CHANGELOG.md

4.19.0

2024-06-25

• added hook node_ssh_connect
• improved flickering in most terminals

4.18.0

2024-04-01

• added support for Python 3.12
• removed support for Python 3.7
• added download_timeout for file items
• performance improvements
• improved display of long-running jobs
• improved handling of connection errors
• improved handling of services on OpenBSD
• fixed fixing of symlink ownership
• fixed detection of installed packages with pacman
• fixed handling of binary files with bw pw -f
• fixed missing setuptools dependency
• fixed block_concurrent() not working if item provides canned actions

4.17.2

2023-05-05

• fixed bw hash trying to hash actions

4.17.1

2023-05-05

• fixed username node attribute not being respected during some operations
• fixed detection of enabled-runtime state for systemd services
• fixed handling of connection errors to routeros nodes
• fixed boolean type conversion for routeros items
• fixed unhelpful tracebacks after AttributeError in reactors and such

4.17.0

2023-02-18

• added key_command for .secrets.cfg
• added node.rename() for TOML nodes
• improved logging for routeros items

4.16.1

2023-01-19

• fixed connections to RouterOS being reused after errors
• fixed non-strings in sets crashing bw metadata

4.16.0

2022-11-27

• added support for Python 3.11
• improved performance of dynamic node attributes in lambda selectors
• fixed type handling in dconf items
• fixed os_version not being useable in TOML files
• fixed pkg_apt being unable to remove 'essential' packages
• fixed bw items -w crashing with download content type

4.15.0

2022-09-19

• added exception handling for bw nodes -a
• added color for None in bw nodes -a output
• reworked ErrorContext exception chain
• improved error messages for malformed bundles
• fixed FaultUnavailable exception when using unless with Faults

4.14.2

2022-06-24

• fixed bw nodes -a all and bw groups -a all
• fixed handling of duplicate toml nodes
• fixed some internal type conversions

4.14.1

2022-06-24

• fixed sorting of lists and tuples in bw nodes

4.14.0

2022-06-24

• added BW_TABLE_STYLE=csv
• added dconf items
• added dynamic node attributes
• added node_count read-only group attribute
• improved performance loading toml files
• improved dependency loop debugging
• fixed repo.vault.decode_file_as_base64() in dummy mode
• fixed a crash in bw plot node
• fixed reporting of unknown groups

4.13.6

2022-01-28

• show file path on TOML parse error
• improved performance of bw test -M
• fixed bw plot groups-for-node not showing all memberships

4.13.5

2022-01-15

• fixed some issues in bw plot
• fixed zfs_dataset not allowing unmanaged pools
• fixed zfs_dataset creating deps based on identical mountpoints
• fixed node.metadata not being recognized as a Mapping

4.13.4

2021-12-01

• fixed addressing for some routeros items
• fixed occasional socket errors for routeros items

4.13.3

2021-11-18

• fixed empty comments not returned by RouterOS API

4.13.2

2021-11-24

• fixed concurrency issues with RouterOS
• added workaround for setting comment on RouterOS items

4.13.1

2021-11-10

• fixed tomlkit types leaking into nodes/metadata

4.13.0

2021-11-05

• added support for Python 3.10
• added filtering for internal attributes in bw items
• added pkg_pamac
• added svc_freebsd
• added support for arbitrary zfs_dataset attributes
• relaxed metadata type conversion
• fixed pkg_pip not showing error output
• fixed concurrent execution of some package manager operations

4.12.0

2021-09-22

• added test_with to file items
• added download content_type to file items
• added bw pw

4.11.2

2021-08-16

• fixed detection of non-existing zfs_pools
• fixed config and ashift attributes of zfs_pool items not being marked as when_creating
• fixed when_creating attributes not being shown in diffs on apply

4.11.1

2021-08-11

• fixed another premature MetadataPersistentKeyError

4.11.0

2021-08-11

• added zfs_pool and zfs_dataset items
• added bw plot reactors
• added bw lock show -i
• improved metadata reactor performance and debug logging
• improved exception handling during bw apply
• CTRL+C now results in exit code 130
• fixed directory permissions not being applied reliably with GNU chmod
• fixed bw test -p not catching some invalid returns
• fixed item name validation allowing empty names
• fixed display of "missing" attributes
• fixed display of created directories

