cdist-backup/doc/changelog

Changelog
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	* Changes are always commented with their author in (braces)
	* Exception: No braces means author == Nico Schottelius

2.0.10:
	* Cleanup __group: No getent gshadow in old Redhat, use groupmod -g
		(Matt Coddington)
	* Bugfix __package_yum: Missing cat
	* Feature __file: Support for --state exists (Steven Armstrong)

2.0.9: 2012-03-12
	* Cleanup documentation: Fix environment variable list to be properly 
		displayed (Giel van Schijndel)
	* Cleanup documentation: Some minor corrections
	* New Type: __package_opkg (Giel van Schijndel)
	* New Type: __package_pkg_freebsd (Jake Guffey)
	* New Type: __mysql_database (Benedikt Koeppel)
	* Feature __package: Support for OpenWRT (Giel van Schijndel)
	* Feature __start_on_boot: Support for OpenWRT (Giel van Schijndel)
	* Feature __start_on_boot: Support for Amazon Linux (Matt Coddington)
	* New Example: Use rsync to backup files (Matt Coddington) 
	* Feature core: Exit non-zero, if configuration failed
	* Documentation: Describe how to do templating (Aurélien Bondis)

2.0.8: 2012-02-20
	* Bugfix core: Remove another nasty traceback when sending SIGINT (aka Ctrl-C)
	* Cleanup: Better hint to source of error
	* Cleanup: Do not output failing script, but path to script only
	* Cleanup: Remove support for __debug variable in manifests (Type != Core
		debugging)
	* Cleanup: Change __package_* to support absent/present (default state
		name now). The values removed/installed will be removed in cdist 2.1.
	* Cleanup: Change __process to support absent/present (default state
		name now). The values running/stopped will be removed in cdist 2.1.
	* Feature Core: Support boolean parameters (Steven Armstrong)

2.0.7: 2012-02-13
	* Bugfix __file: Use chmod after chown/chgrp (Matt Coddington)
	* Bugfix __user: Correct shadow field in explorer (Matt Coddington)
	* Bugfix __link: Properly handle existing links (Steven Armstrong)
	* Bugfix __key_value: More robust implementation (Steven Armstrong)
	* Bugfix __user: Fix for changing a user's group by name (Matt Coddington)
	* New Type: __package_pip
	* Bugfix/Cleanup: Correctly allow Object ID to start and end with /, but
		not contain //.

2.0.6: 2012-01-28
	* Bugfix __apt_ppa:
		Also remove the [ppa-name].list file, if empty. (Tim Kersten)
	* Bugfix __group:
		Referenced wrong variable name (Matt Coddington)
	* Feature __package_apt:
		Initial support for virtual packages (Evax Software)
	* Feature Core: Added new dependency resolver (Steven Armstrong)
	* Feature Explorer, __package_yum: Support Amazon Linux (Matt Coddington)
	* New Type: __rvm (Evax Software)
	* New Type: __rvm_gem (Evax Software)
	* New Type: __rvm_gemset (Evax Software)
	* New Type: __rvm_ruby (Evax Software)

2.0.5: 2012-01-18
	* Bugfix __key_value: Use correct delimiters
		(Steven Armstrong, Daniel Maher)
	* Cleanup: Explicitly require Python >= 3.2 (do not fail implicitly)
	* Documentation: (Re)write of the tutorial
	* Feature: __addifnosuchline supports matching on 
		regular expressions (Daniel Maher)
	* Feature: __directory, __file, __link:
		Add --state parameter (Steven Armstrong)
	* New Type: __package_luarocks (Christian G. Warden)
	* New Type: __cdistmarker (Daniel Maher)

2.0.4: 2011-11-18
	* Bugfix core: Remove traceback when sending SIGINT (aka Ctrl-C)
	* Bugfix core: Accept parameters with - in the name (Steven Armstrong)
	* Cleanup: __object_fq variable removed (never used)
	* Cleanup: Environment variable __self DEPRECATED, use __object_name instead
	* Cleanup: Environment variable __self scheduled for removal in cdist 2.1
	* Documentation: Many examples for use of __remote_* (Steven Armstrong)
	* Feature: Automatically require all used objects (Steven Armstrong)
	* New Type: __cron (Steven Armstrong)

2.0.3: 2011-10-18
	* Improved logging, added --verbose, by more quiet by default
	* Bugfix __user: Correct quoting (Steven Armstrong)
	* Bugfix __addifnosuchline: Falsely exited
	* Bugfix requirements: Restore original require="" behaviour
	* Feature requirements: Check for broken object_ids and abort
	* Massive refactoring and unittesting introduced (Steven Armstrong)

2.0.2: 2011-09-27
	* Add support for detection of OpenWall Linux (Matthias Teege)
	* Add support for __debug variable in manifests
	* Bugfix core: Various issues with type emulator

2.0.1: 2011-09-23
	* Bugfix core: Always print source of error in case of exec errors
	* Bugfix core: Various smaller bugs in string concatenation
	* Feature: Add marker "changed" to changed objects

2.0.0: 2011-09-16
	* New Type: __package_rubygem (Chase Allen James)
	* __self replaced by __object_fq
	* Rewrote cdist in Python

