Content & Tooling Team Status Update
Tags: puppet, community
Published: 2023-10-02 16:22:06

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title: Content & Tooling Team Status Update
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date: 2023-09-29 00:00:00 UTC
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## Hello Again!!

Today, being Friday, is a fitting occasion to reflect on our achievements and to look forward to the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. We extend warm greetings to each of you and hope this message finds you well. As we approach the end of another productive week, we would like to take a moment to express our appreciation for ongoing contributions to our community.

## Modules

The holiday season is in full swing in India, and as a result, we enjoyed a day off on Tuesday, with another one coming up on Monday. Therefore, please expect responses and any future updates to recommence on Tuesday.

### New Release of Apache Module (Version 11.1.0)

We are delighted to inform you about the launch of [puppetlabs-apache](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-apache) version 11.1.0, which introduces new passenger parameters and addresses issues that were reported following the 11.0.0 release.

### Enhancement in apt module and source list generation fix

Within the scope of [puppetlabs-apt](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-apache), we have achieved significant milestones. One particularly noteworthy accomplishment is the successful incorporation of support for modern keyrings. This represents a substantial advancement in our pursuit of modernization and enhancement of the capabilities of the Puppetlabs-apt module. Also there has been enhancement in the generation of source list based on $release and $repos parameters for [puppetlabs-apt](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-apt) module. It is crucial to acknowledge that notwithstanding these achievements, there remain tasks that are yet to be completed and areas that require further refinement before we can consider this undertaking as fully realized.

## DevX

This week we have been quiet with quite a few of the team enjoying some time off. In the background [Gavin D](https://github.com/gavindidrichsen) is continuing to get ramped up on our tools and I have full faith he will do some amazing things for our team. Both [David Sandilands](https://github.com/davidsandilands) and [Gavin](https://github.com/GSPatton) had an amazing time at DevOps Day in London and came back buzzing from all the exciting conversations that they had.

### puppet-editor-services has had a bit of a lift this week!

Jordan has been working on some tidy up on the puppet-editor-services repo this week. This included dropping support for Ruby 2.5 and adding support for Ruby 3.0 and other small maintaincence pieces. If you are interested in his work check out his [PR](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-editor-services/pull/348)!

## Community Contributions

We’d like to thank the following people in the Puppet Community for their contributions over this past week:

- [`puppetlabs-apache#2467`](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-apache/pull/2467): “Inline template without variables”, thanks to [ekohl](https://github.com/ekohl)
- [`puppetlabs-apache#2466`](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-apache/pull/2466): “Remove deprecated classes”, thanks to [ekohl](https://github.com/ekohl) and the following people who helped get it over the line ([smortex](https://github.com/smortex))
- [`puppetlabs-apache#2465`](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-apache/pull/2465): “Remove deprecated parameters from mod::userdir”, thanks to [ekohl](https://github.com/ekohl)
- [`puppetlabs-postgresql#1521`](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-postgresql/pull/1521): “postgis: Drop EL5 leftovers and fix package name for Fedora”, thanks to [bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak)
- [`puppetlabs-postgresql#1520`](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-postgresql/pull/1520): “Drop EoL SLES 11.4 code”, thanks to [bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak)
- [`puppetlabs-postgresql#1519`](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-postgresql/pull/1519): “Drop EoL FreeBSD 9.4/9.5 specific code”, thanks to [bastelfreak](https://github.com/bastelfreak)
- [`puppetlabs-postgresql#1518`](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-postgresql/pull/1518): “Drop code compatibility for non-systemd Red Hat”, thanks to [ekohl](https://github.com/ekohl)
- [`puppetlabs-postgresql#1516`](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-postgresql/pull/1516): “add $manage\_selinux as a parameter, keep default, simpler condition”, thanks to [SimonHoenscheid](https://github.com/SimonHoenscheid)

## New Module / Gem Releases

- [`puppetlabs-apache`](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-apache) (`11.1.0`)

- [`puppetlabs-haproxy`](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-haproxy) (`7.2.1`)

- [`puppetlabs_spec_helper`](https://rubygems.org/gems/puppetlabs_spec_helper) (`6.0.2`)