4.10.1

2021-07-07

• fixed a premature MetadataPersistentKeyError

4.10.0

2021-07-06

• enable iteration over Faults
• fixed using sets as metadata in TOML nodes

4.9.0

2021-06-28

• added repo.vault.cmd()
• postgres items can now be used with doas instead of sudo
• improved error reporting of git_deploy
• fixed dependencies being skipped when using bw apply -o
• fixed user and group management on BSD

4.8.2

2021-05-27

• fixed clobbered env vars for git_deploy
• fixed pkg_pip failing with underscores in package names

4.8.1

2021-05-19

• improved exception reporting for bw verify and git_deploy
• fixed metadata source attribution in bw metadata -b
• fixed AttributeError in bw diff -i -b
• fixed late detection of duplicate items
• fixed bw diff not showing anything useful for single nodes
• fixed and optimized checking order of item skip conditions
• fixed garbled output in files produced by BW_DEBUG_LOG_DIR

4.8.0

2021-05-02

• added support for RouterOS
• fixed k8s objects not being retrieved with the correct apiVersion

4.7.1

2021-03-29

• fixed bw lock show hiding output if it failed to connect to any host
• fixed bw test -m not handling cdict mismatches properly

4.7.0

2021-03-24

• added skip item attribute
• added before and after soft dependencies
• added --only and --skip to bw verify
• improved bw plot node to properly show all 7 types of item dependencies
• fixed metadata reactors being able to corrupt metadata in some cases

4.6.0

2021-02-25

• added pkg_apk and svc_openrc items
• actions can now be inspected with bw items
• bw test -d now shows a diff for config changes
• fixed display of strings in bw items --attrs

4.5.1

2021-02-19

• fixed actions that set None as expected_return_code

4.5.0

2021-02-19

• added diffs to the default output of bw apply and bw verify
• added bw apply --no-diff
• added bw verify --no-diff
• added pkg_freebsd
• added canned stop actions for services
• added masked attribute for svc_systemd
• added multiple expected return codes for actions
• improved error message for incompatible types in diff
• fixed group management on FreeBSD
• fixed types from tomlkit not being diffable
• fixed using Faults for user password salts
• fixed bw repo create clobbering existing repos

4.4.2

2021-01-22

• full tracebacks are now shown by default for exceptions in file templates
• fixed a RuntimeError related to a metadata concurrency issue

4.4.1

2021-01-20

• fixed bw test -p quietness
• fixed dependency loop detection between empty tags
• fixed missing dict methods on node.metadata

4.4.0

2021-01-20

• added Fault.as_htpasswd_entry()
• added tag inheritance through bundle.py
• optimized performance of metadata generation based on @metadata_reactor.provides()
• fixed TypeError in bw plot
• fixed needs from tags not being applied to items
• fixed unused tags not passing on their dependencies
• removed experimental metadata caching

4.3.0

2020-12-23

• added support for Python 3.9
• added supergroups as a reverse direction for the existing subgroups
• added bundle.py
• added metadata caching (EXPERIMENTAL)
• added @metadata_reactor.provides() (EXPERIMENTAL)
• reworked item selectors
• sorted summary table for bw apply
• fixed handling of k8s apiVersions
• fixed canned actions not being skipped if their parent item is skipped
• pipe output to less if there are too many lines

4.2.2

2020-10-30

• fixed tomlkit types not being accepted as statedict values

4.2.1

2020-10-15

• fixed unintended Fault evaluation in metadata collision error message
• fixed sorting of Faults with other types
• fixed display of paged output on large macOS terminals
• fixed svc_openbsd being applied concurrently
• fixed services being reloaded and restarted at the same time
• fixed possible mangling of group metadata from items.py

4.2.0

2020-09-21

• added BW_GIT_DEPLOY_CACHE
• added lock_dir node attribute
• added pip_command node attribute
• Fault callbacks can now accept some unhashable parameters (such as dicts)

