## Supported Release 4.9.1

###Summary

Small release for support of newer PE versions. This increments the version of PE in the metadata.json file.

##2015-09-08 - Supported Release 4.9.0

###Summary

This release adds new features including the new functions dos2unix, unix2dos, try_get_value, convert_base as well as other features and improvements.

####Features

- (MODULES-2370) allow `match` parameter to influence `ensure => absent` behavior

- (MODULES-2410) Add new functions dos2unix and unix2dos

- (MODULE-2456) Modify union to accept more than two arrays

- Adds a convert_base function, which can convert numbers between bases

- Add a new function "try_get_value"

####Bugfixes

- n/a

####Improvements

- (MODULES-2478) Support root_home fact on AIX through "lsuser" command

- Acceptance test improvements

- Unit test improvements

- Readme improvements

## 2015-08-10 - Supported Release 4.8.0

### Summary

This release adds a function for reading metadata.json from any module, and expands file\_line's abilities.

#### Features

- New parameter `replace` on `file_line`

- New function `load_module_metadata()` to load metadata.json and return the content as a hash.

- Added hash support to `size()`

#### Bugfixes

- Fix various docs typos

- Fix `file_line` resource on puppet < 3.3

##2015-06-22 - Supported Release 4.7.0

###Summary

Adds Solaris 12 support along with improved Puppet 4 support. There are significant test improvements, and some minor fixes.

####Features

- Add support for Solaris 12

####Bugfixes

- Fix for AIO Puppet 4

- Fix time for ruby 1.8.7

- Specify rspec-puppet version

- range() fix for typeerror and missing functionality

- Fix pw_hash() on JRuby < 1.7.17

- fqdn_rand_string: fix argument error message

- catch and rescue from looking up non-existent facts

- Use puppet_install_helper, for Puppet 4

####Improvements

- Enforce support for Puppet 4 testing

- fqdn_rotate/fqdn_rand_string acceptance tests and implementation

- Simplify mac address regex

- validate_integer, validate_numeric: explicitely reject hashes in arrays

- Readme edits

- Remove all the pops stuff for rspec-puppet

- Sync via modulesync

- Add validate_slength optional 3rd arg

- Move tests directory to examples directory

##2015-04-14 - Supported Release 4.6.0

###Summary

Adds functions and function argument abilities, and improves compatibility with the new puppet parser

####Features

- MODULES-444: `concat()` can now take more than two arrays

- `basename()` added to have Ruby File.basename functionality

- `delete()` can now take an array of items to remove

- `prefix()` can now take a hash

- `upcase()` can now take a hash or array of upcaseable things

- `validate_absolute_path()` can now take an array

- `validate_cmd()` can now use % in the command to embed the validation file argument in the string

- MODULES-1473: deprecate `type()` function in favor of `type3x()`

- MODULES-1473: Add `type_of()` to give better type information on future parser

- Deprecate `private()` for `assert_private()` due to future parser

- Adds `ceiling()` to take the ceiling of a number

- Adds `fqdn_rand_string()` to generate random string based on fqdn

- Adds `pw_hash()` to generate password hashes

- Adds `validate_integer()`

- Adds `validate_numeric()` (like `validate_integer()` but also accepts floats)

####Bugfixes

- Fix seeding of `fqdn_rotate()`

- `ensure_resource()` is more verbose on debug mode

- Stricter argument checking for `dirname()`

- Fix `is_domain_name()` to better match RFC

- Fix `uriescape()` when called with array

- Fix `file_line` resource when using the `after` attribute with `match`

##2015-01-14 - Supported Release 4.5.1

###Summary

This release changes the temporary facter_dot_d cache locations outside of the /tmp directory due to a possible security vunerability. CVE-2015-1029

####Bugfixes

- Facter_dot_d cache will now be stored in puppet libdir instead of tmp

##2014-12-15 - Supported Release 4.5.0

###Summary

This release improves functionality of the member function and adds improved future parser support.

####Features

- MODULES-1329: Update member() to allow the variable to be an array.

- Sync .travis.yml, Gemfile, Rakefile, and CONTRIBUTING.md via modulesync

####Bugfixes

- Fix range() to work with numeric ranges with the future parser

- Accurately express SLES support in metadata.json (was missing 10SP4 and 12)

- Don't require `line` to match the `match` parameter

##2014-11-10 - Supported Release 4.4.0

###Summary

This release has an overhauled readme, new private manifest function, and fixes many future parser bugs.

