Merge pull request #609 from PowerShell/dev

Release of version 8.6.0.0 of xPSDesiredStateConfiguration

.MetaTestOptIn.json

@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 [
-     "Common Tests - Validate Module Files",
-     "Common Tests - Validate Script Files",
-     "Common Tests - Validate Example Files",
-     "Common Tests - Validate Example Files To Be Published",
-     "Common Tests - Validate Markdown Files"
+    "Common Tests - Custom Script Analyzer Rules",
+    "Common Tests - Flagged Script Analyzer Rules",
+    "Common Tests - New Error-Level Script Analyzer Rules",
+    "Common Tests - Relative Path Length",
+    "Common Tests - Required Script Analyzer Rules",
+    "Common Tests - Validate Example Files",
+    "Common Tests - Validate Example Files To Be Published",
+    "Common Tests - Validate Markdown Files",
+    "Common Tests - Validate Markdown Links",
+    "Common Tests - Validate Module Files",
+    "Common Tests - Validate Script Files"
 ]

.markdownlint.json

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "default": true,
+    "MD029": {
+        "style": "one"
+    },
+    "MD013": true,
+    "MD024": false,
+    "MD034": false,
+    "no-hard-tabs": true
+}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,10 +2,99 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 8.6.0.0
+
+- Fixes style inconsistencies in PublishModulesAndMofsToPullServer.psm1.
+  [issue #530](https://github.com/PowerShell/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/530)
+- Suppresses forced Verbose output in MSFT_xArchive.EndToEnd.Tests.ps1,
+  MSFT_xDSCWebService.Integration.tests.ps1,
+  MSFT_xPackageResource.Integration.Tests.ps1, MSFT_xRemoteFile.Tests.ps1,
+  MSFT_xUserResource.Integration.Tests.ps1,
+  MSFT_xWindowsProcess.Integration.Tests.ps1, and
+  xFileUpload.Integration.Tests.ps1.
+  [issue #514](https://github.com/PowerShell/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/514)
+- Fixes issue in xGroupResource Integration tests where the tests would fail
+  if the System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement namespace was not loaded.
+- Tests\Integration\MSFT_xDSCWebService.Integration.tests.ps1:
+  - Fixes issue where tests fail if a self signed certificate for DSC does not
+    already exist.
+    [issue #581](https://github.com/PowerShell/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/581)
+- Fixes all instances of the following PSScriptAnalyzer issues:
+  - PSUseOutputTypeCorrectly
+  - PSAvoidUsingConvertToSecureStringWithPlainText
+  - PSPossibleIncorrectComparisonWithNull
+  - PSAvoidDefaultValueForMandatoryParameter
+  - PSAvoidUsingInvokeExpression
+  - PSUseDeclaredVarsMoreThanAssignments
+  - PSAvoidGlobalVars
+- xPackage and xMsiPackage
+  - Add an ability to ignore a pending reboot if requested by package installation.
+- xRemoteFile
+  - Updated MatchSource description in README.md.
+    [issue #409](https://github.com/PowerShell/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/409)
+  - Improved layout of MOF file to move description left.
+  - Added function help for all functions.
+  - Moved `New-InvalidDataException` to CommonResourceHelper.psm1.
+    [issue #544](https://github.com/PowerShell/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/544)
+- Added full stops to the end of all functions help in CommonResourceHelper.psm1.
+- Added unit tests for `New-InvalidArgumentException`,
+  `New-InvalidDataException` and `New-InvalidOperationException`
+  CommonResourceHelper.psm1 functions.
+- Changes to `MSFT_xDSCWebService`
+  - Fixed
+    [issue #528](https://github.com/PowerShell/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/528)
+    : Unable to disable selfsigned certificates using AcceptSelfSignedCertificates=$false
+  - Fixed
+    [issue #460](https://github.com/PowerShell/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/460)
+    : Redeploy DSC Pull Server fails with error
+- Opt-in to the following Meta tests:
+  - Common Tests - Custom Script Analyzer Rules
+  - Common Tests - Flagged Script Analyzer Rules
+  - Common Tests - New Error-Level Script Analyzer Rules
+  - Common Tests - Relative Path Length
+  - Common Tests - Required Script Analyzer Rules
+  - Common Tests - Validate Markdown Links
+- Add .markdownlint.json file using settings from
+  [here](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/SqlServerDsc/dev/.markdownlint.json)
+  as a starting point.
+- Changes to `Tests\Unit\MSFT_xMsiPackage.Tests.ps1`
+  - Fixes issue where tests fail if executed from a drive other than C:.
+    [issue #573](https://github.com/PowerShell/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/573)
+- Changes to
+  `Tests\Integration\xWindowsOptionalFeatureSet.Integration.Tests.ps1`
+  - Fixes issue where tests fail if a Windows Optional Feature that is expected
+    to be disabled has a feature state of 'DisabledWithPayloadRemoved'.
+    [issue #586](https://github.com/PowerShell/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/586)
+- Changes to
+  `Tests\Unit\MSFT_xPackageResource.Tests.ps1`
+  - Fixes issue where tests fail if run from a folder that contains spaces.
+    [issue #580](https://github.com/PowerShell/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/580)
+- Changes to test helper Enter-DscResourceTestEnvironment so that it only
+  updates DSCResource.Tests when it is longer than 60 minutes since
+  it was last pulled. This is to improve performance of test execution
+  and reduce the likelihood of connectivity issues caused by inability to
+  pull DSCResource.Tests.
+  [issue #505](https://github.com/PowerShell/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/505)
+- Updated `CommonTestHelper.psm1` to resolve style guideline violations.
+- Adds helper functions for use when creating test administrator user accounts,
+  and updates the following tests to use credentials created with these
+  functions:
+  - MSFT_xScriptResource.Integration.Tests.ps1
+  - MSFT_xServiceResource.Integration.Tests.ps1
+  - MSFT_xWindowsProcess.Integration.Tests.ps1
+  - xServiceSet.Integration.Tests.ps1
+- Fixes the following issues:
+  - [issue #582](https://github.com/PowerShell/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/582)
+  - [issue #583](https://github.com/PowerShell/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/583)
+  - [issue #584](https://github.com/PowerShell/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/584)
+  - [issue #585](https://github.com/PowerShell/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/585)
+
 ## 8.5.0.0
 
 - Pull server module publishing
-  - Removed forced verbose logging from CreateZipFromSource, Publish-DSCModulesAndMof and Publish-MOFToPullServer as it polluted the console
+  - Removed forced verbose logging from CreateZipFromSource,
+    Publish-DSCModulesAndMof and Publish-MOFToPullServer as it polluted the
+    console.
 - Corrected GitHub Pull Request template to remove referral to
   `BestPractices.MD` which has been combined into `StyleGuidelines.md`
   ([issue #520](https://github.com/PowerShell/xPSDesiredStateConfiguration/issues/520)).