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+===========================
+Salt 2015.5.8 Release Notes
+===========================
+
+Extended changelog courtesy of Todd Stansell (https://github.com/tjstansell/salt-changelogs):
+
+*Generated at: 2015-11-23T23:16:23Z*
+
+Total Merges: **118**
+
+Changes:
+
+- **PR** `#29128`_: (*cachedout*) Set a safer default value for ret in saltmod
+
+- **PR** `#29122`_: (*cachedout*) Fix broken state orchestration
+
+- **PR** `#29096`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#29093`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#29084`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#29055`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#29083`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#29053`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28932`_: (*twangboy*) Fixed user.present / user.absent in windows
+
+- **PR** `#29011`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#28630`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28982`_: (*basepi*) [2015.5] Merge forward from 2014.7 to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28949`_: (*whiteinge*) Add sync_sdb execution function
+
+- **PR** `#28930`_: (*twangboy*) Added missing import mmap required by file.py
+
+- **PR** `#28908`_: (*rallytime*) A couple of spelling fixes for doc conventions page.
+
+- **PR** `#28902`_: (*whiteinge*) Fix missing JSON support for /keys endpoint
+
+- **PR** `#28897`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#28873`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28871`_: (*basepi*) [2015.5] Fix command generation for mdadm.assemble
+
+- **PR** `#28864`_: (*jfindlay*) add 2015.5.7 release notes
+
+- **PR** `#28731`_: (*garethgreenaway*) Fixes to salt scheduler in 2015.5, ensuring that return_job is only used on minion scheduler
+
+- **PR** `#28857`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#28851`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28856`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#28853`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28832`_: (*basepi*) [2015.5] Backport `#28826`_
+
+- **PR** `#28833`_: (*basepi*) [2015.5] Increase the default gather_job_timeout
+
+- **PR** `#28829`_: (*basepi*) [2015.5] Merge forward from 2014.7 to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28756`_: (*MrCitron*) Fix `#25775`_
+
+- **PR** `#28786`_: (*chrigl*) closes `#28783`_
+
+- **PR** `#28776`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#28740`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28760`_: (*dmyerscough*) Fixing CherryPy key bug
+
+- **PR** `#28746`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#28718`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28705`_: (*cachedout*) Account for new headers class in tornado 4.3
+
+- **PR** `#28699`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#28670`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28703`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#28690`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28694`_: (*s0undt3ch*) [2015.5] Update to latest bootstrap script v2015.11.09
+
+- **PR** `#28669`_: (*rallytime*) Use the -q argument to strip extraneous messages from rabbitmq
+
+- **PR** `#28645`_: (*jacksontj*) Rework minion return_retry_timer
+
+- **PR** `#28668`_: (*twangboy*) Fixed join_domain and unjoin_domain for Windows
+
+- **PR** `#28666`_: (*jfindlay*) define r_data before using it in file module
+
+- **PR** `#28662`_: (*cachedout*) Add note about disabling master_alive_interval
+
+- **PR** `#28627`_: (*twangboy*) Backport win_useradd
+
+- **PR** `#28617`_: (*cachedout*) Set restrictive umask on module sync
+
+- **PR** `#28622`_: (*gravyboat*) Update puppet module wording
+
+- **PR** `#28563`_: (*s0undt3ch*) [2015.5] Update to latest bootstrap script v2015.11.04
+
+- **PR** `#28541`_: (*twangboy*) Fixed problem with system.set_computer_name
+
+- **PR** `#28537`_: (*jfindlay*) decode filename to utf-8 in file.recurse state
+
+- **PR** `#28529`_: (*rallytime*) Update contributing and documentation pages to recommend submitting against branches
+
+- **PR** `#28548`_: (*nmadhok*) [Backport] [2015.5] Tasks can be in queued state instead of running
+
+- **PR** `#28531`_: (*rallytime*) Add versionadded directives to virtualenv_mod state/module
+
+- **PR** `#28508`_: (*twangboy*) Fixed windows tests
+
+- **PR** `#28525`_: (*rallytime*) Fix spacing in doc examples for boto_route53 state and module
+
+- **PR** `#28517`_: (*rallytime*) Add state_auto_order defaults to True note to ordering docs
+
+- **PR** `#28512`_: (*basepi*) [2015.5] Merge forward from 2014.7 to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28448`_: (*gwaters*) added a note to the tutorial for redhat derivatives
+
+- **PR** `#28406`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#28381`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28413`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#28400`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28366`_: (*erchn*) mark repo not enabled when pkgrepo state passes in disable: True
+
+- **PR** `#28373`_: (*beverlcl*) Fixing bug `#28372`_ for use_carrier option on bonding network interfaces.