####Features

- All new shiny README

- New `private()` function for making private manifests (yay!)

####Bugfixes

- Code reuse in `bool2num()` and `zip()`

- Fix many functions to handle `generate()` no longer returning a string on new puppets

- `concat()` no longer modifies the first argument (whoops)

- strict variable support for `getvar()`, `member()`, `values_at`, and `has_interface_with()`

- `to_bytes()` handles PB and EB now

- Fix `tempfile` ruby requirement for `validate_augeas()` and `validate_cmd()`

- Fix `validate_cmd()` for windows

- Correct `validate_string()` docs to reflect non-handling of `undef`

- Fix `file_line` matching on older rubies

##2014-07-15 - Supported Release 4.3.2

###Summary

This release merely updates metadata.json so the module can be uninstalled and

upgraded via the puppet module command.

##2014-07-14 - Supported Release 4.3.1

### Summary

This supported release updates the metadata.json to work around upgrade behavior of the PMT.

#### Bugfixes

- Synchronize metadata.json with PMT-generated metadata to pass checksums

##2014-06-27 - Supported Release 4.3.0

### Summary

This release is the first supported release of the stdlib 4 series. It remains

backwards-compatible with the stdlib 3 series. It adds two new functions, one bugfix, and many testing updates.

#### Features

- New `bool2str()` function

- New `camelcase()` function

#### Bugfixes

- Fix `has_interface_with()` when interfaces fact is nil

##2014-06-04 - Release 4.2.2

### Summary

This release adds PE3.3 support in the metadata and fixes a few tests.

## 2014-05-08 - Release - 4.2.1

### Summary

This release moves a stray symlink that can cause problems.

## 2014-05-08 - Release - 4.2.0

### Summary

This release adds many new functions and fixes, and continues to be backwards compatible with stdlib 3.x

#### Features

- New `base64()` function

- New `deep_merge()` function

- New `delete_undef_values()` function

- New `delete_values()` function

- New `difference()` function

- New `intersection()` function

- New `is_bool()` function

- New `pick_default()` function

- New `union()` function

- New `validate_ipv4_address` function

- New `validate_ipv6_address` function

- Update `ensure_packages()` to take an option hash as a second parameter.

- Update `range()` to take an optional third argument for range step

- Update `validate_slength()` to take an optional third argument for minimum length

- Update `file_line` resource to take `after` and `multiple` attributes

#### Bugfixes

- Correct `is_string`, `is_domain_name`, `is_array`, `is_float`, and `is_function_available` for parsing odd types such as bools and hashes.

- Allow facts.d facts to contain `=` in the value

- Fix `root_home` fact on darwin systems

- Fix `concat()` to work with a second non-array argument

- Fix `floor()` to work with integer strings

- Fix `is_integer()` to return true if passed integer strings

- Fix `is_numeric()` to return true if passed integer strings

- Fix `merge()` to work with empty strings

- Fix `pick()` to raise the correct error type

- Fix `uriescape()` to use the default URI.escape list

- Add/update unit & acceptance tests.

##2014-03-04 - Supported Release - 3.2.1

###Summary

This is a supported release

####Bugfixes

- Fixed `is_integer`/`is_float`/`is_numeric` for checking the value of arithmatic expressions.

####Known bugs

* No known bugs

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##### 2013-05-06 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 4.1.0

 * (#20582) Restore facter\_dot\_d to stdlib for PE users (3b887c8)

 * (maint) Update Gemfile with GEM\_FACTER\_VERSION (f44d535)

##### 2013-05-06 - Alex Cline <acline@us.ibm.com> - 4.1.0

 * Terser method of string to array conversion courtesy of ethooz. (d38bce0)

##### 2013-05-06 - Alex Cline <acline@us.ibm.com> 4.1.0

 * Refactor ensure\_resource expectations (b33cc24)

##### 2013-05-06 - Alex Cline <acline@us.ibm.com> 4.1.0

 * Changed str-to-array conversion and removed abbreviation. (de253db)

##### 2013-05-03 - Alex Cline <acline@us.ibm.com> 4.1.0

 * (#20548) Allow an array of resource titles to be passed into the ensure\_resource function (e08734a)

##### 2013-05-02 - Raphaël Pinson <raphael.pinson@camptocamp.com> - 4.1.0

 * Add a dirname function (2ba9e47)

##### 2013-04-29 - Mark Smith-Guerrero <msmithgu@gmail.com> - 4.1.0

 * (maint) Fix a small typo in hash() description (928036a)

##### 2013-04-12 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 4.0.2

 * Update user information in gemspec to make the intent of the Gem clear.

