Announce: Facter 2.4.0 is available!

[Will Hopper]

Facter 2.4.0 is a backward-compatible features-and-fixes release in the Facter 2 series.

Included in this release are several backend improvements to prepare for Puppet 4.0. No new facts are added, but we've included various improvements for OS support and a few updates to existing facts.                                                                                                                                                                     

Notable updates:                                                                                                               

• Preparation for Puppet 4                                                                                                     
  
• Puppet 4 will change the filesystem layout for its configuration and synced plugin directories. Facter can now use these new directories in addition to the existing Puppet 3 directories.
• Improved logging: Puppet 4 can now show Facter's error and warning messages in its logs.              
• Addition of the ability to set external fact weights based on directory.
• The 'partitions' structured fact has been extended to include a 'label' key for each partition.
  
• AIX networking fact improvements
  
• Various bug fixes including improvements to the virtualization, networking and uptime facts.
  

To download Facter, follow the instructions here: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/guides/install_puppet/pre_install.html

Release notes are available here: http://docs.puppetlabs.com/facter/latest/release_notes.html

To see a complete list of issues fixed in this release: https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/FACT-779?filter=13422

We're tracking bugs found in this release with the "Affected Version" field set to "FACT 2.4.0": https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/issues/?filter=13424

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William Hopper | Software Engineer
Puppet Labs, Inc.
308 SW 2nd Ave., 5th Floor
Portland, OR 97204
whopper@puppetlabs.com

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