[chef] Call for testing: Ubuntu / Debian packages for Chef 0.8

[Joshua Timberman < >]

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Ohai, Chefs!

We are planning to release the Chef 0.8.x Debian/Ubuntu packages on  
the Opscode APT repository (apt.opscode.com) "Real Soon Now". The  
current version 0.8.10, but subject to change.

This may be a breaking change for people using the repository for Chef  
version 0.7.16 due to authentication changes in 0.8.x[0][1].

The 0.8 packages are currently in a Launchpad PPA, for testing on  
Ubuntu Lucid and Karmic, to keep them separate from our official APT  
repo. We would like upgrading to be as painless as possible, so we are  
soliciting feedback for new installations or upgrades with these  
packages.

https://launchpad.net/~jtimberman/+archive/opschef/+packages

Clients:

    sudo apt-get install chef

Server:

    sudo apt-get install chef chef-server

The package chef-server-webui provides the WebUI, and is optional in  
0.8. You'll need to specify it to install as well if you want to use it.

There are a lot of improvements to the packaging from v0.7.16. Please  
see the complete list of the changes in the packaging from earlier  
versions in the Debian changelog:

http://github.com/opscode/opscode-packages/raw/master/debian/chef/debian/changelog

We're looking for issues with the packaging itself - packaging  
specific configuration or the init/postinst scripts, dependency  
management, etc. Note that the various Chef daemons are configured to  
log in /var/log/chef.

Thanks!

[0]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Authentication
[1]: http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Breaking+Changes+from+0.7.x+to+0.8.x

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Opscode, Inc
Joshua Timberman, Senior Solutions Engineer
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