salt/doc/topics/releases/0.9.6.rst
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Salt 0.9.6 Release Notes
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Salt 0.9.6 is a release targeting a few bugs and changes. This is primarily
targeting an issue found in the names declaration in the state system. But a
few other bugs were also repaired, like missing support for grains in extmods.
Due to a conflict in distribution packaging msgpack will no longer be bundled
with Salt, and is required as a dependency.
New Features
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http and ftp support in files.managed
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Now under the source option in the file.managed state a http or ftp address
can be used instead of a file located on the salt master.
Allow Multiple Returners
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Now the returner interface can define multiple returners, and will also return
data back to the master, making the process less ambiguous.
Minion Memory Improvements
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A number of modules have been taken out of the minion if the underlying
systems required by said modules are not present on the minion system.
A number of other modules need to be stripped out in this same way which
should continue to make the minion more efficient.
Minions Can Locally Cache Return Data
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A new option, cache_jobs, has been added to the minion to allow for all of the
historically run jobs to cache on the minion, allowing for looking up historic
returns. By default cache_jobs is set to False.
Pure Python Template Support For file.managed
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Templates in the file.managed state can now be defined in a Python script.
This script needs to have a run function that returns the string that needs to
be in the named file.