4.1.1

2020-08-12

• improved reporting of invalid types in metadata
• improved error output of bw test -m
• fixed recognition of JSON files as text
• fixed a rare case of nodes not having their metadata built to completion
• fixed a column sorting issue in bw nodes

4.1.0

2020-07-27

• added bw test --quiet
• apply_start hook can now raise GracefulApplyException
• performance improvements in metadata generation
• improved reporting of persistent metadata KeyErrors
• clashing metadata keys are now allowed for equal values
• git_deploy: fixed attempted shallow clones over HTTP
• k8s: improved handling of absent apiVersion
• fixed cascade_skip not affecting recursively skipped items
• fixed bw metadata -b -k
• fixed metadata reactors seeing their own previous results
• fixed SCM information being returned as bytes

4.0.0

2020-06-22

• new metadata processor API (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• removed template_node node attribute (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• removed support for Python 2.7 (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• removed support for Python 3.4 (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• removed support for Python 3.5 (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• removed members_add/remove attribute for groups (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• removed bw --adhoc-nodes (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• added locking_node node attribute
• added bw diff
• added bw metadata -b
• added bw metadata --hide-defaults
• added bw metadata --hide-reactors
• added bw metadata --hide-groups
• added bw metadata --hide-node
• added git_deploy items (formerly a plugin)
• added paging and color-coding for metadata sources to bw metadata
• removed bw metadata --table, now done automatically (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• removed bw repo plugin (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• removed bw test --secret-rotation (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• renamed bw test --metadata-collisions to bw test --metadata-conflicts (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• reworked passing multi-value options on CLI (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• bw apply will now exit with return code 1 if even a single item fails
• items/ is now searched recursively
• failed items will now show what commands they ran and what their output was

3.9.0

2020-05-04

• added lambda expressions for CLI node selection
• added groups attribute to nodes
• added support for Python 3.8
• k8s: bumped apiVersion where appropriate
• fixed handling of apiVersion and status
• fixed KeyError on k8s item collision

3.8.0

2020-01-09

• k8s_raw: added support for items without a namespace
• k8s_raw: fixed overriding resource name in YAML
• k8s_raw: allow using builtin item types if there are no actual conflicts
• decryption keys can now be set within encrypted files
• improved detection of incorrect metadata processor usage
• fixed excessive skipping of items because of concurrency dependencies
• fixed preceded_by not working for actions

3.7.0

2019-10-07

• Faults are now accepted as item attribute values
• Filter objects, iterators and such can now be used as item attribute values
• BW_VAULT_DUMMY_MODE will now yield dummy passwords of requested length
• added repo.vault.random_bytes_as_base64_for()

3.6.2

2019-07-25

• fixed None not being accepted as a file/directory mode
• fixed overriding resource name in k8s manifests

3.6.1

2019-03-12

• Faults can now be sorted
• fixed detection of runtime-enabled svc_systemd
• fixed resolving nested Faults

3.6.0

2019-02-27

• added bw apply --only
• added Fault.b64encode()
• added support for using Faults in k8s manifests
• improved display of some skipped items
• improved error handling during bw apply
• improved handling of offline nodes in bw verify
• fixed corrupted hard lock warning
• fix interactively overwriting symlinks/dirs

3.5.3

2018-12-27

• added error message when trying to access node bundles from members_add/remove
• improved performance for file verification
• fixed symlinks being mistaken for directories in some circumstances

3.5.2

2018-12-11

• fixed IO activation/deactivation when using bw as a library
• fixed atomic() being removed prematurely during metadata processing

3.5.1

2018-07-08

• added support for Python 3.7
• fixed merged metadata not overwriting atomic() values

3.5.0

2018-06-12

• added template_node node attribute
• actions are now included in bw verify
• improved error message for KeyErrors in Mako templates
• fixed hashing for filenames with escaped characters
• fixed AttributeError when reverse-depending on bundle: items

