Jira (PUP-10085) Prepare release announcement (Puppet Platform 6.10.1)

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Nirupama Mantha (JIRA)

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Puppet / Task PUP-10085
Prepare release announcement (Puppet Platform 6.10.1)
Issue Type: Task Task
Assignee: Bill Tang
Created: 2019/10/03 4:31 PM
Due Date: 2019/10/14
Labels: release
Priority: Normal Normal
Reporter: Nirupama Mantha

(Initial planned release date: 2019-10-15)

Draft the release announcement using the guidance provided here.

Paste the text of the announcement in a comment on this ticket and ping Jean Bond for review and any important hyperlinks.

If there are any links, it would be most helpful for the sender if they were already hyperlinked to the display text, so only a copy+paste to Gmail is necessary.
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Jean Bond (JIRA)

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Nirupama Mantha (JIRA)

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Nirupama Mantha commented on Task PUP-10085
 
Re: Prepare release announcement (Puppet Platform 6.10.1)

The next point release in the Puppet 6 series, Puppet 6.10.1 is now available!

The release contains bug fixes and minor improvements, including:

  • Module installation performance with minitar improved
  • Automatic (delayed start) is now an option for Windows services
  • Module repository credentials redacted during installation
  • Sensitive values redacted in notify resource messages
  • This version upgrades the Ruby version to 2.5.7
  • This version upgrades OpenSSL to 1.1.1d
  • This version includes a security update to curl 7.66.0

For the full list of changes, check out the release notes: https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/release_notes_puppet.html

cc/Jean Bond to review, once Jean is good, Molly Waggett we should be good to send it.

Jean Bond (JIRA)

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Jean Bond commented on Task PUP-10085

lgtm; I condensed the security updates into one bullet point and added periods to the ends of sentences.

Nirupama Mantha (JIRA)

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Jean Bond Molly Waggett added a consolidated version here

Nirupama Mantha (JIRA)

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Email subject: Puppet Platform 5.5.17, 6.4.4, and 6.10.1 are now available!

The latest point releases in the Puppet 5.5, 6.4 and 6.10 series - Puppet 5.5.17, 6.4.4 and 6.10.1 are now available!

5.5.17

The release contains bug fixes and minor improvements, including: 

  • The exec type’s onlyif and unless checks now return redacted output if it is marked sensitive.
  • You can now specify no_proxy as a Puppet setting, consistent with other http_proxy_* Puppet settings.
  • Installation time on larger modules has been improved.
  • Puppet can now set Windows service startup type to Auto-Start (Delayed).
  • This version includes security updates to Ruby 2.4.9, OpenSSL 1.0.2t, and curl 7.66.0.

For the full list of changes, check out the release notes: https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/5.5/release_notes.html

6.4.4

The release contains bug fixes and minor improvements, including:

  • New no_proxy setting available in the puppet.conf file.
  • serverip6 fact added.
  • puppet plugin information is now included in help.
  • Module installation performance with minitar improved.
  • Automatic (delayed start) is now an option for Windows services.
  • Agents now connect directly if target host is set to NO_PROXY.
  • Query parameters for HTTP and HTTPS file resources are preserved.
  • This version includes security updates to Ruby 2.5.7, OpenSSL 1.1.1d, and curl 7.66.0.

For the full list of changes, check out the release notes: https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/6.4/release_notes_puppet.html

6.10.1

The release contains bug fixes and minor improvements, including:

  • Module installation performance with minitar improved.
  • Automatic (delayed start) is now an option for Windows services.
  • Module repository credentials redacted during installation.
  • Sensitive values redacted in notify resource messages.
  • This version include security updates to Ruby 2.5.7, OpenSSL 1.1.1d, and curl 7.66.0.

For the full list of changes, check out the release notes: https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/latest/release_notes_puppet.html
 

Molly Waggett (JIRA)

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Oct 15, 2019, 5:07:03 PM10/15/19
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thank you! all sent!
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