discourse/chef/cookbooks/windows/CHANGELOG.md

Future

• package preseeding/response_file support
• package installation location via a target_dir attribute.
• [COOK-666] windows_package should support CoApp packages
• windows_registry :force_modify action should use RegNotifyChangeKeyValue from WinAPI
• WindowsRebootHandler/windows_reboot LWRP should support kicking off subsequent chef run on reboot.

v1.8.4:

• [COOK-2336] - MSI That requires reboot returns with RC 3010 and
  causes chef run failure
• [COOK-2368] - version attribute of the windows_package provider
  should be documented

v1.8.2:

Important: Use powershell in nodes expanded run lists to ensure
powershell is downloaded, as powershell has a dependency on this
cookbook; v1.8.0 created a circular dependency.

• [COOK-2301] - windows 1.8.0 has circular dependency on powershell

v1.8.0:

• [COOK-2126] - Add checksum attribute to windows_zipfile
• [COOK-2142] - Add printer and printer_port LWRPs
• [COOK-2149] - Chef::Log.debug Windows Package command line
• [COOK-2155] -windows_package does not send checksum to
  cached_file in installer_type

v1.7.0:

• [COOK-1745] - allow for newer versions of rubyzip

v1.6.0:

• [COOK-2048] - undefined method for Falseclass on task :change when
  action is :nothing (and task doesn't exist)
• [COOK-2049] - Add windows_pagefile resource

v1.5.0:

• [COOK-1251] - Fix LWRP "NotImplementedError"
• [COOK-1921] - Task LWRP will return true for resource exists when no
  other scheduled tasks exist
• [COOK-1932] - Include :change functionality to windows task lwrp

v1.4.0:

• [COOK-1571] - windows_package resource (with msi provider) does not
  accept spaces in filename
• [COOK-1581] - Windows cookbook needs a scheduled tasks LWRP
• [COOK-1584] - windows_registry should support all registry types

v1.3.4:

• [COOK-1173] - windows_registry throws Win32::Registry::Error for
  action :remove on a nonexistent key
• [COOK-1182] - windows package sets start window title instead of
  quoting a path
• [COOK-1476] - zipfile lwrp should support :zip action
• [COOK-1485] - package resource fails to perform install correctly
  when "source" contains quote
• [COOK-1519] - add action :remove for path lwrp

v1.3.2:

• [COOK-1033] - remove the libraries/ruby_19_patches.rb file which
  causes havoc on non-Windows systems.
• [COOK-811] - add a timeout parameter attribute for windows_package

v1.3.0:

• [COOK-1323] - Update for changes in Chef 0.10.10.
  • Setting file mode doesn't make sense on Windows (package provider
  • and reboot_handler recipe)
  • Prefix ::Win32 to avoid namespace collision with Chef::Win32
  • (registry_helper library)
  • Use chef_gem instead of gem_package so gems get installed correctly
    under the Ruby environment Chef runs in (reboot_handler recipe,
    zipfile provider)

v1.2.12:

• [COOK-1037] - specify version for rubyzip gem
• [COOK-1007] - windows_feature does not work to remove features with
  dism
• [COOK-667] - shortcut resource + provider for Windows platforms

v1.2.10

• [COOK-939] - add type parameter to windows_registry to allow binary registry keys.
• [COOK-940] - refactor logic so multiple values get created.

v1.2.8

• FIX: Older Windows (Windows Server 2003) sometimes return 127 on successful forked commands
• FIX: windows_package, ensure we pass the WOW* registry redirection flags into reg.open

v1.2.6

• patch to fix [CHEF-2684], Open4 is named Open3 in Ruby 1.9
• Ruby 1.9's Open3 returns 0 and 42 for successful commands
• retry keyword can only be used in a rescue block in Ruby 1.9

v1.2.4

• windows_package - catch Win32::Registry::Error that pops up when searching certain keys

v1.2.2

• combined numerous helper libarires for easier sharing across libaries/LWRPs
• renamed Chef::Provider::WindowsFeature::Base file to the more descriptive feature_base.rb
• refactored windows_path LWRP
  • :add action should MODIFY the the underlying ENV variable (vs CREATE)
  • deleted greedy :remove action until it could be made more idempotent
• added a windows_batch resource/provider for running batch scripts remotely

v1.2.0

• [COOK-745] gracefully handle required server restarts on Windows platform
  • WindowsRebootHandler for requested and pending reboots
  • windows_reboot LWRP for requesting (receiving notifies) reboots
  • reboot_handler recipe for enabling WindowsRebootHandler as a report handler
• [COOK-714] Correct initialize misspelling
• RegistryHelper - new get_values method which returns all values for a particular key.

v1.0.8

• [COOK-719] resource/provider for managing windows features
• [COOK-717] remove windows_env_vars resource as env resource exists in core chef
• new Windows::Version helper class
• refactored Windows::Helper mixin

v1.0.6

• added force_modify action to windows_registry resource
• add win_friendly_path helper
• re-purpose default recipe to install useful supporting windows related gems

v1.0.4

• [COOK-700] new resources and improvements to the windows_registry provider (thanks Paul Morton!)
  • Open the registry in the bitednes of the OS
  • Provide convenience methods to check if keys and values exit
  • Provide convenience method for reading registry values
  • NEW - windows_auto_run resource/provider
  • NEW - windows_env_vars resource/provider
  • NEW - windows_path resource/provider
• re-write of the windows_package logic for determining current installed packages
• new checksum attribute for windows_package resource...useful for remote packages

v1.0.2:

• [COOK-647] account for Wow6432Node registry redirecter
• [COOK-656] begin/rescue on win32/registry

1.0.0:

• [COOK-612] initial release