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# Salt 2015.5.7 Release Notes

release:

  2015-10-13

Version 2015.5.7 is a bugfix release for 2015.5.0.

## Statistics

- Total Merges: 103

- Total Issue References: 66

- Total PR References: 135

- Contributors: 46 (0xf10e, JaseFace, MasterNayru, MrCitron, Sacro, ajacoutot, arthurlogilab, basepi, belvedere-trading, beverlcl, blast-hardcheese, blueyed, bogdanr, cachedout, cbuechler, chrigl, dmyerscough, eguven, eliasp, erchn, eyj, garethgreenaway, gashev, gnubyexample, gracinet, gravyboat, gwaters, hedinfaok, iggy, jacksontj, jacobhammons, jfindlay, lorengordon, mbologna, msciciel, nmadhok, pass-by-value, plastikos, rallytime, rominf, s0undt3ch, silenius, sjmh, stephen144, terminalmage, twangboy)

Important

A significant orchestrate issue (issue #29110) was discovered during the release process of 2015.5.7, so it has not been officially released. Please use 2015.5.8 instead.

## Changelog for v2015.5.6..v2015.5.7

Generated at: 2018-05-27 22:16:54 UTC

- PR #28864: (jfindlay) add 2015.5.7 release notes @ 2015-11-13 17:15:00 UTC

  - ec7fdc539b Merge pull request #28864 from jfindlay/2015.5

  - 648b697951 add 2015.5.7 release notes

- ISSUE #27392: (ahammond) schedule running state.orchestrate fails (refs: #28731)

- PR #28731: (garethgreenaway) Fixes to salt scheduler in 2015.5, ensuring that return_job is only used on minion scheduler @ 2015-11-13 16:58:06 UTC

  - bed45f4208 Merge pull request #28731 from garethgreenaway/27392_2015_5_scheduler_return_job_master

  - 771e9f7b6f Fixing the salt scheduler so that it only attempts to return the job data to the master if the scheduled job is running from a minion's scheduler.

- PR #28857: (rallytime) Back-port #28851 to 2015.5 @ 2015-11-13 13:56:53 UTC

  - PR #28851: (rominf) [states/schedule] docstring: args, kwargs -> job_args, job_kwargs (refs: #28857)

  - 06f4932876 Merge pull request #28857 from rallytime/bp-28851

  - aa4b193f87 [states/schedule] docstring: args, kwargs -> job_args, job_kwargs

- PR #28856: (rallytime) Back-port #28853 to 2015.5 @ 2015-11-13 13:46:10 UTC

  - PR #28853: (eliasp) Typo (with → which) (refs: #28856)

  - 0934a52b34 Merge pull request #28856 from rallytime/bp-28853

  - 37eeab2683 Typo (with → which)

- ISSUE #28828: (basepi) salt-ssh doesn't package tornado's new deps in the thin (refs: #28826)

- PR #28832: (basepi) [2015.5] Backport #28826 @ 2015-11-12 19:32:03 UTC

  - PR #28826: (basepi) [2015.8] Add new tornado deps to salt-ssh thin (refs: #28832)

  - eb904665dc Merge pull request #28832 from basepi/backport.28826

  - 57be72eb91 Add backports_abc and singledispatch_helpers to thin as well

  - 897cad627b Add singledispatch to the thin

- ISSUE #8647: (Mrten) salt '*' highstate returns 'minion did not return', salt [minion] highstate works (refs: #28833)

- PR #28833: (basepi) [2015.5] Increase the default gather_job_timeout @ 2015-11-12 19:31:58 UTC

  - eff811a0ad Merge pull request #28833 from basepi/increase.gather_job_timeout.8647

  - c09243dd01 Increase the default gather_job_timeout

- PR #28829: (basepi) [2015.5] Merge forward from 2014.7 to 2015.5 @ 2015-11-12 18:50:51 UTC

  - e4a036365d Merge pull request #28829 from basepi/merge-forward-2015.5

  - f8b8441485 Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/2014.7' into merge-forward-2015.5

  - 76e69b4bff Merge pull request #28777 from rallytime/bp-28740-2014.7

    - da5fac2b36 Back-port #28740 to 2014.7

  - 45c73ebf2f Merge pull request #28716 from rallytime/bp-28705

    - 32e7bd3ea0 Account for new headers class in tornado 4.3

  - f4fe921965 Merge pull request #28717 from cachedout/umask_note

    - 1874300e08 Add note about recommended umask

- ISSUE #25775: (trimbleagvendoraccounta) blockdev.formatted formats but fails. Second highstate shows success. (refs: #28756)

- ISSUE #20235: (joejulian) blockdev.format state can fail even if it succeeds (refs: #28756)

- PR #28756: (MrCitron) Fix #25775 @ 2015-11-12 17:47:51 UTC

  - 93562631aa Merge pull request #28756 from MrCitron/fix-25775

  - 82075c809c Add logs and correct pylint error

  - e31e22d96a Fix 25775

- ISSUE #28783: (chrigl) iptables.get_saved_rules does not handle family=ipv6 (refs: #28786)

- PR #28786: (chrigl) closes #28783 @ 2015-11-11 21:01:19 UTC

  - 30cc48e37f Merge pull request #28786 from chrigl/fix-28783

  - ba6d814553 closes #28783

- PR #28776: (rallytime) Back-port #28740 to 2015.5 @ 2015-11-11 18:02:03 UTC

  - PR #28740: (MasterNayru) Add missing S3 module import (refs: #28776, #28777)

  - 8f1d0b636e Merge pull request #28776 from rallytime/bp-28740-2015.5

  - 49256b7d90 Back-port #28740 to 2015.5

- ISSUE #28732: (dmyerscough) cherrypy API endpoint (refs: #28760)

