[chef-dev] Release: Chef Client 11.8.0 & Ohai 6.20.0

[Serdar Sutay < >]

Hey Chefs,

What's a better day than Halloween to make a release :) 

We've released 11.8.0 of Chef Client and 6.20.0 of Ohai today. 

You can read more about these releases here: 

http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/10/31/release-chef-client-11-8-0-ohai-6-20-0/

Two of the highlights of the release are: 

1-) Chef Client Local Mode which makes it dead simple to get started with Chef 

2-) Groundwork for getting to enable SSL verification in Chef. 

You can read more these features here:

http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/10/31/chef-client-z-from-zero-to-chef-in-8-5-seconds/

http://www.opscode.com/blog/2013/10/31/ssl-certificate-validation-in-chef/

Big shout out to this release's MVP Eric Saxby for making Chef better on SmartOS. Thanks a lot Eric... 

Check out 11.8.0 and let us know if you hit any problems. 

Thanks and happy Halloween :)

-- Serdar