Here's a short overview about the changes found in version 3.1.6:

* New Type: __ssh_dot_ssh * Type __package_yum: Support retrieving package via URL * Type __hostname: Support SuSE and have CentOS use sysconfig value * Type __locale: Support SuSE * Type __locale: Support Archlinux * Type __timezone: Support SuSE * Type __file: Support MacOS X (Manuel Hutter) * Type __iptables_apply: Add "reset" to init.d script of iptables * Type __ssh_authorized_key: Use new type __ssh_dot_ssh * Type __zypper_repo: Bugfix for pattern matching (Daniel Heule)

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