##### 2013-04-11 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 4.0.1

 * Fix README function documentation (ab3e30c)

##### 2013-04-11 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 4.0.0

 * stdlib 4.0 drops support with Puppet 2.7

 * stdlib 4.0 preserves support with Puppet 3

##### 2013-04-11 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 4.0.0

 * Add ability to use puppet from git via bundler (9c5805f)

##### 2013-04-10 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 4.0.0

 * (maint) Make stdlib usable as a Ruby GEM (e81a45e)

##### 2013-04-10 - Erik Dalén <dalen@spotify.com> - 4.0.0

 * Add a count function (f28550e)

##### 2013-03-31 - Amos Shapira <ashapira@atlassian.com> - 4.0.0

 * (#19998) Implement any2array (7a2fb80)

##### 2013-03-29 - Steve Huff <shuff@vecna.org> - 4.0.0

 * (19864) num2bool match fix (8d217f0)

##### 2013-03-20 - Erik Dalén <dalen@spotify.com> - 4.0.0

 * Allow comparisons of Numeric and number as String (ff5dd5d)

##### 2013-03-26 - Richard Soderberg <rsoderberg@mozilla.com> - 4.0.0

 * add suffix function to accompany the prefix function (88a93ac)

##### 2013-03-19 - Kristof Willaert <kristof.willaert@gmail.com> - 4.0.0

 * Add floor function implementation and unit tests (0527341)

##### 2012-04-03 - Eric Shamow <eric@puppetlabs.com> - 4.0.0

 * (#13610) Add is\_function\_available to stdlib (961dcab)

##### 2012-12-17 - Justin Lambert <jlambert@eml.cc> - 4.0.0

 * str2bool should return a boolean if called with a boolean (5d5a4d4)

##### 2012-10-23 - Uwe Stuehler <ustuehler@team.mobile.de> - 4.0.0

 * Fix number of arguments check in flatten() (e80207b)

##### 2013-03-11 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 4.0.0

 * Add contributing document (96e19d0)

##### 2013-03-04 - Raphaël Pinson <raphael.pinson@camptocamp.com> - 4.0.0

 * Add missing documentation for validate\_augeas and validate\_cmd to README.markdown (a1510a1)

##### 2013-02-14 - Joshua Hoblitt <jhoblitt@cpan.org> - 4.0.0

 * (#19272) Add has\_element() function (95cf3fe)

##### 2013-02-07 - Raphaël Pinson <raphael.pinson@camptocamp.com> - 4.0.0

 * validate\_cmd(): Use Puppet::Util::Execution.execute when available (69248df)

##### 2012-12-06 - Raphaël Pinson <raphink@gmail.com> - 4.0.0

 * Add validate\_augeas function (3a97c23)

##### 2012-12-06 - Raphaël Pinson <raphink@gmail.com> - 4.0.0

 * Add validate\_cmd function (6902cc5)

##### 2013-01-14 - David Schmitt <david@dasz.at> - 4.0.0

 * Add geppetto project definition (b3fc0a3)

##### 2013-01-02 - Jaka Hudoklin <jakahudoklin@gmail.com> - 4.0.0

 * Add getparam function to get defined resource parameters (20e0e07)

##### 2013-01-05 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 4.0.0

 * (maint) Add Travis CI Support (d082046)

##### 2012-12-04 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 4.0.0

 * Clarify that stdlib 3 supports Puppet 3 (3a6085f)

##### 2012-11-30 - Erik Dalén <dalen@spotify.com> - 4.0.0

 * maint: style guideline fixes (7742e5f)

##### 2012-11-09 - James Fryman <james@frymanet.com> - 4.0.0

 * puppet-lint cleanup (88acc52)

##### 2012-11-06 - Joe Julian <me@joejulian.name> - 4.0.0

 * Add function, uriescape, to URI.escape strings. Redmine #17459 (fd52b8d)

##### 2012-09-18 - Chad Metcalf <chad@wibidata.com> - 3.2.0

 * Add an ensure\_packages function. (8a8c09e)

##### 2012-11-23 - Erik Dalén <dalen@spotify.com> - 3.2.0

 * (#17797) min() and max() functions (9954133)

##### 2012-05-23 - Peter Meier <peter.meier@immerda.ch> - 3.2.0

 * (#14670) autorequire a file\_line resource's path (dfcee63)