- ISSUE #22452: (whiteinge) rest_cherrypy /keys URL returns empty keys for minion IDs that already exist (refs: #28760)

- ISSUE #22451: (whiteinge) rest_cherrypy /keys URL throws a 500 on the first request (refs: #28760)

- ISSUE #22442: (allanliu) rest_cherrypy /keys URL does not handle JSON requests (refs: #28760)

- PR #28760: (dmyerscough) Fixing CherryPy key bug @ 2015-11-11 15:11:18 UTC

  - 77d4b980f1 Merge pull request #28760 from dmyerscough/28732-Fix-cherrypi-api-keys-endpoint

  - 206d1684b2 Fixing CherryPy key bug

- ISSUE #28714: (gravyboat) Salt-api doesn't work with post unless data is included. (refs: #28718)

- PR #28746: (rallytime) Back-port #28718 to 2015.5 @ 2015-11-10 18:16:40 UTC

  - PR #28718: (sjmh) Account for no POST data (refs: #28746)

  - 6f8f04975f Merge pull request #28746 from rallytime/bp-28718

  - 092f441cad Account for no POST data

- PR #28705: (cachedout) Account for new headers class in tornado 4.3 (refs: #28716) @ 2015-11-09 19:24:34 UTC

  - f40c617bad Merge pull request #28705 from cachedout/tornado_http_headers

  - 7ac6cde1ee Account for new headers class in tornado 4.3

- PR #28699: (rallytime) Back-port #28670 to 2015.5 @ 2015-11-09 18:10:58 UTC

  - PR #28670: (plastikos) psutil can fail to look-up a uid and raise a KeyError (refs: #28699)

  - 604a7b4199 Merge pull request #28699 from rallytime/bp-28670

  - e436b23296 psutil can fail to look-up a uid and raise a KeyError

- PR #28703: (rallytime) Back-port #28690 to 2015.5 @ 2015-11-09 18:01:57 UTC

  - PR #28690: (MrCitron) Fix 28689 : Check s3 ext pillar cache file before calculating expiration (refs: #28703)

  - 7bd3eb8370 Merge pull request #28703 from rallytime/bp-28690

  - a0988dab58 Fix 28689 : Check s3 ext pillar cache file before calculating expiration

  - PR saltstack/salt-bootstrap#868: (cachedout) Always refresh the Arch Linux keyring if needed (refs: #28694)

- PR #28694: (s0undt3ch) [2015.5] Update to latest bootstrap script v2015.11.09 @ 2015-11-09 17:49:53 UTC

  - 2a40f57b93 Merge pull request #28694 from s0undt3ch/2015.5

  - 0910c6ffe4 Update to latest bootstrap script v2015.11.09

- ISSUE #26592: (centromere) rabbitmq.list_vhosts removes final line from rabbitmqctl output (refs: #28669)

- PR #28669: (rallytime) Use the -q argument to strip extraneous messages from rabbitmq @ 2015-11-08 01:07:25 UTC

  - 3249b322e8 Merge pull request #28669 from rallytime/fix-26592

  - 098fb815af Use the -q argument to strip extraneous messages from rabbitmq

- ISSUE #28577: (jacksontj) Increase in master CPU usage after upgrading to 2015.8 (refs: #28645)

- PR #28645: (jacksontj) Rework minion return_retry_timer @ 2015-11-07 03:40:28 UTC

  - PR #27286: (terminalmage) Add a configurable timer for minion return retries (refs: #28645)

  - 29e8250d0c Merge pull request #28645 from jacksontj/2015.5

  - f63c2d70a7 Rework minion return_retry_timer

- ISSUE #15177: (baskinomics) system.join_domain() does not join domain on Windows Server 2012 R2 (refs: #28668)

- PR #28668: (twangboy) Fixed join_domain and unjoin_domain for Windows @ 2015-11-07 03:40:04 UTC

  - 1bbaea8aad Merge pull request #28668 from twangboy/fix_15177

  - 745b8f75f6 Fixed some lint

  - a43eb53f28 Added version added notes in docs

  - 6b537c8640 Fixed join_domain and unjoin_domain for Windows

- ISSUE #8051: (regilero) Problems with fileinput.input inplace editing in salt.states.file.replace (refs: #28174)

- ISSUE #7999: (regilero) MULTILINE pattern cannot work in file.replace, fileinput always reads line by line. (refs: #28174)

- PR #28666: (jfindlay) define r_data before using it in file module @ 2015-11-07 00:46:27 UTC

  - PR #28174: (lorengordon) Add support for multiline regex in file.replace (refs: #28666)

  - 4ad5056066 Merge pull request #28666 from jfindlay/r_data

  - 29228f445f define r_data before using it in file module

- ISSUE #24758: (zerthimon) salt-minion uses 100% CPU for periodic status.master task on a server with a lot of TCP connections (a LB). (refs: #28662)

- PR #28662: (cachedout) Add note about disabling master_alive_interval @ 2015-11-07 00:38:12 UTC

  - e129e889ad Merge pull request #28662 from cachedout/issue_24758

  - 78f4894333 Add note about disabling master_alive_interval

- PR #28627: (twangboy) Backport win_useradd @ 2015-11-06 16:57:49 UTC

  - df121d0cec Merge pull request #28627 from twangboy/backport_win_useradd

  - 87282b6354 Backport win_useradd

- ISSUE #28398: (L4rS6) Permissions /var/cache/salt/minion/extmods (refs: #28617)

- PR #28617: (cachedout) Set restrictive umask on module sync @ 2015-11-05 23:43:28 UTC

