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Helm v2.6.2stable Released Oct 04, 2017
⚠️ Breaking Change Impact Score: 7/10

Helm v2.6.2 - Bug Fix Release

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  • It is also important to note that this patch release removes a few features from Helm due to licensing issues, most notably #1639 and #2449. These new features relied on libraries licensed under [Facebook's BSD+Patents license](https://code.facebook.com/pages/850928938376556) (also known as a [Category-X license](https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x)). The Facebook BSD+Patents license includes a specification of a PATENTS file that passes along some risk to users of the Helm project. The terms of Facebook BSD+Patents license are not a subset of those found in Apache v2, and th
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⚑ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Helm v2.6.2. Source highlight: Helm 2.6.2 includes a handful of bug fixes. It is a patch release, and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade.

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⚠️ Breaking Changes & Deprecations (1)

  • It is also important to note that this patch release removes a few features from Helm due to licensing issues, most notably #1639 and #2449. These new features relied on libraries licensed under [Facebook's BSD+Patents license](https://code.facebook.com/pages/850928938376556) (also known as a [Category-X license](https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x)). The Facebook BSD+Patents license includes a specification of a PATENTS file that passes along some risk to users of the Helm project. The terms of Facebook BSD+Patents license are not a subset of those found in Apache v2, and th

πŸ”§ Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

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  • Test, debug, and contribute charts: GitHub/kubernetes/charts
  • 2.6.3 is the next patch release. This release will only happen if important bugs surface between now and the 2.7.0 release date.
  • fix(deps): fix issues when running glide up be3ae4ea91b2960be98c07e8f73754e67e87963c (Matt Farina)
  • fix(helm): Fix the bug in helm dependency update -verify 7ed614d06d1f6b6ad243c04f9e36ae79ed8f74f0 (@rocky-nupt)
  • bug(tiller): sort unknown but different kinds alphabetically based on kind name 685994aecf973e080660c76bb964b72f452f4f36 (Justin Scott)
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Helm 2.6.2 includes a handful of bug fixes. It is a patch release, and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade. It is also important to note that this patch release removes a few features from Helm due to licensing issues, most notably #1639 and #2449. These new features relied on libraries licensed under [Facebook's BSD+Patents license](https://code.facebook.com/pages/850928938376556) (also known as a [Category-X license](https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x)). The Facebook BSD+Patents license includes a specification of a PATENTS file that passes along some risk to users of the Helm project. The terms of Facebook BSD+Patents license are not a subset of those found in Apache v2, and therefore cannot be sublicensed as Apache v2 libraries. We are very sorry for breaking [our policy on semantic versioning](https://github.com/kubernetes/helm/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#semver), but in this specific case it is to protect the interests of all users of the Helm project. Our community is one of the fastest growing Kubernetes projects. We'd love to have you as a part! - Join the discussion in [Kubernetes Slack](https://slack.k8s.io/): - `#helm-users` for questions and just to hang out - `#helm-devs` for discussing PRs, code, and bugs - Hang out at the Public Developer Call: Thursday, 9:30 Pacific via [Zoom](https://zoom.us/j/4526666954) - Test, debug, and contribute charts: [GitHub/kubernetes/charts](https://github.com/kubernetes/charts) ## Installation and Upgrading Download Helm 2.6.2. The common platform binaries are here: - [OSX](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.6.2-darwin-amd64.tar.gz) - [Linux](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.6.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.6.2-windows-amd64.zip) Once you have the client installed, upgrade Tiller with `helm init --upgrade`. The [Quickstart Guide](https://docs.helm.sh/using_helm/#quickstart-guide) will get you going from there. For **upgrade instructions** or detailed installation notes, check the [install guide](https://docs.helm.sh/using_helm/#installing-helm). You can also use a [script to install](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/helm/master/scripts/get) on any system with `bash`. ## What's Next - 2.6.3 is the next patch release. This release will only happen if important bugs surface between now and the 2.7.0 release date. - 2.7.0 is the next major release, and is planned to include Kubernetes 1.8 support. ## Changelog - fix(deps): fix issues when running glide up be3ae4ea91b2960be98c07e8f73754e67e87963c (Matt Farina) - Load StorageClass before PersistentVolume is loaded 1a13307472db49baccf9729e60179e6bbb9ae2c9 (εˆ˜η›Έθ½©) - fix(helm): Fix the bug in helm dependency update -verify 7ed614d06d1f6b6ad243c04f9e36ae79ed8f74f0 (@rocky-nupt) - bug(tiller): sort unknown but different kinds alphabetically based on kind name 685994aecf973e080660c76bb964b72f452f4f36 (Justin Scott) - fix(helm):Fix dependency aliaes not working 5f1defd07255b98760be568cc380ab0b4e90db18 (@llsheldon) - Make Memory driver to store copy of releases to stop hiding storage errors during tests 0f18f35d7fe576185e99ca8f9de833a3de7e264a (Maxim Ivanov) - Correctly persists Release upgrade failure 9b900ad823ec16584008950043e3295e4abc4b96 (Maxim Ivanov) - remove references to facebookgo/symwalk and facebookgo/atomicfile 821100e ce1ba29 e23f660 (Matt Fisher)
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