3.4.0

2018-05-02

• added k8s_clusterrole items
• added k8s_clusterrolebinding items
• added k8s_crd items
• added k8s_networkpolicy items
• added k8s_raw items
• added k8s_role items
• added k8s_rolebinding items
• added Kubernetes item preview with bw items -f
• improved handling of exceptions during bw verify and bw apply
• improved progress display during bw run

3.3.0

2018-03-09

• added experimental support for Kubernetes
• some hooks can now raise an exception to skip nodes
• fixed ED25519 public keys not being recognized as text files
• fixed package names with hyphens for pkg_openbsd
• fixed diff for user groups

3.2.1

2018-01-08

• fixed metadata key filter for bw metadata --blame
• fixed pkg_openbsd reported incorrectly as having having wrong flavor installed
• fixed crash when declining actions interactively

3.2.0

2018-01-01

• items skipped because of "unless" or "not triggered" are no longer shown during bw apply
• added BW_SCP_ARGS
• added bw metadata --blame
• added bw test --metadata-keys
• added flavor support to pkg_openbsd
• fixed changing symlink targets if previous target is a dir
• fixed display of some item attributes during bw apply and bw verify
• fixed handling of postgres DBs/roles with hyphens in them

3.1.1

2017-10-24

• will now detect bad wrappers around metadata processors
• fixed crash in bw plot
• fixed cut off status lines

3.1.0

2017-10-10

• added pkg_opkg items
• added bw test -s
• improved error messages for unknown reverse triggers
• fixed hash_method md5 on user items
• fixed cursor sometimes not being restored

3.0.3

2017-10-04

• dropped support for Python 3.3
• fixed bw trying to hide the cursor without a TTY present
• fixed ImportError with Python 2.7

3.0.2

2017-10-04

• improved status line
• bw test is now more responsive to SIGINT
• sorted bundle and group lists in bw nodes output
• fixed an issue with symlinks failing if fixing both target and ownership
• fixed bw run with dummy nodes
• fixed progress exceeding 100% during bw apply
• fixed progress intermittently being stuck at 100% during bw test
• fixed incorrent display of fixed item properties
• fixed bw metadata --table being unable to show None
• fixed bw metadata hiding KeyErrors

3.0.1

2017-09-25

• fixed bw run
• fixed bw test -e

3.0.0

2017-09-24

• new metadata processor API and options (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• files, directories, and symlinks now have defaults for owner, group, and mode (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• overhauled options and output of bw groups (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• overhauled options and output of bw nodes (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• overhauled options and output of bw run (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• overhauled options of bw test (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• svc_systemd services are now 'enabled' by default (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• bw items --file-preview no longer uses a separate file path argument (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• removed bw apply --profiling (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• removed Item.display_keys() (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• changed return value of Item.display_dicts() (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• changed Item.BLOCK_CONCURRENT into a class method (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• removed repo.vault.format() (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• removed env vars: BWADDHOSTKEYS, BWCOLORS, BWITEMWORKERS, BWNODEWORKERS (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)

2.20.1

2017-09-21

• improved performance of metadata processors
• pkg_* and svc_* items no longer throw exceptions when their commands fail
• fixed BW_DEBUG_LOG_DIR with bw debug
• fixed 'precedes' attribute for actions

2.20.0

2017-08-15

• added progress info shown on SIGQUIT (CTRL+\)
• added pkg_snap items
• fixed checking for dummy nodes during bw lock
• fixed handling of missing Faults for actions
• fixed handling of missing Faults for bw items -w

2.19.0

2017-07-05

• actions can now receive data over stdin
• added Node.magic_number
• added bw apply --resume-file
• added hooks for bw lock
• added bw metadata --table

2.18.1

2017-06-01

• fixed display of comments for actions

2.18.0

2017-05-22

• added encoding and collation to postgres_db items
• added the 'comment' attribute for all items
• fixed group deletion
• fixed accidental modification of lists in statedicts

2.17.1

2017-04-19

• fixed parent groups not being removed by subgroups' members_remove
• fixed bw lock trying to connect to dummy nodes