  - 64a20228c6 Merge pull request #28617 from cachedout/umask_module_sync

  - 227792e158 Set restrictive umask on module sync

- ISSUE #28621: (gravyboat) Puppet module documentation should be less insulting (refs: #28622)

- PR #28622: (gravyboat) Update puppet module wording @ 2015-11-05 20:34:07 UTC

  - 065f8c7fb3 Merge pull request #28622 from gravyboat/update_puppet_module_docs

  - 4ea28bed30 Update puppet module wording

- ISSUE #655: (thatch45) Add general command management to service (refs: #`saltstack/salt-bootstrap#656`_)

  - PR saltstack/salt-bootstrap#674: (jfindlay) add support for repo.saltstack.com (refs: #28563)

  - PR saltstack/salt-bootstrap#665: (mbologna) Change to 'dnf' as package manager for Fedora 22-> (refs: #28563)

  - PR saltstack/salt-bootstrap#656: (eyj) Add bootstrap -b flag (don't install dependencies) (refs: #28563)

  - PR saltstack/salt-bootstrap#654: (hedinfaok) Fixes error finding python-jinja2 in RHEL 7 (refs: #28563)

  - PR saltstack/salt-bootstrap#653: (cbuechler) Make bootstrap work with FreeBSD 11-CURRENT. (refs: #28563)

- PR #28563: (s0undt3ch) [2015.5] Update to latest bootstrap script v2015.11.04 @ 2015-11-04 15:16:31 UTC

  - 08295de5a5 Merge pull request #28563 from s0undt3ch/2015.5

  - 16f4db79a0 Update to latest bootstrap script v2015.11.04

- ISSUE #28173: (twangboy) system.computer_name does not work in windows (refs: #28541)

- PR #28541: (twangboy) Fixed problem with system.set_computer_name @ 2015-11-04 14:48:54 UTC

  - 1e09f186ce Merge pull request #28541 from twangboy/fix_28173

  - 7edf5ce370 Fixed problem with system.set_computer_name

- ISSUE #28524: (bmcorser) UnicodeDecodeError in states.file (refs: #28538, #28537)

  - PR #28538: (jfindlay) decode path and url to utf-8 in url.create (refs: #28537)

- PR #28537: (jfindlay) decode filename to utf-8 in file.recurse state @ 2015-11-04 14:48:18 UTC

  - f44ed780b5 Merge pull request #28537 from jfindlay/decode_state_2015.5

  - 06e514940c decode filename to utf-8 in file.recurse state

- ISSUE #28272: (gravyboat) Update documentation contributing docs to explain how to PR against different releases (refs: #28529)

- PR #28529: (rallytime) Update contributing and documentation pages to recommend submitting against branches @ 2015-11-04 14:47:21 UTC

  - 6acf87593f Merge pull request #28529 from rallytime/fix-28272

  - a959681858 Add link to Sending a GH PR to documentation docs

  - 1c612e2772 Update contributing and documentation pages to recommend submitting against branches

- ISSUE #28511: (nghgd) vmware clone task fails instead of waiting to completion (refs: #28546)

- PR #28548: (nmadhok) [Backport] [2015.5] Tasks can be in queued state instead of running @ 2015-11-04 04:14:25 UTC

  - PR #28546: (nmadhok) Tasks can be in queued state instead of running. (refs: #28548)

  - 025bff2bf0 Merge pull request #28548 from nmadhok/2015.5-task-error

  - 804a0a6537 Tasks can be in queued state instead of running. Fixes #28511

- ISSUE #24585: (utahcon) No version data for SALT.STATES.VIRTUALENV in wiki (refs: #28531)

- PR #28531: (rallytime) Add versionadded directives to virtualenv_mod state/module @ 2015-11-03 21:34:49 UTC

  - 63bd3e52b3 Merge pull request #28531 from rallytime/fix-24585

  - bc577b2531 Add versionadded directives to virtualenv_mod state/module

- PR #28508: (twangboy) Fixed windows tests @ 2015-11-03 19:31:12 UTC

  - ea3bf972c4 Merge pull request #28508 from twangboy/fix_unit_tests_windows

  - 0da6ff7c50 Fixed some logic

  - cf1e059be5 Fixed windows tests

- PR #28525: (rallytime) Fix spacing in doc examples for boto_route53 state and module @ 2015-11-03 19:30:24 UTC

  - 73c5735fc1 Merge pull request #28525 from rallytime/route53_spacing

  - 6ab2ce615c Fix spacing in doc examples for boto_route53 state and module

- ISSUE #28243: (guettli) Docs: default value of state_auto_order ? (refs: #28517)

- PR #28517: (rallytime) Add state_auto_order defaults to True note to ordering docs @ 2015-11-03 14:04:40 UTC

  - 2d7f934f67 Merge pull request #28517 from rallytime/fix-28243

  - be8f650901 Punctuation.

  - fd846822c1 Add state_auto_order defaults to True note to ordering docs

- PR #28512: (basepi) [2015.5] Merge forward from 2014.7 to 2015.5 @ 2015-11-03 00:38:08 UTC

  - 63ce8f78d5 Merge pull request #28512 from basepi/merge-forward-2015.5

  - 61c382133a Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/2014.7' into merge-forward-2015.5

  - 4bf56cad3f Merge pull request #28461 from cachedout/issue_28455

    - 097838ec0c Wrap all cache calls in state.sls in correct umask

  - f3e61db045 Merge pull request #28407 from DSRCompany/issues/24910_token_auth_fix_2014

    - b7b5bec309 Don't request creds if auth with key.

- PR #28448: (gwaters) added a note to the tutorial for redhat derivatives @ 2015-10-30 18:49:53 UTC

  - 37ceae1e88 Merge pull request #28448 from gwaters/add-redhat-notes

  - e70990704a added a note to the tutorial for those that redhat so they can use the state file too.

- PR #28406: (rallytime) Back-port #28381 to 2015.5 @ 2015-10-29 19:10:37 UTC

  - PR #28381: (JaseFace) Add FreeBSD detection for VirtualBox (refs: #28406)

  - 5ef50d60cd Merge pull request #28406 from rallytime/bp-28381

  - e5322d2c44 Add FreeBSD detection for VirtualBox

- PR #28413: (rallytime) Back-port #28400 to 2015.5 @ 2015-10-29 18:06:46 UTC

  - PR #28400: (msciciel) State pkg.installed: do not execute _preflight_check if not_installed list is empty in _find_install_targets (refs: #28413)

  - 30d5f7bbae Merge pull request #28413 from rallytime/bp-28400

  - ae1921b922 Do not execute _preflight_check if not_installed list is empty in _find_install_targets. Calling with empty list on rhel/centos cause execution of repoquery --whatprovides without pkg list which is memory consumptive task for host and also for red hat satellite server.

- PR #28366: (erchn) mark repo not enabled when pkgrepo state passes in disable: True @ 2015-10-29 15:55:54 UTC

  - 045d540aff Merge pull request #28366 from erchn/fix_yumpkg_mod_repo_disabled

  - 8187a4ce20 re-arrange things a bit to have less overall changes

  - f1d570ff18 move todelete above disabled check, add comment

  - 64feec413f also remove disabled key from repo_opts

  - 2f2ebb7bb6 mark repo not enabled when pkgrepo state passes in disable: True

- ISSUE #28372: (beverlcl) use_carrier option for bonding network interfaces are setting invalid values (refs: #28373)

- PR #28373: (beverlcl) Fixing bug #28372 for use_carrier option on bonding network interfaces. @ 2015-10-29 14:45:57 UTC

  - 3923f4a569 Merge pull request #28373 from beverlcl/fix-use_carrier-28372

  - 32cffeceb6 Fixing bug #28372 for use_carrier option on bonding network interfaces.

- PR #28359: (rallytime) Back-port #28358 to 2015.5 @ 2015-10-28 20:43:05 UTC

  - PR #28358: (arthurlogilab) docstring typo fix - list returners not runners (refs: #28359)

  - e07e3f257b Merge pull request #28359 from rallytime/bp-28358

  - 9cacbf582b docstring typo fix - list returners not runners

- ISSUE #28000: (hrumph) No option to stop windows minion installer from starting service in silent mode. (refs: #28346)

- ISSUE #27923: (twangboy) Salt Windows Installer fails to grab existing config (refs: #28346)

- PR #28346: (twangboy) Fix installer @ 2015-10-28 14:21:34 UTC

  - 282be7ba5a Merge pull request #28346 from twangboy/fix_installer

  - f65e3e5275 Updated documentation to reflect the new parameter

  - a0c5223554 Fixes #27923 and #28000

- PR #28315: (gwaters) Adding a working example of setting pillar data on the cli @ 2015-10-27 15:27:49 UTC

  - 7858f04ebc Merge pull request #28315 from gwaters/update-pillar-doc

  - b15285c0b4 adding a working example of setting pillar data on the cli

- ISSUE #28209: (basepi) Legacy git_pillar configs cause duplicate ext_pillar calls (refs: #28210)

- PR #28211: (terminalmage) Fix for ext_pillar being compiled twice in legacy git_pillar code (2015.5 branch) @ 2015-10-26 14:14:02 UTC

  - PR #28210: (terminalmage) Fix for ext_pillar being compiled twice in legacy git_pillar code (refs: #28211)

  - 45305ccf29 Merge pull request #28211 from terminalmage/legacy_git_pillar-2015.5

  - 0d6a4ac115 Remove non-functional test

  - ab991d61d9 Fix for ext_pillar being compiled twice in legacy git_pillar code (2015.5 branch)

- ISSUE #26411: (whiteinge) salt-call cannot send custom events without Minion daemon running (refs: #28263)

- PR #28263: (cachedout) New channel for event.send @ 2015-10-26 14:07:06 UTC

  - a6cc84c407 Merge pull request #28263 from cachedout/issue_26411-1

  - 3b880a5f07 New channel for event.fire_master

  - 29e9533aab Stand up a new channel if using salt-call

- PR #28293: (cachedout) Minor grammar changes @ 2015-10-26 12:15:42 UTC

  - PR #28271: (gwaters) Update tutorial documentation (refs: #28293)

  - 788e1463d8 Merge pull request #28293 from cachedout/fix_28271

  - 499ed8519b Minor grammar changes to #28271

- PR #28271: (gwaters) Update tutorial documentation (refs: #28293) @ 2015-10-26 12:12:37 UTC

  - e178af0b90 Merge pull request #28271 from gwaters/update-tutorial-documentation

  - f96d39483d updated the tutorial with gravyboat's suggestions

  - b1f4a2bdf4 i think i changed the wrong header, updated to fix

  - 846b3aece1 I found you can not run the cp.push commands until after enabling the feature in the conf, so I wanted to update the docs so others who try these commands won't bump into the same issue I had.

