From 034125352faf3f9a222f80c6a6ade89d26931de0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ronny Orot Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2024 12:56:54 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] 09.08.24 Weekly Update (#1901) Signed-off-by: Ronny Orot --- WEEKLY_UPDATES.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/WEEKLY_UPDATES.md b/WEEKLY_UPDATES.md index ce02762365..56af817ec3 100644 --- a/WEEKLY_UPDATES.md +++ b/WEEKLY_UPDATES.md @@ -1,5 +1,21 @@ # Weekly Updates +## 2024-08-09 + +Here's what happened since the last update: + +- [OpenTofu 1.8.0](https://opentofu.org/blog/opentofu-1-8-0/) is out with a lot of long-requested functionality, such as early evaluation for variables and locals, support for `.tofu` files with an override functionality, and enhancements to `tofu test` with provider mocking and resource overrides. +- [OpenTofu 1.8.1](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.8.1) is available and fixes a small bug in the previous version. +- Recent developments: + - We have started extending the features related to the 1.8.0 early evaluation, such as passing providers to modules and resources using `for_each`. Our goal is to include these updates in the 1.9.0 release. + - We have accepted the [RFC](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/pull/1900) about supporting the `-exclude` flag and started working on it. We aim to release it as part of the 1.9.0 release. + - We are still working on a user interface for the registry. This includes creating a general-purpose library for working with the registry data in Go. We are making great progress in that area. + - We started investigating global provider cache locking and have a [draft PR](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/pull/1878) with a potential solution. More updates on this coming soon. +- How can I help? + - Update OpenTofu to version 1.8.0 and report any issues you encounter. Also, please share with us the feedback about the new features we released. + - Use OpenTofu, report issues, and please upvote the ones that are important to you! You can see an overall ranking in the [ranking issue](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/issues/1496). + - We occasionally mark issues with the `help-wanted` label, so keep an eye out for them! + ## 2024-07-18 Hey folks, sorry for the sporadic updates, we'll try to make these more frequent. Here's what happened since the last update: