From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2009-03-05T10:27:34+09:00
Subject: [ANN] vlad 1.3.0 Released


vlad version 1.3.0 has been released!

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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.

Changes:

### 1.3.0 / 2009-03-04

* 9 major enhancements:

   * Added darcs support. (Brian Palmer)
   * Added git support. (Garry Dolley)
   * Added lighttpd support.
   * Added merb support. (Jamie Macey)
   * Added passenger support. (Alan Harper)
   * Added/merged god, nginx, thin, and maintenance tasks. (github  
clusterfuck)
   * Allow set to specify that a proc value is :per_thread.
   * Apply Mercurial SCM support patch. Closes ticket 13475
   * remote_task now supports args and supplies task (by Daniel P.  
Kionka).

* 19 minor enhancements:

   * Add role toplevel method similar to namespace.
   * Added #put method that wraps up Tempfile/rsync pattern.
   * Added #role toplevel method, similar to #namespace.
   * Added FAQ for using vlad through a gateway.
   * Added Phil Hagelburg's one-line multi-stage deployment patch
   * Added rake tracing for rsync command.
   * Added umask variable.
   * Adds specific order to loading. Should fix a number of bugs.
   * Extended vladdemo.sh to allow for N simulated hosts (mostly for  
testing)
   * Fixed tempfile dependency in #put if you don't load lighttpd or  
perforce (yipstar)
   * Mercurial now automatically initializes the repository. (Jamie  
Macey)
   * Moved everything over to put.
   * Now requires rake 0.8.1+.
   * Parameterized 'head' into 'revision' variable (with head as  
default).
   * Split shared symlink creation to a separate task. (Steve Purcell)
   * Support rake 0.8.
   * Switched to ThreadGroup for Action#execute
   * Updated rakefile for new hoe abilities
   * remote_task :role now allows an empty list of hosts.

* 11 bug fixes:

	* Fixed vladdemo.rb, now uses my checkout for further stress testing.
	* Moved core recipe to front. Was breaking mongrel setup.
   * Added automatic client setup for perforce.
   * Fix mercurial support.
   * Fixed 'too many files' error.
   * Fixed a lame warning in the tests.
   * Fixed cleanup to actually properly clean up.
   * Fixed rake var doco
   * Moved generic app setup to core from mongrel.
   * SSH flags are now an Array for proper inclusion in the command.  
(Guillaume Pierronnet)
   * git archive now specifically specifies tar format.  
(knaveofdiamonds)

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