- ISSUE #28248: (0xf10e) conventions/formula.rst: "Gather external data" suggests unavailable jinja functionality (refs: #28280)

- PR #28280: (0xf10e) Correct Jinja function load_* to import_* @ 2015-10-25 04:11:10 UTC

  - e3eff9b909 Merge pull request #28280 from 0xf10e/patch-1

  - 6d4316b0ac Correct Jinja function load_* to import_*

- PR #28255: (cachedout) Add __cli opt @ 2015-10-23 18:44:30 UTC

  - 909fa3dc97 Merge pull request #28255 from cachedout/cli_opt

  - a2408157de Add __cli opt

- ISSUE #27374: (mool) boto_route53 state doesn't create a record (refs: #28213)

- PR #28213: (rallytime) If record returned None, don't continue with the state. Something went wrong @ 2015-10-23 13:54:50 UTC

  - 0fa094ae11 Merge pull request #28213 from rallytime/boto_route53_state

  - 237d64ff11 If record returned None, don't continue with the state. Something went wrong.

- ISSUE #28217: (Ch3LL) Scheduler.present tries to add the scheudler each time (refs: #28238)

- PR #28238: (basepi) [2015.5] Fix schedule.present always diffing @ 2015-10-23 13:31:32 UTC

  - 1768014705 Merge pull request #28238 from basepi/fix.schedule.present.28217

  - 087a8dc3c2 Only insert enabled if it's a dict

  - 5b49f41fab Fix schedule comparison to adjust for 'enabled' being added in schedule.list

  - 2dc1226ab8 Build new item with 'enabled' if available

- ISSUE #8051: (regilero) Problems with fileinput.input inplace editing in salt.states.file.replace (refs: #28174)

- ISSUE #7999: (regilero) MULTILINE pattern cannot work in file.replace, fileinput always reads line by line. (refs: #28174)

- PR #28174: (lorengordon) Add support for multiline regex in file.replace (refs: #28666) @ 2015-10-22 14:02:43 UTC

  - bdd48c92de Merge pull request #28174 from lorengordon/file-replace-multiline

  - acdef2da60 Update docstrings with new guidance

  - 0835b005b7 Use a test that makes the extra file read unnecessary

  - 6d6121a6e5 Use flags when checking whether content was added previously

  - b25e609e9e Set flags=8 since now the file is read as a MULTILINE string by default

  - 89e8dcdffd Use finally block to ensure mmap object is closed

  - 5aea6647c9 Add support for multiline regex in file.replace

- ISSUE #19673: (holyzhou) partition.mkpart in parted modules doesn't work (refs: #28175)

- PR #28175: (twangboy) Fixes #19673 @ 2015-10-21 20:48:24 UTC

  - 2225925fb5 Merge pull request #28175 from twangboy/fix_19673

  - ae8fbb208f Fixes #19673

- PR #28140: (rallytime) Add OpenBSD installation documentation to 2015.5 branch @ 2015-10-20 16:31:34 UTC

  - PR #28103: (ajacoutot) OpenBSD salt package: update list of dependencies. (refs: #28140)

  - ab18dcf637 Merge pull request #28140 from rallytime/bsd-installation-doc

  - 458a544d83 Add OpenBSD installation documentation to 2015.5 branch

- ISSUE #28101: (bogdanr) salt-cloud ec2 list-sizes doesn't show all available sizes (refs: #28138)

- PR #28138: (rallytime) Back-port #28130 EC2 Sizes Only portion to 2015.5 @ 2015-10-20 16:29:09 UTC

  - PR #28130: (bogdanr) Ec2 upload public key and updated instances size list (refs: #28138)

  - fad38eb3c3 Merge pull request #28138 from rallytime/bp-28130-sizes-only

  - 6ab31e1886 Pylint

  - 37e4ed58a9 Added missing comma

  - 667f5e669f Added a bunch of instance sizes and updated some outdated ones

- ISSUE #26844: (double-yaya) The function "state.sls" is running as PID XXXX and was started at .... with jid XXXX always shows the current jid (refs: #28097)

- PR #28097: (jacksontj) For all multi-part messages, check the headers. If the header is not … @ 2015-10-20 15:00:18 UTC

  - ce8f858536 Merge pull request #28097 from jacksontj/2015.5

  - 75e04bcbbc For all multi-part messages, check the headers. If the header is not your minion_id, skip the message

- ISSUE #23655: (arthurlogilab) salt-cloud with lxc should not traceback when minion is unreacheable (refs: #28117)

- PR #28117: (rallytime) Clean up stacktrace when master can't be reached in lxc cloud driver @ 2015-10-20 12:41:12 UTC

  - 9cdb970289 Merge pull request #28117 from rallytime/fix-23655

  - dfb908e405 Clean up stacktrace when master can't be reached in lxc cloud driver

- PR #28110: (terminalmage) Add explanation of file_client: local setting masterless mode @ 2015-10-20 12:28:05 UTC

  - bf7ed0a397 Merge pull request #28110 from terminalmage/masterless-mode

  - ed90103124 Add explanation of file_client: local setting masterless mode

- ISSUE #27940: (multani) salt-cloud creating lxc containers doesn't fire "salt/cloud/*/created" event (refs: #28109)

- PR #28109: (rallytime) Add created reactor event to lxc cloud driver @ 2015-10-19 20:32:41 UTC

  - a569ef4980 Merge pull request #28109 from rallytime/fix-27940

  - 18b2245611 Add created reactor event to lxc cloud driver

- ISSUE #21845: (kitsemets) pip.install: fails in v2015.2.0rc1 when the package is already installed (pip v1.0) (refs: #27996)

- PR #27996: (rallytime) Don't fail if pip package is already present and pip1 is installed @ 2015-10-19 12:59:17 UTC

  - d4604fdb26 Merge pull request #27996 from rallytime/fix-21845

  - f8380d751e Provide empty string as default stdout instead of None

  - f9406b5828 Don't fail if pip package is already present and pip1 is installed

- PR #28056: (rallytime) Back-port #28033 to 2015.5 @ 2015-10-19 12:55:10 UTC

  - PR #28033: (twangboy) Fixed win_useradd.py (refs: #28056)

  - 28b97c514f Merge pull request #28056 from rallytime/bp-28033

  - af2c5ab759 Fixed win_useradd.py

- PR #28059: (rallytime) Back-port #28040 to 2015.5 @ 2015-10-18 16:17:29 UTC

  - PR #28040: (erchn) Swift rackspace fixes (refs: #28059)

  - dfc3aaec74 Merge pull request #28059 from rallytime/bp-28040

  - 76a0d4937b Revert "Allow passing in auth_version, defaulting to 2."

