOG.md | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 6e4f96d04e..cfa48148c4 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -3,53 +3,67 @@ Ansible Changes By Release 0.9 "Dreams" -- release pending +Highlighted core changes: + * various performance tweaks, ansible executes dramatically less SSH ops per unit of work -* added 'script' module for pushing and running self-deleting remote scripts -* relative paths now work for 'first_available_file' -* fix for template calls when last character is '$' -* postgresql module now takes role_attr_flags -* ability to create SSH keys for users when using user module to create users * close paramiko SFTP connections less often on copy/template operations (speed increase) * change the way we use multiprocessing (speed/RAM usage improvements) -* atomic replacement of files preserves permissions of original file -* if ansible_*_interpreter is set on a delegated host, it now works as intended -* authorized key module uses temp file now to prevent failure on full disk -* MySQL module takes new grant options -* user module can create SSH keys -* yum module takes enablerepo= and disablerepo= -* --limit can now take "," as well as ";" or ":" -* various git module improvements/tweaks -* EC2 inventory script now produces nicer failure message if AWS is down (or similar) -* user module now works on FreeBSD, generic system for modules subclassed by OS platform/distro -* plugin loading code now more streamlined -* module options now sorted in documentation * able to set default for asking password & sudo password in config file -* now installs nicely if running inside a virtualenv -* msg is now displaced with newlines when a task fails -* added a template lookup plugin (with_template: "{{ some_jinja2 }}") -* if any with_ plugin has no results in a list, the task is now skipped -* further upgrades to service module service status reporting -* tweaks to get service module to play nice with BSD style service systems (rc.conf) -* 'domain' fact now available -* group_by module allows partitioning hosts based on group data -* create= option on lineinfile can create the file when it does not exist -* misc yum module fixing for various corner cases -* lookup plugins for DNS text records, environment variables, and redis -* user module now does Solaris! -* new module for creating ec2 hosts -* new module for adding a temporary host record (used for creating new guests) -* solaris svr4pkg module -* shell and command module now take an 'executable=' flag for specifying an alternate shell than /bin/sh +* ansible now installs nicely if running inside a virtualenv * flag to allow SSH connection to move files by scp vs sftp (in config file) -* various output formatting fixes/improvements -* various tweaks to the EC2 inventory plugin * additional RPM subpackages for easily installing fireball mode deps (server and node) -* jinja2 filters are now pluggable so it's easy to write your own (to_json/etc, are now impl. as such) -* in get_url module, thirsty is no longer required for directory destinations -* various fixes to the git module +* group_vars/host_vars now available to ansible, not just playbooks + +Other core changes: + +* fix for template calls when last character is '$' +* if ansible_*_interpreter is set on a delegated host, it now works as intended +* --limit can now take "," as seperator as well as ";" or ":" +* msg is now displaced with newlines when a task fails +* if any with_ plugin has no results in a list (empty with_items, etc), the task is now skipped +* various output formatting fixes/improvements * fix for Xen dom0/domU detection in default facts +* 'ansible_domain' fact now available (ex value: example.com) + +Playbook changes: + +* relative paths now work for 'first_available_file' * various templating engine fixes -* user module supports BSD + +Module additions: + +* (addhost) new module for adding a temporary host record (used for creating new guests) +* (group_by) module allows partitioning hosts based on group data +* (ec2) new module for creating ec2 hosts +* (script) added 'script' module for pushing and running self-deleting remote scripts +* (svr4pkg) solaris svr4pkg module + +Modules changes: + +* (authorized key) module uses temp file now to prevent failure on full disk +* (get_url) thirsty is no longer required for directory destinations +* (git) various git module improvements/tweaks +* (mysql_db) module takes new grant options +* (lineinfile) create= option on lineinfile can create the file when it does not exist +* (postgresql_db) module now takes role_attr_flags +* (service) further upgrades to service module service status reporting +* (service) tweaks to get service module to play nice with BSD style service systems (rc.conf) +* (shell) and command module now take an 'executable=' flag for specifying an alternate shell than /bin/sh +* (user) ability to create SSH keys for users when using user module to create users +* (user) atomic replacement of files preserves permissions of original file +* (user) module can create SSH keys +* (user) module now does Solaris and BSD +* (yum) module takes enablerepo= and disablerepo= +* (yum) misc yum module fixing for various corner cases + +Plugin changes: + +* EC2 inventory script now produces nicer failure message if AWS is down (or similar) +* plugin loading code now more streamlined +* lookup plugins for DNS text records, environment variables, and redis +* added a template lookup plugin (with_template: "{{ some_jinja2 }}") +* various tweaks to the EC2 inventory plugin +* jinja2 filters are now pluggable so it's easy to write your own (to_json/etc, are now impl. as such) 0.8 "Cathedral" -- Oct 19, 2012