From e67cbc448cedbf7377b7aeaa25c3b293f2ea6cd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Mesh Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 10:22:40 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Weekly Update (#1721) Signed-off-by: Christian Mesh Co-authored-by: Oleksandr Levchenkov --- WEEKLY_UPDATES.md | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) diff --git a/WEEKLY_UPDATES.md b/WEEKLY_UPDATES.md index edee3c3280..c20190b077 100644 --- a/WEEKLY_UPDATES.md +++ b/WEEKLY_UPDATES.md @@ -1,5 +1,32 @@ # Weekly Updates +## 2024-06-14 + +Hello! It's been a busy month since the last "Weekly Update" and there is a lot to cover! + +- [OpenTofu 1.7.2](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/tag/v1.7.2) was released! + - This release contained a few bugfixes for new functionality introduced in the 1.7 release cycle +- Recent Developments: + - A new [RFC Process](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/blob/main/rfc/20240524-OpenTofu-RFC-Process.md) has been adopted! + - This will help define larger proposals and enable more in-depth converations. + - Existing accepted RFCs have been backfilled to preserve history. + - Static Evaluation work has begun! + - [RFC was accepted!](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/pull/1649) + - The [first PR](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/pull/1718) has been opened to implement the RFC + - Performance improvements: + - [Write state using compact JSON representation](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/pull/1647) + - [Make persist interval for remote state backend configurable](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/pull/1591) + - [Support for overrides](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/pull/1499) in `tofu test` + - [Allow variable to pass inside `variables` block](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/pull/1488) +- Upcoming 1.8.0-alpha1, as early as next week! + - Enables use of variables in backends and module sources! + - New [.tofu file extension](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/pull/1699/files)! + - Introduce `tofu {}` block as alternative to `terraform {}` and [change understanding of required_version](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/pull/1716) + - Full list in the [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/blob/568ff66/CHANGELOG.md) +- How can I help? + - 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! + ## 2024-05-17 Hello there! After the 1.7.1 release last week, the core team has been focusing on a few remaining issues for 1.7.2 and starting to look forward to 1.8!