  - 63d5675d34 default auth_version = 2

  - 8072716888 remove extra spaces

  - 9770f56f04 cleanup whitespace, default to None to be consistent with profile

  - f4adfe98c0 Allow passing in auth_version, defaulting to 2.

  - fab1ad39af Rackspace support for switft module.

- ISSUE #27534: (llevar) file.managed can't retrieve file via ftp (refs: #28047)

- PR #28047: (cachedout) Restore FTP functionality to file client @ 2015-10-18 16:16:46 UTC

  - d1fa036b55 Merge pull request #28047 from cachedout/issue_27534

  - 6ea37ddbca Context manager

  - 4d6f6bb371 Lint

  - 59018289dc Restore FTP functionality to file client

- PR #28032: (twangboy) Fixed win_path.py @ 2015-10-17 15:16:15 UTC

  - fd2ca2df1b Merge pull request #28032 from twangboy/fix_win_path

  - 2bcac93314 Fixed win_path.py

- ISSUE #26336: (jfindlay) windows user.present broken (refs: #28003)

- PR #28037: (rallytime) Back-port #28003 to 2015.5 @ 2015-10-16 20:59:52 UTC

  - PR #28003: (twangboy) Fix #26336 (refs: #28037)

  - 88c1770be4 Merge pull request #28037 from rallytime/bp-28003

  - 4fcf51fb1e Fix PR #26336

- PR #28031: (jacobhammons) Updated release notes with additional CVE information @ 2015-10-16 16:19:37 UTC

  - de727d8bd2 Merge pull request #28031 from jacobhammons/relnotes6

  - 05927bb6f0 Updated release notes with additional CVE information

- ISSUE #27897: (Inveracity) request to add \\r escape character for salt.states.host for windows (refs: #28008)

- PR #28008: (jfindlay) platform independent line endings in hosts mod @ 2015-10-16 13:20:28 UTC

  - 16c0272849 Merge pull request #28008 from jfindlay/host_path

  - 9f7047dd3c platform independent line endings in hosts mod

- ISSUE #28010: (vakulich) Error "KeyError: 'ret'" appeared during salt.state run in orchestrate module if minion had an exception (refs: #28012)

- PR #28012: (rallytime) Clean up stack trace when something goes wrong with minion output @ 2015-10-16 12:40:59 UTC

  - d41018fa8e Merge pull request #28012 from rallytime/fix-28010

  - 0d7059e0c2 Clean up stack trace when something goes wrong with minion output

- PR #27995: (jacobhammons) added link to grains security FAQ to targeting and pillar topics. @ 2015-10-15 21:15:31 UTC

  - f728307001 Merge pull request #27995 from jacobhammons/pillar-doc

  - 2870af2ba3 added link to grains security FAQ to targeting and pillar topics.

- PR #27986: (jacobhammons) Changed current release to 5.6 and added CVE to release notes @ 2015-10-15 17:25:41 UTC

  - efede904a7 Merge pull request #27986 from jacobhammons/dot6

  - bb61c68c11 Changed current release to 5.6 and added CVE to release notes

- PR #27913: (pass-by-value) Set default @ 2015-10-14 14:03:36 UTC

  - 831ec680d9 Merge pull request #27913 from pass-by-value/proxmox_verify_ssl

  - 0b721efe37 Set default

- PR #27876: (terminalmage) 2015.5 branch: Fix traceback when 2015.8 git ext_pillar config schema used @ 2015-10-13 14:58:45 UTC

  - 41cccb3a30 Merge pull request #27876 from terminalmage/git_pillar-AttributeError-2015.5

  - 07794c837a 2015.5 branch: Fix traceback when 2015.8 git ext_pillar config schema used

- ISSUE #27610: (benburkert) PR #27201 broke ssh_known_hosts with :port (refs: #27726)

- ISSUE #27187: (SeverinLeonhardt) ssh_known_hosts.present hashes other entries even with hash_hostname: false (refs: #27201)

- PR #27726: (jfindlay) deprecate hash_hostname in favor of hash_known_hosts @ 2015-10-12 16:19:09 UTC

  - PR #27201: (jfindlay) rename hash_hostname to hash_known_hosts (refs: #27726)

  - c9c3b7760e Merge pull request #27726 from jfindlay/hashhosts

  - ebce47de7c add docs to ssh.recv_known_host exec module fcn

  - b6ee16b1e5 deprecate hash_hostname in favor of hash_known_hosts

- ISSUE #27735: (go8ose) saltutils.find_cached_job doesn't work (refs: #27776)

- PR #27776: (jfindlay) return message when local jobs_cache not found @ 2015-10-12 16:11:41 UTC

  - 18e31584b0 Merge pull request #27776 from jfindlay/local_msg

  - 03afa3cffa return message when local jobs_cache not found

- ISSUE #27665: (ahammond) user.absent should not "fail" if /var/spool/mail/<user> already does not exist. (refs: #27766)

