[chef-dev] Cookbook Releases

[Joshua Timberman < >]

Ohai Chefs!

We have a bunch of Opscode cookbook releases over the last couple weeks,
with many more to come soon. The tickets that are marked "Fix Committed"
in the COOK project are the ones that will be released.

If you're interested in seeing visual representation of the COOK project,
you may be interested in this Jira dashboard I've shared:

* http://tickets.opscode.com/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=10301


If you're interested in participating in the code review meetings, see
this wiki page:

* http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Code+Review


And if you are interested in contributing to our cookbooks, please see:

http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/How+to+Contribute+to+Opscode+Cookbooks

http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Opscode+Cookbook+Maintenance+Processes


Thank you, you make Chef awesome!

And now, the list of released cookbooks and their fixes/improvements. A
huge thank you and #hugops to everyone who contributed fixes to the
cookbooks listed below, and for your patience as we continue to review the
backlog.

# application v1.0.4
- [COOK-1567] - Add git submodules to application cookbook

# application_nginx v1.0.2
- [COOK-1590] - add ssl support

# application_php v1.0.4
- [COOK-1784] - Can't place settings file before migrate

# applicaion_ruby v1.0.4
- [COOK-1572] - allow specification of 'bundle' command via attribute

# apache2 v1.3.0
- [COOK-1738] - Better configuration for `mod_include` and some
  overrides in `web_app` definition
- [COOK-1470] - Change SSL Ciphers to Mitigate BEAST attack

# apt v1.5.0
- [COOK-1500] - Avoid triggering apt-get update
- [COOK-1548] - Add execute commands for autoclean and autoremove
- [COOK-1591] - Setting up the apt proxy should leave https
  connections direct
- [COOK-1596] - execute[apt-get-update-periodic] never runs
- [COOK-1762] - create /etc/apt/preferences.d directory
- [COOK-1776] - apt key check isn't idempotent

# build-essential v1.2.0
- Add test-kitchen support (source repo only)
- [COOK-1677] - build-essential cookbook support for OpenSuse and SLES
- [COOK-1718] - build-essential cookbook metadata should include scientific
- [COOK-1768] - The apt-get update in build-essentials needs to be renamed

# database v1.3.6
- [COOK-1688] - fix typo in readme and add amazon linux to supported
  platforms

# erlang v1.1.0
- [COOK-1782] - Add test kitchen support

# logrotate v1.0.2
- [COOK-1027] - Add support for pre-/post-rotate commands
- [COOK-1338] - Update log rotate for more flexibility of rotate options
- [COOK-1598] - "Create" isn't a mandatory option

# lvm v0.8.2
- [COOK-1857] - `lvm_logical_volume` resource callback conflicts with
  code in provider.

# partial_search v1.0.0
- Initial release
- Blog post by Seth Falcon:
http://www.opscode.com/blog/2012/10/31/introducing-partial-search-for-opsco
de-hosted-chef/

# postfix v2.0.0
This version uses platform_family attribute, making the cookbook
incompatible with older versions of Chef/Ohai, hence the major version
bump.

- [COOK-1535] - `smtpd_cache` should be in `data_directory`, not
`queue_directory`
- [COOK-1790] - /etc/aliases template is only in ubuntu directory
- [COOK-1792] - add minitest-chef tests to postfix cookbook

# supervisor v0.2.0
- [COOK-1720] - support for 'minfds' or 'minprocs' parameters

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