2.17.0

2017-03-26

• pkg_apt: added start_service attribute
• pkg_apt: added support for multiarch packages
• improved reporting of exceptions in metadata processors
• fixed package cache leaking across nodes

2.16.0

2017-02-23

• added BW_TABLE_STYLE
• added more Unicode tables
• added number of bundles and metadata processors to bw stats
• added oraclelinux to OS_FAMILY_REDHAT
• added option to ignore running status of systemd services
• improved circular dependency debugging
• improved reporting of dependency errors
• fixed avoidance of circular dependencies
• fixed dealing with SUID and SGID on directories
• fixed debug logging on Python 2.7
• fixed duplicates in Group.subgroups
• fixed handling of subgroup patterns in bw plot group

2.15.0

2017-01-19

• added item and attribute arguments to bw items
• added orphaned bundle warnings to bw test
• fixed regression when removing soft locks

2.14.0

2017-01-16

• added key filtering to bw metadata
• added repo.vault.human_password_for()
• added BW_REPO_PATH and bw --repo-path
• quotes are no longer required around commands with bw run
• fixed intermittent circular dependencies with multiple custom items using BLOCK_CONCURRENT
• fixed exception when removing non-existent soft lock

2.13.0

2017-01-05

• added tuple return option to metadata processors
• improved CLI output in various places
• improved performance during dependency processing
• improved performance when checking packages
• fixed hashing of metadata containing sets
• fixed exception with svc_upstart when service doesn't exist

2.12.2

2016-12-23

• added support for Python 3.6
• changed diff line length limit from 128 to 1024 characters
• fixed deadlock in Group.members_remove
• fixed unknown subgroups not being detected properly

2.12.1

2016-12-20

• fixed exception when changing owner of postgres databases
• fixed postgres roles requiring a password even when deleted
• fixed incorrect exit codes in some situations with bw test

2.12.0

2016-11-28

• added BW_DEBUG_LOG_DIR
• improved reporting of action failures
• fixed bw plot groups and bw plot groups-for-node
• fixed access to partial metadata in Group.members_add and _remove

2.11.0

2016-11-14

• added bw nodes --inline
• added Group.members_add and .members_remove
• fixed symlinks not overwriting other path types
• fixed precedes and triggers for bundle, tag and type items
• fixed diffs for sets and tuples

2.10.0

2016-11-03

• added pkg_dnf items
• added rudimentary string operations on Faults
• added Fault documentation
• added bw test --config-determinism and --metadata-determinism
• improved debugging facilities for metadata processor loops
• improved handling and reporting of missing Faults

2.9.1

2016-10-18

• fixed bw verify without -S
• fixed asking for changes to directory items

2.9.0

2016-10-17

• added directory purging
• added bw --adhoc-nodes
• improve handling of unknown nodes/groups
• improvements to bw nodes

2.8.0

2016-09-12

• added BW_HARDLOCK_EXPIRY env var
• added bw hash --group
• added subgroup_patterns
• added bw test --ignore-missing-faults
• added node.cmd_wrapper_inner and _outer
• added node.os_version
• fixed exception handling under Python 2
• fixed partial metadata not being completed in some cases

2.7.1

2016-07-15

• improved responsiveness to SIGINT during metadata generation
• fixed SIGINT handling on Python 2.7

2.7.0

2016-07-15

• bw lock show can now show entire groups
• bw can now be invoked from any subdirectory of a repository
• added bw hash --metadata
• added bw nodes --attrs
• added repo.vault.format
• added graceful handling of SIGINT
• added log level indicator to debug output
• added node.dummy attribute
• added BW_SSH_ARGS environment variable
• bash is no longer required on nodes
• node.os and node.use_shadow_passwords can now be set at the group level
• sets are now allowed in metadata
• optimized execution of metadata processors
• fixed bw apply --force with unlocked nodes
• fixed bw test not detecting merge of lists in unrelated groups' metadata
• fixed installation of some pkg_openbsd
• fixed piping into bw apply -i
• fixed handling user names with non-ASCII characters
• fixed skipped and failed items sometimes being handled incorrectly
• fixed error with autoskipped triggered items
• fixed skip reason for some soft locked items

