For those looking for fact-caching docs BTW: http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks_variables.html#id34
Hastily produced blog post: http://www.ansible.com/blog :) On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 5:56 PM, James Cammarata <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > We have released Ansible 1.8.0, which adds some exciting new features and > modules, as well as many enhancements to cloud modules and other various > bug fixes: > > * Fact caching support, pluggable, initially supports Redis (DOCS pending) > * The new omit value can be used to leave off a parameter when not set, > like so module_name: a=1 b={{ c | default(omit) }}, would not pass value > for b (not even an empty value) if c was not set. > * no_log parameter now surpressess data from callbacks/output as well as > syslog > * ansible-galaxy install -f requirements.yml allows advanced options and > installs from non-galaxy SCM sources and tarballs. > > For developers writing modules: > > * The 'baby JSON' support in module responses, originally intended for > writing modules in bash, is removed as a feature to simplify logic, script > module remains available for running bash scripts.* async jobs started in > "fire & forget" mode can now be checked on at a later time. > * added ability to subcategorize modules for docs.ansible.com > * added ability for shipped modules to have aliases with symlinks > * added ability to deprecate older modules by starting with "_" and > including "deprecated: message why" in module docs > > And much more! Be sure to check the CHANGELOG for a full list of changes > and fixes in this release. > > This update is available via PyPi and releases.ansible.com now, and > packages for distros will be available as soon as possible. > > Thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Announcements" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgzisoLAW%3DOUGOCS-RvU%3D2zf2r07c_QHBnCh%2BcPSHFr2pw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
