From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2008-01-15T16:07:18+09:00
Subject: [ANN] vlad 1.2.0 Released


vlad version 1.2.0 has been released!

* <http://rubyhitsquad.com/>
* <http://rubyforge.org/projects/hitsquad/>

Vlad the Deployer is pragmatic application deployment automation,
without mercy. Much like Capistrano, but with 1/10th the
complexity. Vlad integrates seamlessly with Rake, and uses familiar
and standard tools like ssh and rsync.

Impale your application on the heartless spike of the Deployer.

## FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

* Full deployment automation stack.
* Turnkey deployment for mongrel+apache+svn.
* Supports single server deployment with just 3 variables defined.
* Built on rake. Easy. Engine is small.
* Very few dependencies. All simple.
* Uses ssh with your ssh settings already in place.
* Uses rsync for efficient transfers.
* Run remote commands on one or more servers.
* Mix and match local and remote tasks.
* Compatible with all of your tab completion shell script rake-tastic  
goodness.
* Ships with tests that actually pass in 0.028 seconds!
* Does NOT support Windows right now (we think). Coming soon in 1.2.

Changes:

## 1.1.1 / 2008-01-14

* 5 major enhancements:
   * Support for Rake 0.8. Should still work for Rake 0.7.
   * Added git support (contributed by Garry Dolley).
     * Reviewed for accuracy by Evan Phoenix.
   * Added lighttpd.rb
   * Added automatic client setup for perforce.
   * Added mercurial SCM support patch. Closes ticket 13475.
* 6 minor enhancements:
   * Added #put method that wraps up Tempfile/rsync pattern.
   * Added automatic p4 client setup for perforce.
   * Added vladdemo.sh
   * Moved everything over to put.
   * Moved generic app setup to core from mongrel.
   * Parameterized 'head' into 'revision' variable (with head as  
default).
* 1 bug fix
   * Fixed cleanup to actually properly clean up.

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