2.6.1

2016-05-29

• fixed accidentally changed default salt for user items

2.6.0

2016-05-29

• added support for OpenBSD packages and services
• added soft locking mechanism
• added enabled option for svc_systemd
• fixed running compound commands

2.5.2

2016-05-04

• fixed compatibility with some exotic node shells
• fixed quitting at question prompts
• fixed creating files with content_type 'any'

2.5.1

2016-04-07

• fixed false positive on metadata collision check

2.5.0

2016-04-04

• improved performance and memory usage
• added metadata conflict detection to bw test
• added metadata type validation
• added BW_VAULT_DUMMY_MODE
• added q(uit) option to questions
• output disabled by default when using as a library
• fixed bw hash -d
• fixed excessive numbers of open files
• fixed partial metadata access from metadata processors

2.4.0

2016-03-20

• added bw plot group
• added bw plot groups-for-node
• bw will now check requirements.txt in your repo before doing anything
• improved output of --help
• metadata processors now have access to partial node metadata while it is being compiled
• fixed bw test when using more than the default number of node workers
• fixed passing Faults to postgres_role and users
• fixed detection of non-existent paths on CentOS and others

2.3.1

2016-03-15

• fixed handling of 'generate' keys for repo.vault

2.3.0

2016-03-15

• added repo.vault for handling secrets
• circular dependencies are now detected by bw test
• fixed handling of broken pipes in internal subprocesses
• fixed previous input being read when asking a question
• fixed reading non-ASCII templates on systems with ASCII locale
• bw apply and bw verify now exit with return code 1 if there are errors

2.2.0

2016-03-02

• added item tagging
• added bw apply --skip
• fixed newline warning on long diff files
• fixed calling bw without arguments

2.1.0

2016-02-25

• added bw stats
• added bw items --file-preview
• added hooks for bw test
• reason for skipping an item is now displayed in regular output
• fixed exception handling for invalid cdicts/sdicts
• fixed handling of SSH errors
• fixed broken diffs caused by partial file downloads
• fixed interactive prompts sometimes not reading input correctly

2.0.1

2016-02-22

• fixed display of failed actions
• updated display of interactive lock override prompt
• improved robustness of internal output subsystem

2.0.0

2016-02-22

• added support for Python 3.3+
• switched from Fabric/Paramiko to OpenSSH
• removed SSH and sudo passwords (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• metadata is now merged recursively (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• file items: the source attribute now has a default (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• file items: the default content_type is now text (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• reworked command line options for bw verify (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• cascade_skip now defaults to False if the item is triggered or uses unless (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• bw verify and bw apply now show incorrect/fixed/failed attributes
• bw apply now uses a status line to show current activity
• generally improved output formatting

1.6.0

2016-02-22

• added bw migrate (will be removed in 2.0.0)
• added warnings for upgrading to 2.0.0 (will be removed in 2.0.0)

1.5.1

2015-06-11

• clean up local lock files
• fixed detection of some types of directories
• fixed exception spam when trying to load internal attributes as libs

1.5.0

2015-05-10

• added postgres_db and postgres_role items
• added bw verify --only-needs-fixing
• added bw verify --summary
• added Repository.nodes_in_group()
• added verify_with attribute for file items
• libs now have access to repo_path
• user items: fixed asking for password hash change
• file items: fixed bw items -w with content_type: 'any'
• improved various error messages

1.4.0

2015-03-02

• added virtualenv support for pkg_pip
• added reverse syntax for triggers and preceded_by
• lots of fixes and internal improvements around preceded_by

1.3.0

2014-12-31

• added pkg_pip items
• added pkg_yum items
• added pkg_zypper items
• added preceded_by item attribute
• fixed detection of non-existing files on CentOS/RHEL
• fixed detection of special files on Arch Linux
• fixed handling UTF-8 output of failed commands

1.2.2

2014-10-27

• fixed item classes not being restored after repo serialization

1.2.1

2014-10-21

• fixed a critical bug in bundle serialization

1.2.0

2014-10-19

• added item generators
• added bw test --plugin-conflict-error
• added bw debug -c
• improved unicode handling
• fixed logging issues