+
+- **PR** `#28359`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#28358`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28346`_: (*twangboy*) Fix installer
+
+- **PR** `#28315`_: (*gwaters*) Adding a working example of setting pillar data on the cli
+
+- **PR** `#28211`_: (*terminalmage*) Fix for ext_pillar being compiled twice in legacy git_pillar code (2015.5 branch)
+
+- **PR** `#28263`_: (*cachedout*) New channel for event.send
+
+- **PR** `#28293`_: (*cachedout*) Minor grammar changes 
+
+- **PR** `#28271`_: (*gwaters*) Update tutorial documentation
+
+- **PR** `#28280`_: (*0xf10e*) Correct Jinja function load_* to import_*
+
+- **PR** `#28255`_: (*cachedout*) Add __cli opt
+
+- **PR** `#28213`_: (*rallytime*) If record returned None, don't continue with the state. Something went wrong
+
+- **PR** `#28238`_: (*basepi*) [2015.5] Fix schedule.present always diffing
+
+- **PR** `#28174`_: (*lorengordon*) Add support for multiline regex in file.replace
+
+- **PR** `#28175`_: (*twangboy*) Fixes `#19673`_
+
+- **PR** `#28140`_: (*rallytime*) Add OpenBSD installation documentation to 2015.5 branch
+
+- **PR** `#28138`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#28130`_ EC2 Sizes Only portion to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28097`_: (*jacksontj*) For all multi-part messages, check the headers. If the header is not …
+
+- **PR** `#28117`_: (*rallytime*) Clean up stacktrace when master can't be reached in lxc cloud driver
+
+- **PR** `#28110`_: (*terminalmage*) Add explanation of file_client: local setting masterless mode
+
+- **PR** `#28109`_: (*rallytime*) Add created reactor event to lxc cloud driver
+
+- **PR** `#27996`_: (*rallytime*) Don't fail if pip package is already present and pip1 is installed
+
+- **PR** `#28056`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#28033`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28059`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#28040`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28047`_: (*cachedout*) Restore FTP functionality to file client
+
+- **PR** `#28032`_: (*twangboy*) Fixed win_path.py
+
+- **PR** `#28037`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#28003`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#28031`_: (*jacobhammons*) Updated release notes with additional CVE information
+
+- **PR** `#28008`_: (*jfindlay*) platform independent line endings in hosts mod
+
+- **PR** `#28012`_: (*rallytime*) Clean up stack trace when something goes wrong with minion output
+
+- **PR** `#27995`_: (*jacobhammons*) added link to grains security FAQ to targeting and pillar topics.
+
+- **PR** `#27986`_: (*jacobhammons*) Changed current release to 5.6 and added CVE to release notes
+
+- **PR** `#27913`_: (*pass-by-value*) Set default
+
+- **PR** `#27876`_: (*terminalmage*) 2015.5 branch: Fix traceback when 2015.8 git ext_pillar config schema used
+
+- **PR** `#27726`_: (*jfindlay*) deprecate hash_hostname in favor of hash_known_hosts
+
+- **PR** `#27776`_: (*jfindlay*) return message when local jobs_cache not found
+
+- **PR** `#27766`_: (*jfindlay*) better check for debian userdel error
+
+- **PR** `#27758`_: (*iggy*) Remove redundant text from syslog returner
+
+- **PR** `#27841`_: (*terminalmage*) Detect Manjaro Linux as Arch derivative
+
+- **PR** `#27852`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#27806`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#27838`_: (*basepi*) [2015.5] Fix highstate outputter for jobs.lookup_jid
+
+- **PR** `#27791`_: (*eguven*) 2015.5 postgres_user groups backport
+
+- **PR** `#27759`_: (*basepi*) [2015.5] Merge forward from 2014.7 to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#27732`_: (*jacobhammons*) update docs for __virtual__ and __virtualname__
+
+- **PR** `#27747`_: (*Sacro*) Chocolatey doesn't have a help command.
