##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 `camalcase()` 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)
 * Memoize file\_line spec instance variables (20aacc5)
 * Fix spec tests using the new spec\_helper (1ebfa5d)
 * (#13595) initialize\_everything\_for\_tests couples modules Puppet ver (3222f35)
 * (#13439) Fix MRI 1.9 issue with spec\_helper (15c5fd1)
 * (#13439) Fix test failures with Puppet 2.6.x (665610b)
 * (#13439) refactor spec helper for compatibility with both puppet 2.7 and master (82194ca)
 * (#13494) Specify the behavior of zero padded strings (61891bb)

##### 2012-03-29 Puppet Labs <support@puppetlabs.com> - 2.1.3

* (#11607) Add Rakefile to enable spec testing
* (#12377) Avoid infinite loop when retrying require json

##### 2012-03-13 Puppet Labs <support@puppetlabs.com> - 2.3.1

* (#13091) Fix LoadError bug with puppet apply and puppet\_vardir fact

##### 2012-03-12 Puppet Labs <support@puppetlabs.com> - 2.3.0

* Add a large number of new Puppet functions
* Backwards compatibility preserved with 2.2.x

##### 2011-12-30 Puppet Labs <support@puppetlabs.com> - 2.2.1

* Documentation only release for the Forge

##### 2011-12-30 Puppet Labs <support@puppetlabs.com> - 2.1.2

* Documentation only release for PE 2.0.x

##### 2011-11-08 Puppet Labs <support@puppetlabs.com> - 2.2.0

* #10285 - Refactor json to use pson instead.
* Maint  - Add watchr autotest script
* Maint  - Make rspec tests work with Puppet 2.6.4
* #9859  - Add root\_home fact and tests

##### 2011-08-18 Puppet Labs <support@puppetlabs.com> - 2.1.1

* Change facts.d paths to match Facter 2.0 paths.
* /etc/facter/facts.d
* /etc/puppetlabs/facter/facts.d

##### 2011-08-17 Puppet Labs <support@puppetlabs.com> - 2.1.0

* Add R.I. Pienaar's facts.d custom facter fact
* facts defined in /etc/facts.d and /etc/puppetlabs/facts.d are
  automatically loaded now.

##### 2011-08-04 Puppet Labs <support@puppetlabs.com> - 2.0.0

* Rename whole\_line to file\_line
* This is an API change and as such motivating a 2.0.0 release according to semver.org.

##### 2011-08-04 Puppet Labs <support@puppetlabs.com> - 1.1.0

* Rename append\_line to whole\_line
* This is an API change and as such motivating a 1.1.0 release.

##### 2011-08-04 Puppet Labs <support@puppetlabs.com> - 1.0.0

* Initial stable release
* Add validate\_array and validate\_string functions
* Make merge() function work with Ruby 1.8.5
* Add hash merging function
* Add has\_key function
* Add loadyaml() function
* Add append\_line native

##### 2011-06-21 Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 0.1.7

* Add validate\_hash() and getvar() functions

##### 2011-06-15 Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 0.1.6

* Add anchor resource type to provide containment for composite classes

##### 2011-06-03 Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com> - 0.1.5

* Add validate\_bool() function to stdlib

##### 0.1.4 2011-05-26 Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com>

* Move most stages after main

##### 0.1.3 2011-05-25 Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com>

* Add validate\_re() function

##### 0.1.2 2011-05-24 Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com>

* Update to add annotated tag

##### 0.1.1 2011-05-24 Jeff McCune <jeff@puppetlabs.com>

* Add stdlib::stages class with a standard set of stages