[[!meta title="Cdist 3.0.0 released"]]

The major new feature we introduced into this
release is the 
[messaging support](/software/cdist/man/3.0.0/man7/cdist-messaging.html) - enjoy it!

Here's a short overview about the changes found in version 3.0.0:

	* Core: Added messaging support
	* Core: Removed unused "changed" attribute of objects 
	* Core: Support default values for multiple parameters (Steven Armstrong)
	* Core: Ensure Object Parameter file contains \n (Steven Armstrong)
	* New Type: __zypper_repo (Daniel Heule)
	* New Type: __zypper_service (Daniel Heule)
	* New Type: __package_emerge (Daniel Heule)
	* New Type: __package_emerge_dependencies (Daniel Heule)
	* Type __cron: Add support for raw lines (Daniel Heule)
	* Type __cron: Suppress stderr output from crontab (Daniel Heule)
	* Type __cron: Fix quoting issue (Daniel Heule)
	* Type __file: Do not generate code if mode is 0xxx
	* Type __iptables_rule: Use default parameter
	* Type __key_value: Fix quoting issue (Steven Armstrong)
	* Type __package: Use state --present by default (Steven Armstrong)
	* Type __package_zypper: Support non packages as well (Daniel Heule)
	* Type __package_zypper: Support package versions (Daniel Heule)
	* Type __postfix_*: Depend on __postfix Type (Steven Armstrong)
	* Type __postfix_postconf: Enable support for SuSE (Daniel Heule)
	* Type __postfix: Enable support for SuSE (Daniel Heule)
	* Type __start_on_boot: Use default parameter state
	* Type __start_on_boot: Add support for gentoo (Daniel Heule)
	* Type __user: Add support for state parameter (Daniel Heule)
	* Type __user: Add support for system users (Daniel Heule)
	* Type __user: Add messaging support (Steven Armstrong)
	* Type __zypper_service: Support older SuSE releases (Daniel Heule)

For more information visit the [[cdist homepage|software/cdist]].

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