Chef 0.7.2 Release

[Arjuna Christensen <aj@opscode.com>]

ohai,

I've just tagged and released Chef 0.7.2. This was a maintenance release, but I'm glad we managed to fix a few of the important bugs that slipped through into 0.7.0.

Release Notes - Chef - Version 0.7.2

** Bug

    * [CHEF-166] - chef-server-slice rake install does not pick up merb-core dependency correctly

    * [CHEF-299] - chef client running under runit does not restart

    * [CHEF-348] - chef-server-slice version isn't tied to chef-server when loaded

    * [CHEF-355] - Test chef::rest, chef::couchdb for remote DoS due to BigDecimal

    * [CHEF-359] - Using chef-server-slice results in exceptions.rb "superclass mismatch for class Exceptions"

    * [CHEF-360] - rake tasks should copy roles

    * [CHEF-362] - undefined method `sync=' for "/var/log/chef/server.log":String (NoMethodError)

    * [CHEF-367] - node run_list is empty when running chef-client with a json file specifying run_list 

    * [CHEF-369] - chef-indexer pid and permissions

    * [CHEF-372] - chef-client and chef-solo will fail to run ohai if the node_name is explicitly configured.

    * [CHEF-376] - Roles don't save. 

    * [CHEF-383] - Cookies have limit of 4K.

    * [CHEF-386] - 'rake roles' doesn't update json files from ruby files

    * [CHEF-387] - deleting a role generates a 500 error in the web interface

    * [CHEF-396] - 4k cookie limit with nginx+passenger

** Improvement

    * [CHEF-361] - Init service provider currently doesn't start a service when the 'restart' action is called if the service is not already running.

    * [CHEF-363] - we should kick out logged in openids if they become unauthorized

    * [CHEF-368] - Chef README in the GitHub repo is outdated!

    * [CHEF-370] - prettify /status view of uptime

    * [CHEF-373] - include specs in chef gem

    * [CHEF-374] - drop outdated contrib/

** New Feature

    * [CHEF-274] - Add support for multiple named queues on a single stompserver

    * [CHEF-381] - Ruby Block Resource

I've opened a new version on JIRA for 0.7.4 which is targeted for two weeks from now, so feel free to pick up tickets marked as unknown or 0.7.4 and supply patches!

-- 
AJ Christensen, Software Engineer

Opscode, Inc.
E: aj@opscode.com