- PR #27766: (jfindlay) better check for debian userdel error @ 2015-10-12 15:14:33 UTC

  - 86cc7b5537 Merge pull request #27766 from jfindlay/debmail

  - ee78da2c27 better check for debian userdel error

- ISSUE #27756: (iggy) syslog returner formats line incorrectly (refs: #27758)

- PR #27758: (iggy) Remove redundant text from syslog returner @ 2015-10-12 15:09:49 UTC

  - c224386c9a Merge pull request #27758 from iggy/patch-1

  - 0994fb6a8c Remove redundant text from syslog returner

- ISSUE #27832: (viking60) Salt fails to recognize Manjaro (as an Arch derivate) (refs: #27841)

- PR #27841: (terminalmage) Detect Manjaro Linux as Arch derivative @ 2015-10-12 14:53:46 UTC

  - 34a005041f Merge pull request #27841 from terminalmage/issue27832

  - 8e09fbd6a3 Detect Manjaro Linux as Arch derivative

- ISSUE #26538: (seanjnkns) salt.states.file.managed generates warning when used in place of salt.states.file.touch (refs: #27806)

- PR #27852: (rallytime) Back-port #27806 to 2015.5 @ 2015-10-12 14:53:17 UTC

  - PR #27806: (blast-hardcheese) Empty string is falsy (refs: #27852)

  - 3944a498ad Merge pull request #27852 from rallytime/bp-27806

  - a84bf18bc4 Empty string is falsy

- ISSUE #27831: (basepi) v2015.5.5 highstate outputter stacktracing for jobs.lookup_jid (refs: #27838)

- PR #27838: (basepi) [2015.5] Fix highstate outputter for jobs.lookup_jid @ 2015-10-09 22:26:28 UTC

  - PR #25521: (cachedout) Fix outputter for state.orch (refs: #27838)

  - 7508a1c474 Merge pull request #27838 from basepi/fix.runner.highstate.outputter.27831

  - 8ae9b66fd9 Don't pop 'outputter', we expect it further down

- PR #27791: (eguven) 2015.5 postgres_user groups backport @ 2015-10-08 23:59:08 UTC

  - d178315f93 Merge pull request #27791 from eguven/2015.5-postgres-user-groups-backport

  - 2caf1d21d6 fix test

  - bc90c5bffe improve change reporting for postgres_user groups

  - 8712bce91a backport postgres_user groups

- PR #27759: (basepi) [2015.5] Merge forward from 2014.7 to 2015.5 @ 2015-10-07 18:01:54 UTC

  - b2937b6a16 Merge pull request #27759 from basepi/merge-forward-2015.5

  - 792ee084bb Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/2014.7' into merge-forward-2015.5

  - d284eb165b Merge pull request #27390 from JaseFace/schedule-missing-enabled

  - 563db71bfd Ensure we pass on the enable setting if present, or use the default of True if not in build_schedule_item() Prior to this, when schedule.present compares the existing schedule to the one crafted by this function, enabled will actually be removed at each run. schedule.present sees a modification needs to be made, and invokes schedule.modify, which does so with enabled: True, creating and endless loop of an 'enabled' removal and addition.

- ISSUE #26673: (robkinyon) __virtual__() doesn't work without __virtualname__ (refs: #27732)

- PR #27732: (jacobhammons) update docs for __virtual__ and __virtualname__ @ 2015-10-07 17:29:31 UTC

  - 4b9128b491 Merge pull request #27732 from jacobhammons/26673

  - 75cc07cf10 noted that __virtual__ can return False and an error string

  - b928e1afa8 update docs for __virtual__ and __virtualname__ Refs #26673

- PR #27747: (Sacro) Chocolatey doesn't have a help command. @ 2015-10-07 16:06:53 UTC

  - a130896d1c Merge pull request #27747 from Sacro/fix-chocolatey-version

  - 8f1fa9e78e Chocolatey doesn't have a help command.

- PR #27733: (jacobhammons) hardening topic - updates to docs.saltproject.io theme @ 2015-10-07 01:44:00 UTC

  - 4e48651de0 Merge pull request #27733 from jacobhammons/bug-fixes

  - cbecd4f553 Updated saltstack2 theme to add SaltConf16 banner

  - 117e0c2bcc Added hardening topic based on the information in Refs #27088

- ISSUE #9051: (olenz) Add bash completion to the docs (refs: #27706)

- ISSUE #27005: (johanek) grains precedence (refs: #27706)

- ISSUE #21475: (quantonganh) Targeting with pillar should be added in to the main targeting page (refs: #27706)

- ISSUE #14876: (whiteinge) Create a pre-Salted tutorial VM (refs: #27706)

- ISSUE #13407: (gravyboat) Create page explaining how to pass variables on the command line (refs: #27706)

- PR #27706: (jacobhammons) Assorted doc bugs @ 2015-10-06 05:35:29 UTC

  - c58da846bf Merge pull request #27706 from jacobhammons/bug-fixes

  - 76dc8de71b Assorted doc bugs Refs #9051 Refs #13407 Refs #21475 Refs #14876 Refs #27005

- PR #27695: (rallytime) Back-port #27671 to 2015.5 @ 2015-10-05 21:57:36 UTC

  - PR #27671: (gashev) Added skip test_ext_pillar_env_mapping if git module does not exist. (refs: #27695)

  - 43fba89865 Merge pull request #27695 from rallytime/bp-27671

  - 2a88028595 Added skip test_ext_pillar_env_mapping if git module does not exist.