1.1.0

2014-08-11

• added metadata processors
• added bw metadata
• added bw apply --profiling
• added Repository.nodes_in_all_groups()
• added Repository.nodes_in_any_group()
• added the data subdirectory
• improved various error messages

1.0.0

2014-07-19

• API will now remain stable until 2.0.0
• added hooks for actions
• added support for Jinja2 templates
• fixed some CLI commands not terminating correctly

0.14.0

2014-07-13

• files, directories and symlinks don't care about ownership and mode by default (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• Mako file templates can now use include

0.13.0

2014-06-19

• added password-based SSH/sudo authentication
• fixed symlink items not checking existing link targets
• fixed exception when triggering skipped items
• output is now prefixed with node:bundle:item_type:item_name
• bw repo debug is now a top-level command (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• bw repo plot is now a top-level command (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• bw repo test is now a top-level command (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)

0.12.0

2014-05-11

• added plugins
• added group metadata
• user and group attributes are now optional
• user groups may no longer contain primary group (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• improvements to logging and output
• fixed a critical bug preventing per-node customization of bundles
• fixed pkg_apt choking on interactive dpkg prompts
• fixed hashing of plaintext user passwords without salt

0.11.2

2014-04-02

• packaging fixes only

0.11.1

2014-04-02

• packaging fixes only

0.11.0

2014-03-23

• renamed builtin item attribute 'depends' to 'needs' (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• removed PARALLEL_APPLY on custom items in favor of BLOCK_CONCURRENT (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• added builtin item attribute 'needed_by'
• added canned actions for services
• added deletion of files, groups and users
• simplified output of bw apply
• bw repo test now also verifies dependencies
• fixed bw repo test for files without a template
• fixed triggered actions being run every time
• various fixes and improvements around dependency handling

0.10.0

2014-03-08

• removed the 'timing' attribute on actions (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• actions are now first-class items
• items can now trigger each other (most useful with actions)
• added System V service item
• added bw repo test
• added negated bundle and group selectors to CLI
• can now manage files while ignoring their content
• more control over how actions are run in interactive mode
• bundles can now be assigned to nodes directly
• fixed creating symlinks in nonexistent unmanaged directories

0.9.0

2014-02-24

• added 'unless' for actions
• improved exception handling
• fixed actions not triggering in noninteractive mode
• fixed noninteractive installation of Debian packages
• slightly more verbose output

0.8.0

2014-02-21

• move from Alpha into Beta stage
• added builtin item attribute 'unless'
• added lightweight git/hg/bzr integration
• added -f switch to bw apply
• template context can now be customized
• added Node.has_bundle, .in_group etc.
• fixed a LineBuffer bug
• prevented output of some extraneous whitespace

0.7.0

2014-02-16

• added safety checks to prevent diffs of unwieldy files
• added a "text" content type for files
• added support for arbitrary encodings in managed files
• addes systemd and Upstart service items
• added hooks
• added action triggers (for service restarts after config changes)
• lots of new documentation
• better error messages when defining duplicate items
• better dependencies between files, directories and symlinks
• fixed a bug that prevented managing /etc/sudoers

0.6.0

2014-01-01

• added actions
• reworked group patterns (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• reworked output verbosity (BACKWARDS INCOMPATIBLE)
• added support for libs directory
• fixed high CPU load while waiting for interactive response
• various other minor fixes and improvements

0.5.0

2013-11-09

• manage users and groups
• manage symlinks
• node locking
• PARALLEL_APPLY setting for items
• manage Arch Linux packages
• plot item dependencies
• encoding fixes for file handling

0.4.0

2013-08-25

• manage directories
• manage Debian packages
• UI improvements

0.3.0

2013-08-04

• basic file management
• concurrency improvements
• logging/output improvements
• use Fabric for remote operations
• lots of other small improvements

0.2.0

2013-07-12

• bundle management
• item APIs
• new concurrency helpers

0.1.0

2013-06-16

• initial release
• node and group management
• running commands on nodes