Re: [Fab-user] Fabric 0.9.7, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, and status update part 2

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Top-Poster ssteinerX

On Jun 24, 2011, at 9:25 PM, Jeff Forcier wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Happy to announce that both existing Fabric versions have received
> bugfix updates, and we now have a new minor-level release, 1.1!
> 
> I *highly* suggest reading the changelogs in full -- we try hard to
> make them human readable :)
> 
> 
> # 0.9.7
> 
>    http://readthedocs.org/docs/fabric/en/0.9.7/changes/0.9.7.html
> 
> Nothing too exciting, just a bugfix to reboot(), which was broken for
> many users.
> 
> 
> # 1.0.2
> 
>    http://docs.fabfile.org/en/1.0.2/changes/1.0.2.html
> 
> The usual grab bag and the last "big" bugfix release (see below). Most
> important is a fix from Max Arnold for the widely reported issues re:
> sudo prompts and output freezing. A handful of other medium-profile
> bugs have also been fixed.
> 
> 
> # 1.1.0
> 
>    http://readthedocs.org/docs/fabric/en/1.1.0/changes/1.1.html
> 
> Travis Swicegood contributed both lynchpin features here: @task
> decorators and namespaces, implemented via a rudimentary
> object-oriented Task class. fabric.tasks.Task is documented in the
> public API and suitable for use in your own fabfiles if @task doesn't
> do it for you. We'll extend this API in the future to be even more
> useful.
> 
> 1.1.0 also includes a number of other feature enhancements, and a few 
> bugfixes.
> 
> 
> # Status update pt 2
> 
> A few weeks ago I posted a notice about moving issue tracking/etc to
> Github, and a near simultaneous change in release management:
> 
>    http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/fab-user/2011-06/msg00014.html
> 
> It all still applies, and is what I will be focusing on next. A specific 
> rehash:
> 
> * Faster/smaller bugfix releases, at least in situations where a fix
> is easy to come by.
> * Faster/smaller feature releases -- pick a handful of related new
> features, sprint on them, release.
> * No more per-release labels unless a release is actively being worked on.
> * Migration to Github to make use of pull requests, commit comments,
> and similar features.
>    * I need to do some research on the best way to import our Redmine
> material into Github
>    * Lock the Redmine instance so it is read-only
>    * Perform the import
>    * Publish some basic guidelines for GH collaboration (re: pull
> requests, labels, milestones etc.)
> 
> The migration to Github may also entail switching the canonical repo
> to github.com/fabric/fabric -- GH recently added a "move repository"
> feature which does this and should preserve the network links.
> HOWEVER: you will still need to update your git repo's remote to the
> new URL. I will publish detailed instructions if and when this move
> occurs.
> 
> 
> Thanks to all of you for A) getting this far in the email and B) using Fabric!
> 
> 
> Best,
> Jeff
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Forcier
> Unix sysadmin; Python/Ruby engineer
> http://bitprophet.org
> 
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