Brewtils

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4/16/21

Bug Fixes
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- Nullable multi parameters with a model no longer set a problematic default (Issue 769, 983 / PR 305)
- End date is now set correctly for cron-type jobs (Issue 963 / PR 306)
- Order of parameters in the UI now matches the order of decorators (Issue 267, 981 / PR 304)

Other Changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- More type hints for SystemClient and EasyClient methods (Issue 957 / PR 303)

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4/1/21

New Features
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- SystemClient with no parameters will default to the current plugin (Issue 780 / PR 293)
- Added methods to RestClient and EasyClient for using the /api/v1/forward API (PR 301)
- New and improved decorators module (Issue 777 / PR 290)

Other Changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- The system decorator has been renamed to client (Issue 927 / PR 297)
- parameters (plural, with an "s") is now deprecated (Issue 924, PR 299)
- Easier to specify logger name when creating a StoppableThread (Issue 874 / PR 291)

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2/5/21

Bug Fixes
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- SystemClient parameter resolution no longer always fails if no system is assigned (Issue 859 / PR 289)
- Added positional arguments back-compatibility for EasyClient and SystemClient creation (Issue 836 / PR 286)
- Fixed regression relating to old decorator deprecations (Issue 835 / PR 285)

Other Changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Added 'hidden' field to Request ile model (Issue 414 / PR 288)
- Added 'job' and 'request' fields to File model (Issue 833 / PR 284)

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Date: 1/11/21

Bug Fixes
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- SystemClient no longer disallows creating a Request for a System without a namespace (Issue 827 / PR 281)
- Logs are now written correctly when a Plugin encounters an uncaught exception after initialization (Issue 787 / PR 276)
- Plugin registration will now behave as expected when the list of plugin Commands is empty (Issue 806 / PR 277)

New Features
^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Added a Rescan method to the EasyClient (Issue 815 / PR 278)

Other Changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- The decorators ``command_registrar``, ``register``, and ``plugin_param`` are officially deprecated (Issue 825 / PR 280)

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Date: 12/15/20

New Features
^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Added ``client_key`` parameter to support separate key and cert files (beer-garden785)
- Better ``SystemClient`` error message if a positional parameter is used (beer-garden775)
- Plugins will now work when connected to a v2 Beer Garden (beer-garden751)
- Support for file-type parameters (beer-garden368)

Bug Fixes
^^^^^^^^^
- Using nested models when defining Parameters now works correctly (beer-garden354)

Other Changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Plugins now register a SIGTERM handler for shutdown consistency (beer-garden/745)

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Date: 11/10/20

Note: This is a major upgrade with several breaking changes. Please see the
`Upgrade Guide
<https://github.com/beer-garden/brewtils/blob/master/UPGRADING.md>`_ for all changes.

New Features
^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Plugins now automatically load configuration from CLI and environment variables
- Logging configuration is loaded automatically when Plugins are created
- No longer need to pass connection information to System/Easy/Rest Clients
- Parameter choices definition can be a non-list iterable (beer-garden/512)
- It's now easier to specify an alternate parent when making a request (beer-garden/336)
- SchemaParser can now directly serialize dicts and Boxes (239)

Bug Fixes
^^^^^^^^^
- EasyClient.get_instance_status is deprecated but now actually returns the instance status

Other Changes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Plugins are now multi-threaded by default (47)
- Better error messages when using SystemClient with raise_on_error=True (beer-garden/689)
- Various deprecated names have been removed
- Can now defer setting a Plugin client
- EasyClient.get_version returns actual version information instead of Response object
- Using a pika version <1 is deprecated