+
+- **PR** `#27733`_: (*jacobhammons*) hardening topic - updates to docs.saltstack.com theme
+
+- **PR** `#27706`_: (*jacobhammons*) Assorted doc bugs
+
+- **PR** `#27695`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#27671`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#27524`_: (*jfindlay*) parse pkgng output in quiet mode for >= 1.6.1
+
+- **PR** `#27686`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#27476`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#27684`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#27656`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#27683`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#27659`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#27682`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#27566`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#27681`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#25928`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#27680`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#27535`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#27442`_: (*JaseFace*) Ensure we pass on the enable setting if present, or use the default of True if not in build_schedule_item()
+
+- **PR** `#27641`_: (*rallytime*) Gate the psutil import and add depends doc for diskusage beacon
+
+- **PR** `#27644`_: (*rallytime*) Back-port `#27640`_ to 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#27612`_: (*rallytime*) Fix GCE external_ip stacktraces in 2015.5
+
+- **PR** `#27568`_: (*jacobhammons*) regenerated man pages
+
+.. _`#25521`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/25521
+.. _`#25928`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/25928
+.. _`#27201`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27201
+.. _`#27286`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27286
+.. _`#27390`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27390
+.. _`#27442`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27442
+.. _`#27476`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27476
+.. _`#27524`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27524
+.. _`#27535`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27535
+.. _`#27566`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27566
+.. _`#27568`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27568
+.. _`#27612`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27612
+.. _`#27640`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27640
+.. _`#27641`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27641
+.. _`#27644`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27644
+.. _`#27656`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27656
+.. _`#27659`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27659
+.. _`#27671`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27671
+.. _`#27680`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27680
+.. _`#27681`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27681
+.. _`#27682`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27682
+.. _`#27683`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27683
+.. _`#27684`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27684
+.. _`#27686`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27686
+.. _`#27695`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27695
+.. _`#27706`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27706
+.. _`#27726`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27726
+.. _`#27732`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27732
+.. _`#27733`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27733
+.. _`#27747`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27747
+.. _`#27758`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27758
+.. _`#27759`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27759
+.. _`#27766`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27766
+.. _`#27776`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27776
+.. _`#27791`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27791
+.. _`#27806`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27806
+.. _`#27838`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27838
+.. _`#27841`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27841
+.. _`#27852`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27852
+.. _`#27876`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27876
+.. _`#27913`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27913
+.. _`#27986`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27986
+.. _`#27995`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27995
+.. _`#27996`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/27996
+.. _`#28003`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28003
+.. _`#28008`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28008
+.. _`#28012`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28012
+.. _`#28031`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28031
+.. _`#28032`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28032
+.. _`#28033`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28033
+.. _`#28037`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28037
+.. _`#28040`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28040
+.. _`#28047`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28047
+.. _`#28056`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28056
+.. _`#28059`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28059
+.. _`#28097`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28097
+.. _`#28103`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28103
+.. _`#28109`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28109
+.. _`#28110`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28110
+.. _`#28117`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28117
+.. _`#28130`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28130
+.. _`#28138`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28138
+.. _`#28140`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28140
+.. _`#28174`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28174
+.. _`#28175`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28175
+.. _`#28210`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28210
+.. _`#28211`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28211
+.. _`#28213`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28213
+.. _`#28238`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28238
+.. _`#28255`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28255
+.. _`#28263`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28263
+.. _`#28271`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28271
+.. _`#28280`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28280
+.. _`#28293`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28293
+.. _`#28315`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28315
+.. _`#28346`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28346
+.. _`#28358`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28358
+.. _`#28359`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28359
+.. _`#28366`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28366
+.. _`#28373`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28373
+.. _`#28381`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28381
+.. _`#28400`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28400
+.. _`#28406`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28406
+.. _`#28407`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28407
+.. _`#28413`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28413
+.. _`#28448`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28448
+.. _`#28461`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28461
+.. _`#28508`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28508
+.. _`#28512`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28512
+.. _`#28517`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28517
+.. _`#28525`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28525
+.. _`#28529`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28529
+.. _`#28531`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28531
+.. _`#28537`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28537
+.. _`#28538`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28538
+.. _`#28541`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28541
+.. _`#28546`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28546
+.. _`#28548`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28548
+.. _`#28563`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28563
+.. _`#28617`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28617
+.. _`#28622`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28622
+.. _`#28627`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28627
+.. _`#28630`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28630
+.. _`#28645`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28645
+.. _`#28662`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28662
+.. _`#28666`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28666
+.. _`#28668`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28668
+.. _`#28669`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28669
+.. _`#28670`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28670
+.. _`#28690`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28690
+.. _`#28694`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28694
+.. _`#28699`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28699
+.. _`#28703`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28703
+.. _`#28705`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28705
+.. _`#28716`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28716
+.. _`#28717`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28717
+.. _`#28718`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28718
+.. _`#28731`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28731
+.. _`#28740`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28740
+.. _`#28746`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28746
+.. _`#28756`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28756
+.. _`#28760`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28760
+.. _`#28776`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28776
+.. _`#28777`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28777
+.. _`#28786`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28786
+.. _`#28826`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28826
+.. _`#28829`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28829
+.. _`#28832`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28832
+.. _`#28833`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28833
+.. _`#28839`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28839
+.. _`#28851`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28851
+.. _`#28853`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28853
+.. _`#28856`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28856
+.. _`#28857`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28857
+.. _`#28864`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28864
+.. _`#28871`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28871
+.. _`#28873`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28873
+.. _`#28897`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28897
+.. _`#28902`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28902
+.. _`#28908`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28908
+.. _`#28930`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28930
+.. _`#28932`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28932
+.. _`#28949`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28949
+.. _`#28982`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/28982
+.. _`#29011`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/29011
+.. _`#29053`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/29053
+.. _`#29055`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/29055
+.. _`#29083`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/29083
+.. _`#29084`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/29084
+.. _`#29093`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/29093
+.. _`#29096`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/29096
+.. _`#29122`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/29122
+.. _`#29128`: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/29128