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Helm v2.8.1stable Released Feb 08, 2018
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Helm v2.8.1 - Bug Fix Release

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✨ Features 2 πŸ”§ Bug Fixes 6
⚑ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Helm v2.8.1. Source highlight: Helm v2.8.1 includes a handful of bug fixes. It is a patch release, and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade.

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✨ New Features & Capabilities (2)

  • Revert "feat(helm): adding kubeconfig flag" 63da741e485e01618ec647d923ec7dbf5d0c385d (Matthew Fisher)
  • add appsv1beta1 and appsv1beta2 apiVersion e3a8b807ac4e3e4fc084a0c84d69910709ccc139 (Paolo Mainardi)

πŸ”§ Bug Fixes & Patches (6)

  • `#helm-dev` for discussing PRs, code, and bugs
  • Test, debug, and contribute charts: GitHub/kubernetes/charts
  • fix(grpc): Fixes issue where message sending limited to 4mb e2f688fa0d3cead645dc6737fa236021fa740f82 (Matt Farina)
  • fix(api-machinery): Fixes patching for unstructured objects 90957b905c6f8446c590a05ca43171e4e3073918 (Matt Farina)
  • fix helm init --upgrade logic 2b2b994092fc7b8407dd8403c673844721ccd929 (Matthew Fisher)
  • Fix 'getSelectorFromObject' 7086a16e29cfb106c272437f756b6cef628e7582 (Reinhard Nägele)
πŸ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
Helm v2.8.1 includes a handful of bug fixes. It is a patch release, and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade. The community keeps growing, and we'd love to see you there. - Join the discussion in [Kubernetes Slack](https://slack.k8s.io/): - `#helm-users` for questions and just to hang out - `#helm-dev` 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 2.8.1. The common platform binaries are here: - [OSX](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.8.1-darwin-amd64.tar.gz) - [Linux](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.8.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://get.helm.sh/helm-v2.8.1-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`. ## Changelog - bump version to v2.8.1 6af75a8fd72e2aa18a2b278cfe5c7a1c5feca7f2 (Matthew Fisher) - fix(grpc): Fixes issue where message sending limited to 4mb e2f688fa0d3cead645dc6737fa236021fa740f82 (Matt Farina) - Revert "feat(helm): adding kubeconfig flag" 63da741e485e01618ec647d923ec7dbf5d0c385d (Matthew Fisher) - fix(api-machinery): Fixes patching for unstructured objects 90957b905c6f8446c590a05ca43171e4e3073918 (Matt Farina) - fix helm init --upgrade logic 2b2b994092fc7b8407dd8403c673844721ccd929 (Matthew Fisher) - Fix 'getSelectorFromObject' 7086a16e29cfb106c272437f756b6cef628e7582 (Reinhard Nägele) - Fix pod recreation d6dc3ded8465f177866e67e8acc1694f189064f0 (Reinhard Nägele) - adding other missing apiVersions db39e0927f5f527cafbaae93df27bdf8e47ef2d3 (Paolo Mainardi) - add appsv1beta1 and appsv1beta2 apiVersion e3a8b807ac4e3e4fc084a0c84d69910709ccc139 (Paolo Mainardi) - exit zero on non-master branch 772a2799a8337672105f611b28e5874ac4a85853 (Matthew Fisher) - bump version to v2.8 7de81bbd919cb8fd459834f788af88823c7f56da (Matthew Fisher) - fix RELEASE_BRANCH_NAME fdbbfecb55b6cd23ea59cc668ec55cc900cd3ea4 (Matthew Fisher)
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