The major new feature we introduced into this release is the messaging support - enjoy it!

Here's a short overview about the changes found in version 3.0.0:

* Core: Added messaging support * Core: Removed unused "changed" attribute of objects * Core: Support default values for multiple parameters (Steven Armstrong) * Core: Ensure Object Parameter file contains

(Steven Armstrong) * New Type: __zypper_repo (Daniel Heule) * New Type: __zypper_service (Daniel Heule) * New Type: __package_emerge (Daniel Heule) * New Type: __package_emerge_dependencies (Daniel Heule) * Type __cron: Add support for raw lines (Daniel Heule) * Type __cron: Suppress stderr output from crontab (Daniel Heule) * Type __cron: Fix quoting issue (Daniel Heule) * Type __file: Do not generate code if mode is 0xxx * Type __iptables_rule: Use default parameter * Type __key_value: Fix quoting issue (Steven Armstrong) * Type __package: Use state --present by default (Steven Armstrong) * Type __package_zypper: Support non packages as well (Daniel Heule) * Type __package_zypper: Support package versions (Daniel Heule) * Type __postfix_*: Depend on __postfix Type (Steven Armstrong) * Type __postfix_postconf: Enable support for SuSE (Daniel Heule) * Type __postfix: Enable support for SuSE (Daniel Heule) * Type __start_on_boot: Use default parameter state * Type __start_on_boot: Add support for gentoo (Daniel Heule) * Type __user: Add support for state parameter (Daniel Heule) * Type __user: Add support for system users (Daniel Heule) * Type __user: Add messaging support (Steven Armstrong) * Type __zypper_service: Support older SuSE releases (Daniel Heule)

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