========================= Salt 0.17.3 Release Notes

:release: 2013-12-08

.. note::

0.17.3 had some regressions which were promptly fixed in the 0.17.4
release.  Please use 0.17.4 instead.

Version 0.17.3 is another bugfix release for :ref:0.17.0 <release-0-17-0>. The changes include:

• Fix some jinja render errors (:issue:8418)
• Fix file.replace state changing file ownership (:issue:8399)
• Fix state ordering with the PyDSL renderer (:issue:8446)
• Fix for new npm version (:issue:8517)
• Fix for pip state requiring name even with requirements file (:issue:8519)
• Fix yum logging to open terminals (:issue:3855)
• Add sane maxrunning defaults for scheduler (:issue:8563)
• Fix states duplicate key detection (:issue:8053)
• Fix SUSE patch level reporting (:issue:8428)
• Fix managed file creation umask (:issue:8590)
• Fix logstash exception (:issue:8635)
• Improve argument exception handling for salt command (:issue:8016)
• Fix pecl success reporting (:issue:8750)
• Fix launchctl module exceptions (:issue:8759)
• Fix argument order in pw_user module
• Add warnings for failing grains (:issue:8690)
• Fix hgfs problems caused by connections left open (:issue:8811 and :issue:8810)
• Add Debian iptables default for iptables-persistent package (:issue:8889)
• Fix installation of packages with dots in pkg name (:issue:8614)
• Fix noarch package installation on CentOS 6 (:issue:8945)
• Fix portage_config.enforce_nice_config (:issue:8252)
• Fix salt.util.copyfile umask usage (:issue:8590)
• Fix rescheduling of failed jobs (:issue:8941)
• Fix pkg on Amazon Linux (uses yumpkg5 now) (:issue:8226)
• Fix conflicting options in postgres module (:issue:8717)
• Fix ps modules for psutil >= 0.3.0 (:issue:7432)
• Fix postgres module to return False on failure (:issue:8778)
• Fix argument passing for args with pound signs (:issue:8585)
• Fix pid of salt CLi command showing in status.pid output (:issue:8720)
• Fix rvm to run gem as the correct user (:issue:8951)
• Fix namespace issue in win_file module (:issue:9060)
• Fix masterless state paths on windows (:issue:9021)
• Fix timeout option in master config (:issue:9040)