##### 2012-11-19 - Joshua Harlan Lifton <lifton@puppetlabs.com> - 3.2.0

 * Add join\_keys\_to\_values function (ee0f2b3)

##### 2012-11-17 - Joshua Harlan Lifton <lifton@puppetlabs.com> - 3.2.0

 * Extend delete function for strings and hashes (7322e4d)

##### 2012-08-03 - Gary Larizza <gary@puppetlabs.com> - 3.2.0

 * Add the pick() function (ba6dd13)

##### 2012-03-20 - Wil Cooley <wcooley@pdx.edu> - 3.2.0

 * (#13974) Add predicate functions for interface facts (f819417)

##### 2012-11-06 - Joe Julian <me@joejulian.name> - 3.2.0

 * Add function, uriescape, to URI.escape strings. Redmine #17459 (70f4a0e)

##### 2012-10-25 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 3.1.1

 * (maint) Fix spec failures resulting from Facter API changes (97f836f)

##### 2012-10-23 - Matthaus Owens <matthaus@puppetlabs.com> - 3.1.0

 * Add PE facts to stdlib (cdf3b05)

##### 2012-08-16 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 3.0.1

 * Fix accidental removal of facts\_dot\_d.rb in 3.0.0 release

##### 2012-08-16 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 3.0.0

 * stdlib 3.0 drops support with Puppet 2.6

 * stdlib 3.0 preserves support with Puppet 2.7

##### 2012-08-07 - Dan Bode <dan@puppetlabs.com> - 3.0.0

 * Add function ensure\_resource and defined\_with\_params (ba789de)

##### 2012-07-10 - Hailee Kenney <hailee@puppetlabs.com> - 3.0.0

 * (#2157) Remove facter\_dot\_d for compatibility with external facts (f92574f)

##### 2012-04-10 - Chris Price <chris@puppetlabs.com> - 3.0.0

 * (#13693) moving logic from local spec\_helper to puppetlabs\_spec\_helper (85f96df)

##### 2012-10-25 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 2.5.1

 * (maint) Fix spec failures resulting from Facter API changes (97f836f)

##### 2012-10-23 - Matthaus Owens <matthaus@puppetlabs.com> - 2.5.0

 * Add PE facts to stdlib (cdf3b05)

##### 2012-08-15 - Dan Bode <dan@puppetlabs.com> - 2.5.0

 * Explicitly load functions used by ensure\_resource (9fc3063)

##### 2012-08-13 - Dan Bode <dan@puppetlabs.com> - 2.5.0

 * Add better docs about duplicate resource failures (97d327a)

##### 2012-08-13 - Dan Bode <dan@puppetlabs.com> - 2.5.0

 * Handle undef for parameter argument (4f8b133)

##### 2012-08-07 - Dan Bode <dan@puppetlabs.com> - 2.5.0

 * Add function ensure\_resource and defined\_with\_params (a0cb8cd)

##### 2012-08-20 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 2.5.0

 * Disable tests that fail on 2.6.x due to #15912 (c81496e)

##### 2012-08-20 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 2.5.0

 * (Maint) Fix mis-use of rvalue functions as statements (4492913)

##### 2012-08-20 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 2.5.0

 * Add .rspec file to repo root (88789e8)

##### 2012-06-07 - Chris Price <chris@puppetlabs.com> - 2.4.0

 * Add support for a 'match' parameter to file\_line (a06c0d8)

##### 2012-08-07 - Erik Dalén <dalen@spotify.com> - 2.4.0

 * (#15872) Add to\_bytes function (247b69c)

##### 2012-07-19 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 2.4.0

 * (Maint) use PuppetlabsSpec::PuppetInternals.scope (master) (deafe88)

##### 2012-07-10 - Hailee Kenney <hailee@puppetlabs.com> - 2.4.0

 * (#2157) Make facts\_dot\_d compatible with external facts (5fb0ddc)

##### 2012-03-16 - Steve Traylen <steve.traylen@cern.ch> - 2.4.0

 * (#13205) Rotate array/string randomley based on fqdn, fqdn\_rotate() (fef247b)

##### 2012-05-22 - Peter Meier <peter.meier@immerda.ch> - 2.3.3

 * fix regression in #11017 properly (f0a62c7)

##### 2012-05-10 - Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 2.3.3

 * Fix spec tests using the new spec\_helper (7d34333)

##### 2012-05-10 - Puppet Labs <support@puppetlabs.com> - 2.3.2

 * Make file\_line default to ensure => present (1373e70)