Merge pull request #1276 from puppetlabs/release-prep

Release prep v8.5.0

Author: chelnak

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,25 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [v8.5.0](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/tree/v8.5.0) (2022-10-13)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/compare/v8.4.0...v8.5.0)
+
+### Added
+
+- Add a Stdlib::CreateResources type [\#1267](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1267) ([ekohl](https://github.com/ekohl))
+- pdksync - \(GH-cat-11\) Certify Support for Ubuntu 22.04 [\#1261](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1261) ([david22swan](https://github.com/david22swan))
+- \(FEAT\) Add function parsepson [\#1259](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1259) ([david22swan](https://github.com/david22swan))
+
+### Fixed
+
+- \(CONT-200\) Fix require relative paths [\#1275](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1275) ([chelnak](https://github.com/chelnak))
+- pdksync - \(CONT-189\) Remove support for RedHat6 / OracleLinux6 / Scientific6 [\#1272](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1272) ([david22swan](https://github.com/david22swan))
+- pdksync - \(CONT-130\) - Dropping Support for Debian 9 [\#1269](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1269) ([jordanbreen28](https://github.com/jordanbreen28))
+- \(MAINT\) Drop support for AIX + Windows EOL OSs [\#1265](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1265) ([jordanbreen28](https://github.com/jordanbreen28))
+- \(GH-1262\) Use 'require\_relative' to load stdlib due to lookup errors [\#1264](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1264) ([david22swan](https://github.com/david22swan))
+- Switch parsejson\(\) from PSON to JSON parsing [\#1240](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/pull/1240) ([seanmil](https://github.com/seanmil))
+
 ## [v8.4.0](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/tree/v8.4.0) (2022-07-21)
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib/compare/v8.3.0...v8.4.0)

REFERENCE.md

@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ true boolean.
 Puppet structure
 * [`parsejson`](#parsejson): This function accepts JSON as a string and converts it into the correct
 Puppet structure.
-* [`parsepson`](#parsepson): This function accepts PSON, a Puppet variant of JSON, as a string and 
-converts it into the correct Puppet structure.
+* [`parsepson`](#parsepson): This function accepts PSON, a Puppet variant of JSON, as a string and converts
+it into the correct Puppet structure
 * [`parseyaml`](#parseyaml): This function accepts YAML as a string and converts it into the correct
 Puppet structure.
 * [`pick`](#pick): This function will return
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ OpenSSL.
 * [`Stdlib::Compat::Ipv6`](#stdlibcompatipv6): Validate an IPv6 address
 * [`Stdlib::Compat::Numeric`](#stdlibcompatnumeric): Emulate the is_numeric and validate_numeric functions
 * [`Stdlib::Compat::String`](#stdlibcompatstring): Emulate the is_string and validate_string functions
+* [`Stdlib::CreateResources`](#stdlibcreateresources): A type description used for the create_resources function
 * [`Stdlib::Datasize`](#stdlibdatasize): Validate the size of data
 * [`Stdlib::Email`](#stdlibemail): Validate an e-mail address
 * [`Stdlib::Ensure::File`](#stdlibensurefile): Validate the value of the ensure parameter for a file
@@ -3923,30 +3924,24 @@ Type: Ruby 3.x API
 
 > *Note:*
   The optional second argument can be used to pass a default value that will
-  be returned if the parsing of YAML string have failed.
+  be returned if the parsing of the JSON string failed or if the JSON parse
+  evaluated to nil.
 
 #### `parsejson()`
 
 > *Note:*
   The optional second argument can be used to pass a default value that will
-  be returned if the parsing of YAML string have failed.
+  be returned if the parsing of the JSON string failed or if the JSON parse
+  evaluated to nil.
 
 Returns: `Any` convert JSON into Puppet structure
 
-### <a name="parseyaml"></a>`parseyaml`
-
-Type: Ruby 3.x API
-
-> *Note:*
-  The optional second argument can be used to pass a default value that will
-  be returned if the parsing of YAML string have failed.
-
 ### <a name="parsepson"></a>`parsepson`
 
 Type: Ruby 4.x API
 
-This function accepts PSON as a string and converts it into the correct
-Puppet structure
+For more information on PSON please see the following link:
+https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/7/http_api/pson.html
 
 #### Examples
 
@@ -3956,13 +3951,11 @@ Puppet structure
 $data = parsepson('{"a":"1","b":"2"}')
 ```
 
+#### `parsepson(String[1] $pson_string, Optional[Any] $default)`
+
 For more information on PSON please see the following link:
 https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/7/http_api/pson.html
 
-#### `parsepson(String $pson_string, Optional[Any] $default)`
-
-The parseson function.
-
 Returns: `Data`
 
 ##### Examples
@@ -3973,9 +3966,6 @@ Returns: `Data`
 $data = parsepson('{"a":"1","b":"2"}')
 ```
 
-For more information on PSON please see the following link:
-https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/7/http_api/pson.html
-
 ##### `pson_string`
 
 Data type: `String[1]`
@@ -3988,6 +3978,14 @@ Data type: `Optional[Any]`
 
 An optional default to return if parsing the pson_string fails
 
+### <a name="parseyaml"></a>`parseyaml`
+
+Type: Ruby 3.x API
+
+> *Note:*
+  The optional second argument can be used to pass a default value that will
+  be returned if the parsing of YAML string have failed.
+
 #### `parseyaml()`
 
 > *Note:*
@@ -7604,6 +7602,36 @@ Alias of
 Optional[String]
 ```
 
+### <a name="stdlibcreateresources"></a>`Stdlib::CreateResources`
+
+A type description used for the create_resources function
+
+#### Examples
+
+##### As a class parameter
+
+```puppet
+class myclass (
+  Stdlib::CreateResources $myresources = {},
+) {
+  # Using create_resources
+  create_resources('myresource', $myresources)
+
+  # Using iteration
+  $myresources.each |$myresource_name, $myresource_attrs| {
+    myresource { $myresource_name:
+      * => $myresource_attrs,
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Alias of
+
+```puppet
+Hash[String[1], Hash[String[1], Any]]
+```
+
 ### <a name="stdlibdatasize"></a>`Stdlib::Datasize`
 
 Validate the size of data

metadata.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "puppetlabs-stdlib",
-  "version": "8.4.0",
+  "version": "8.5.0",
   "author": "puppetlabs",
   "summary": "Standard library of resources for Puppet modules.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",