1.7.1: 2011-07-26
	* Documentation: Add explorers to reference
	* Documentation: Typo cleanup (Derek Brost)
	* Type __key_value: Bugfix (Steven Armstrong)
	* New Type: __postgres_role (Steven Armstrong)
	* New Type: __postgres_database (Steven Armstrong)

1.7.0: 2011-05-10
	* Bugfix type __package_yum: Fix redhat support (Ramon Salvadó)
	* Improved type __package_yum: Add centos support (Ramon Salvadó)
	* New Type: __timezone (Ramon Salvadó)
	* Renamed explorer: hardware_type to machine
	* Core: Do not execute empty code fragments

1.6.2: 2011-04-19
	* Core: Introduce __cdist_tmp_base_dir
	* Core: Cleanup and enhance cdist-type-template
	* Core: cdist-mass-deploy: Report failed cdist-deploy-to instances
	* New Type: __ssh_authorized_key (Aurélien Bondis)

1.6.1: 2011-04-07
	* Improved logging: Show code responsible for abort
	* Improved logging: Consistently prefix with current object or core
	* Bugfix: Type __debconf_set_selections used wrong contens for selection
	* Bugfix: Don't fail, if cache directory is not existing
	* Bugfix: __user and __group exited non-zero if no change was necessary
	* New Explorer: hardware_type
	* New Type: __package_pkg_openbsd (Andi Brönnimann)
	* New Type: __autofs_map (Steven Armstrong)
	* New Type: __autofs_master (Steven Armstrong)

1.6.0: 2011-04-06
	* New Type: __package_yum
	* New type: __debconf_set_selections
	* New explorer: os_version
	* Bugfix: Type __group failed in case of __group NAME syntax
	* Bugfix: __package* types: consistently name --state removed instead of
		uninstalled or deinstalled
	* Type __package: Added Fedora support
	* Type __package_apt: Removed --preseed support
	* Explorer os gained Fedora support
	* Simplified types __user and __group
	* New helper binary: cdist-mass-deploy

1.5.0: 2011-04-01
	* Add basic cache functionality
	* New type: __process
	* Restructured execution: (Steven Armstrong)
		Orientate processing on objects, resolve dependencies and
		ensure correct execution order.
	* Documentation: Rewrite stages docs (Steven Armstrong)
	* Documentation: Remove legacy man pages (Steven Armstrong)

1.4.1: 2011-03-25
	* New type: __key_value (Steven Armstrong)
	* New type: __apt_ppa (Steven Armstrong)
	* Documentation: Manpage generation cleanup
	* Documentation: Manpage fix for __apt_ppa

1.4.0: 2011-03-24
	* Add --recursive to __directory
	* Move cdist generated stuff to .cdist of an object
	* Allow objects to be redefined

1.3.2: 2011-03-21
	* Add --source to __motd
	* Add --preseed to __package_apt
	* Include HTML documentation of manpages and publish them

1.3.1: 2011-03-21
	* Document: cdist-type-build-emulation
	* Document: cdist-type-emulator
	* Document: cdist-remote-explorer-run
	* Fix dependencies in cdist-code-run
	* Fix dependencies in cdist-manifest-run-all
	* Add --source to __issue and fix os check

1.3.0: 2011-03-20
	* Add support for local and remote code generation and execution
	* Bugfix: Remove obsolete $@ call in cdist-remote-explorer-run
	* Bugfix: Correct manpage for __removeline (broke manpage generation)

1.2.0: 2011-03-19
	* Added dependencies (see cdist-type(7))
	* New type: __removeline (Daniel Roth)
	* New type: __group (Steven Armstrong)
	* New type: __user (Steven Armstrong)
	* Documentation: cdist-run-remote
	* Documentation: cdist-code-run-all
	* Documentation: cdist-object-gencode
	* Documentation: cdist-explorer-run-global
	* Documentation: cdist-manifest-run-init
	* Documentation: cdist-manifest-run-all
	* Documentation: cdist-object-gencode-all
	* Documentation: cdist-manifest-run

1.1.0: 2011-03-16
	* Replace type __file with __file, __directory, __link
	* Documentation: cdist-env
	* Documentation: cdist-config
	* Documentation: cdist-dir
	* Documentation: cdist-quickstart

1.0.4: 2011-03-15
	* New type: __motd
	* New type: __addifnosuchline (Daniel Roth)
	* New type: __user
	* Document type: __issue
	* Document type: __package
	* Document type: __package_pacman
	* Document type: __package_apt
	* New parameter for __file: --owner and --group

1.0.3: 2011-03-11
	* Update regexp used for sane characters
	* Allow types without parameters
	* Allow type to be singleton
	* Type __file learned --type symlink

1.0.2: 2011-03-09
	* Add manpages: cdist-type, cdist-type__file, cdist-reference, cdist-explorer
	* Make doc/man/ usable as MANPATH entry

1.0.1: 2011-03-08
	* Added cdist-type-template including manpage
	* Fix manpage building
	* Add new manpages: cdist-stages, cdist-bin-transfer

1.0.0: 2011-03-07
	* Initial release