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+[[!meta title="Cdist 3.1.12 released"]]
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+Here's a short overview about the changes found in version 3.1.12:
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+	* Core: Support object ids '.cdist' (Nico Schottelius)
+	* New type: __firewalld_rule (Nico Schottelius)
+	* Type __consul_agent: add support for acl options (Steven Armstrong)
+	* Type __consul_agent: add support for Debian (Nico Schottelius)
+	* Type __package_apt: Use default parameters (Antoine Catton)
+	* Type __package_luarocks: Use default parameters (Antoine Catton)
+	* Type __package_opkg: Use default parameters (Antoine Catton)
+	* Type __package_pacman: Use default parameters (Antoine Catton)
+	* Type __package_pip: Use default parameters (Antoine Catton)
+	* Type __package_pkg_freebsd: Use default parameters (Antoine Catton)
+	* Type __package_pkg_openbsd: Use default parameters (Antoine Catton)
+	* Type __package_pkgng_openbsd: Use default parameters (Antoine Catton)
+
+For more information visit the [[cdist homepage|software/cdist]].
+
+[[!tag cdist config unix]]