- ISSUE #27501: (yermulnik) [FreeBSD] "pkg search" behavior changed since 1.5 series (refs: #27524)

- PR #27524: (jfindlay) parse pkgng output in quiet mode for >= 1.6.1 @ 2015-10-05 21:22:40 UTC

  - cb3d92676e Merge pull request #27524 from jfindlay/pkgng_quiet

  - 5e9107b970 parse pkgng output in quiet mode for >= 1.6.0

- PR #27686: (rallytime) Back-port #27476 to 2015.5 @ 2015-10-05 21:17:59 UTC

  - PR #27476: (belvedere-trading) fix for: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/27373 (refs: #27686)

  - 5b88c55cc3 Merge pull request #27686 from rallytime/bp-27476

  - 3e08d3de8a fix for: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/27373

- ISSUE #27655: (gracinet) postgres_local_cache handling of success (refs: #27656)

- PR #27684: (rallytime) Back-port #27656 to 2015.5 @ 2015-10-05 21:17:55 UTC

  - PR #27656: (gracinet) Fix #27655: handling of success in postgres_local_cache (refs: #27684)

  - f9ddd4647f Merge pull request #27684 from rallytime/bp-27656

  - d3780cba00 Fix #27655: handling of success in postgres_local_cache

- PR #27683: (rallytime) Back-port #27659 to 2015.5 @ 2015-10-05 21:17:30 UTC

  - PR #27659: (gnubyexample) .pub as public key is what we should send to remote (refs: #27683)

  - 7ca6f854ff Merge pull request #27683 from rallytime/bp-27659

  - 84b6ee0c58 .pub as public key is what we should send to remote

- PR #27682: (rallytime) Back-port #27566 to 2015.5 @ 2015-10-05 21:17:26 UTC

  - PR #27566: (blueyed) returners.local_cache: fix endless loop on OSError (refs: #27682)

  - a0f3e34656 Merge pull request #27682 from rallytime/bp-27566

  - 2a44255748 minor: fix/format doc for returners.local_cache.prep_jid

  - fd485e2396 returners.local_cache: fix endless loop on OSError

- ISSUE #25813: (whytewolf) debconf.set throwing exception in 2015.8.0rc2 (refs: #25928)

- PR #27681: (rallytime) Back-port #25928 to 2015.5 @ 2015-10-05 21:17:19 UTC

  - PR #25928: (cachedout) Fix stacktrace for non-existant states (refs: #27681)

  - 0b9ba911c4 Merge pull request #27681 from rallytime/bp-25928

  - 17e1ddf137 Fix stacktrace for non-existant states

- ISSUE #27505: (silenius) [FreeBSD] state.service + provider daemontools is broken (refs: #27535)

- PR #27680: (rallytime) Back-port #27535 to 2015.5 @ 2015-10-05 21:17:10 UTC

  - PR #27535: (silenius) Issue 27505 (refs: #27680)

  - 23da0d316a Merge pull request #27680 from rallytime/bp-27535

  - 04aed5e105 Versionadded change since 2015.5.6 has already been tagged

  - 579f2646ba .. versionadded:: 2015.5.6

  - cbaf46e066 python <2.7 compatibility (pylint issue)

  - ecde499478 s/bin/b to avoid confusion with bin()

  - 4237c5db80 add a __virtual__ to check that daemontools is installed properly

  - 623935a1bc fix doc

  - 573de3abd6 fix pylint issue

  - 5eb6a30d40 fix pep8 issues

  - 298cf4f5c0 import missing logging module

  - fe0ad36609 log was missing

  - e457083465 s/systemd/FreeBSD

  - 3512712e89 forgot service name..

  - 8f193a7bcc fixes #27505

- PR #27442: (JaseFace) Ensure we pass on the enable setting if present, or use the default of True if not in build_schedule_item() @ 2015-10-05 18:01:29 UTC

  - 7d7b97eab6 Merge pull request #27442 from JaseFace/fix-27391-for-2015.5

  - bfbf63e1cc Ensure we pass on the enable setting if present, or use the default of True if not in build_schedule_item() Prior to this, when schedule.present compares the existing schedule to the one crafted by this function, enabled will actually be removed at each run. schedule.present sees a modification needs to be made, and invokes schedule.modify, which does so with enabled: True, creating and endless loop of an 'enabled' removal and addition.

- ISSUE #26320: (schlagify) pkg & diskusage beacons not sending alerts (refs: #27641)

- PR #27641: (rallytime) Gate the psutil import and add depends doc for diskusage beacon @ 2015-10-05 17:00:48 UTC

  - ccbba8656b Merge pull request #27641 from rallytime/gate-psutil-diskusage

  - da2d93a3dd Gate the psutil import and add depends doc for diskusage beacon

- PR #27644: (rallytime) Back-port #27640 to 2015.5 @ 2015-10-05 14:55:31 UTC

  - PR #27640: (stephen144) fix typo in default pillar path (refs: #27644)

  - 09183994f9 Merge pull request #27644 from rallytime/bp-27640

  - a9063a9745 fix typo in default pillar path

- ISSUE #27609: (rallytime) GCE with various external_ip settings cause stacktraces (refs: #27612)

- PR #27612: (rallytime) Fix GCE external_ip stacktraces in 2015.5 @ 2015-10-02 15:42:20 UTC

  - 27fcecccbe Merge pull request #27612 from rallytime/fix-27609

  - 8dc047dc18 If external_up is set to None, don't stacktrace, just use the private ip.

  - 2ebf790f9f [salt-cloud] gce: don't stacktrace if Ephemeral is given instead of ephemeral

- PR #27568: (jacobhammons) regenerated man pages @ 2015-10-01 15:39:37 UTC

  - c84a1edc1b Merge pull request #27568 from jacobhammons/man-pages-five

  - b59c03d20d regenerated man pages