[chef-dev] Chef DK 0.5.0 RC 1 released

[Tyler Ball < >]

Greetings!

Last night we released chefdk-0.5.0.rc.1.  The changelog lists the changes in this version but I have copied them here for reference:

• Fixed bug where a cookbook with no source options couldn't be added to the Policyfile.rb
• Updated Policyfile uploads to use the URLs specified in Chef RFC 042. Chef Zero has not yet been updated; Chef Zero users should continue to use compatibility mode (policy_document_native_api false) for Policyfiles.
• Omnibus-Chef #337: Fix a ruby warning for redefined method in rubygems customization that interacted poorly with certain Ruby plugins for text editors.
• Add support for uploading cookbooks to the cookbook artifacts API when policy_document_native_api true is set. This new API will be available in the next version of Chef Server if enabled with a server configuration option. Chef Zero support for this new API is incomplete, so this setting cannot be used with Chef Zero until a future update to Chef Zero enables this functionality.
• chef -v now displays the version of the ChefDK, Chef, Berkshelf and Test Kitchen.
• #150 Update generate repo command to no longer use monolithic repo.
• Updated dependencies (some bundled with the omnibus build)
• Chef - 12.2.0
• chef-provisioning - 0.19
• chef-provisioning-fog - 0.13.1
• chef-provisioning-azure - 0.2.1
• chef-provisioning-aws - 0.5.0
• test-kitchen - 1.4.0
• kitchen-vagrant - 0.17.0

The ChefDK RC packages can be obtained at the following URLs:

• Mac
• Ubuntu
• Windows

I generated those using the Omnitruck API so if you need packages for a different OS or OS version you can update the link as you so desire.

Look for another RC incoming soon (hopefully today) with an updated Chef and chef-provisioning version.  In the meantime, please test and let us know if you encounter issues!

Thanks

-Tyler