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The second prerelease for Bcfg2 1.4.0 is now available at:
- ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/bcfg
+ http://bcfg2.org/download/
Bcfg2 1.4.0pre2 is a prerelease, and contains many new features,
including some that are backwards-incompatible with Bcfg2 1.3.x and
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ environments.
* NagiosGen: Add bundles to configuration
* HomeBrew: Initial add of plugin
+* Rules/Defaults: Add possibility to use name of entry in attributes
backwards-incompatible user-facing changes
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@@ -31,6 +32,20 @@ backwards-incompatible user-facing changes
This fixes potentially long client runs when comparing files that have
diverged significantly.
+* The database options in the config (options and reporting_options in database
+ section) now have to be literal python dictionaries.
+
+ This allows to set arbitrary options with nested settings.
+
+* The Ldap plugin changed significantly. The configuration interface was
+ simplified and new configuration options for the number of retries and the
+ delay in between were added.
+
+ You have to register your ldap queries in the global list, there is no
+ distinction between LdapQueries and LdapSubQueries anymore, the names of
+ your queries default to the class names and the Ldap plugin expires
+ the metadata caches if the config file changes.
+
* Ignore directories containing a .bcfg2-ignore file in various plugins
(Bundler, Defaults, Pkgmgr, Properties, PuppetENC, TemplateHelper, Trigger).