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@@ -3,71 +3,87 @@ Ansible Changes By Release
 
 1.1 "Mean Street" -- Release pending
 
-* added 'with_random_choice' filter plugin
+Core Features
+
 * added --check option for "dry run" mode
 * added --diff option to show how templates change, or might change
-* service status 4 is also 'not running'
+* --list-tasks for the playbook will list the tasks without running them
+* able to set the environment by setting "environment:" as a dictionary on any task (go proxy support!)
+* added ansible_ssh_user and ansible_ssh_pass for per-host/group username and password
+* jinja2 extensions can now be loaded from the config file
+* support for complex arguments to modules (within reason)
+* can specify ansible_connection=X to define the connection type in inventory variables
+* a new chroot connection type
+
+Modules Added:
+
+* rabbit_mq plugin module
+* rabbit_mq user module
+* rabbit_mq vhost module
+* mongodb_user module
+* new uri module -- can get/put/post/etc
+* CloudFormation module
+* zfs
+
+Bugfixes and Misc Changes:
+
+* ansible module common code (and ONLY that) which is mixed in with modules, is now BSD licensed.  App remains GPLv3.
 * stderr shown when commands fail to parse
 * uses yaml.safe_dump in filter plugins
-* authentication Q&A no longer happens before --syntax-check
+* authentication Q&A no longer happens before --syntax-check, but after
 * ability to get hostvars data for nodes not in the setup cache yet
-* able to specify a different hg repo to pull from than the original set
 * SSH timeout now correctly passed to native SSH connection plugin
-* supervisorctl restart fix
 * raise an error when multiple when_ statements are provided
 * --list-hosts applies host limit selections better
 * (internals) template engine specifications to use template_ds everywhere
-* rabbit_mq plugin module
-* rabbit_mq user module
-* rabbit_mq vhost module
-* mongodb_user module
-* increased error handling for ec2 module
-* can recursively set permissions on directories
-* change to the way AMI tags are handled
 * better error message when your host file can't be found
-* --list-tasks for the playbook will list the tasks without running them
+* end of line comments now work in the inventory file
+* directory destinations now work better with remote md5 code
+* lookup plugin macros like $FILE and $ENV now work without returning arrays in variable definitions/playbooks
+* uses yaml.safe_load everywhere
+* able to add EXAMPLES to documentation via EXAMPLES docstring, rather than just in main documentation YAML
+
+Facts:
+
 * block device facts for the setup module
-* cron module can now also manipulate cron.d files
-* virtualenv module can now inherit system site packages (or not)
-* able to set the environment by setting "environment:" as a dictionary on any task (go proxy support!)
-* added ansible_ssh_user and ansible_ssh_pass for per-host/group username and password
 * facts for AIX
-* new uri module -- can get/put/post/etc
 * fact detection for OS type on Amazon Linux
-* jinja2 extensions can now be loaded from the config file
+* device fact gathering stability improvements
+* ansible_os_family fact added
+
+Module Changes/Fixes:
+
+* service status 4 is also 'not running'
+* supervisorctl restart fix
+* increased error handling for ec2 module
+* can recursively set permissions on directories
+* ec2: change to the way AMI tags are handled
+* cron module can now also manipulate cron.d files
+* virtualenv module can now inherit system site packages (or not)
 * lineinfile module now has an insertbefore option
 * NetBSD service module support
-* end of line comments now work in the inventory file
 * fixes to sysctl module where item has multiple values
 * AIX support for the user and group modules
-* directory destinations now work better with remote md5 code
-* device fact gathering stability improvements
-* fixed ~ expansion for fileglob
-* can set ansible_ssh_user and ansible_ssh_pass in inventory variables
-* lookup plugin macros like $FILE and $ENV now work without returning arrays in variable definitions/playbooks
+* able to specify a different hg repo to pull from than the original set
 * add_host module can set ports and other inventory variables
 * add_host module can add modules to multiple groups (groups=a,b,c), groups now alias for groupname
-* support for complex arguments to modules (within reason)
-* uses yaml.safe_load everywhere
-* can specify ansible_connection=X to define the connection type in inventory variables
-* CloudFormation module
 * subnet ID can be set on EC2 module
 * MySQL module password handling improvements
 * added new virtualenv flags to pip and easy_install modules
 * various improvements to lineinfile module, now accepts common arguments from file
-* ansible_os_family fact added
 * force= now replaces thirsty where used before, thirsty remains an alias
-* able to add EXAMPLES to documentation via EXAMPLES docstring, rather than just in main documentation YAML
-* a new chroot connection type
-* setup module can take a 'filter=<wildcard>' parameter to just return a few facts
+* setup module can take a 'filter=<wildcard>' parameter to just return a few facts (not used by playbooks)
 * cron module works even if no crontab is present (for cron.d)
 * security group ID settable on EC2 module
 * misc fixes to sysctl module
 * fix to apt module so packages not in cache are still removable
 * charset fix to mail module
 * postresql db module now does not try to create the 'PUBLIC' user
-* added zfs module
-* ansible module common code (and ONLY that) which is mixed in with modules, is now BSD licensed.  App remains GPLv3.
+
+Plugins:
+
+* added 'with_random_choice' filter plugin
+* fixed ~ expansion for fileglob
 
 1.0 "Eruption" -- Feb 1 2013