[ANN] Packer 1.2.0 Released

[Matthew Hooker]

Hi all,

Today we're proud to announce the release of Packer 1.2.0. This is a fairly substantial release, and I encourage you to read the changelog.

Some of the highlights include three new builders, some changes which affect backwards-compatibility, and numerous bug fixes and improvements.

The new builders are:

* Naver Cloud Platform

* OCI Classic Compute

* Scaleway

The backwards-compatibility changes are minor but important.

* The Amazon builder's `ssh_private_ip` option has been replaced with `"ssh_interface": "private"`. There is a fixer for this.

* Certain malformed `file` provisioners may break. We've made the provisioner more consistent across platforms, so it's advised to double check that your usage is correct.

* OpenStack extension support has been dropped. To use OpenStack builder with the OpenStack Newton (Oct 2016) or earlier, we recommend you use Packer v1.1.2 or earlier version.

* The plugin API has changed slightly. Existing plugins will continue to work, but to recompile against this version of Packer, you should see what's necessary here.

Links:

Changelog - https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#120-february-9-2018

Binaries - https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/1.2.0/

Thanks,

--Matt Hooker