v0.97.0 - Migration Guide & Expanded Functions

What's New

🔄 Migration Guide (New!)

A comprehensive guide for migrating from Puppet 7 to OpenVox 8:

• Strict mode — strict_variables=true is now default
• Legacy facts removed — Complete conversion table (20+ facts)
• Hiera 3 functions removed — hiera() → lookup() migration guide
• Ruby 3.2.x and OpenSSL 3.0 compatibility notes
• Package migration — Step-by-step for RHEL and Debian
• Migration checklist — Don't miss anything!

📄 Read the Migration Guide

📚 Expanded Functions Reference

The language/functions.md has been significantly expanded from 42 to 192 lines:

• String Functions (case transformation, whitespace, search/replace)
• Array Functions (unique, flatten, sort, slice)
• Hash Functions (merge, keys, values, dig)
• Hiera Lookup — lookup() signatures and merge strategies
• ⚠️ Deprecation warning for hiera(), hiera_array(), hiera_hash()
• Type Checking and assertion
• Conditional functions (pick, lest, then)
• Utility functions (epp, include, contain, fail)

🔍 openvox-lint Integration

Added documentation for openvox-lint in the Module Development guide:

gem install openvox-lint
openvox-lint .

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Technical Note: All content reviewed against official Puppet 8.10.0 documentation (52,477 lines), Puppet Best Practices (Chris Barbour), and Puppet 8 for DevOps Engineers (David Sandilands).