chore: prepare release 0.27vmdb2-0.27

Sponsored-by: author

2 files changed, 28 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f069b62..d207e2f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,32 @@ Project is now in "selfish maintenance mode". I make changes when I
 need them for myself, but I'm not developing new features otherwise. I
 will review and merge patches, though.
 
+Version 0.27, released 2023-04-07
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+* When `vmdb2` creates an ext4 file system, it avoids using the
+  `large_dir` and `metadata_csum_seed` file system features, to avoid
+  incompatibility with versions of `grub2` older than what will be in
+  the Debian 12 (bookworm) release.
+
+* The kernel parameters can now be set in the spec file, for the
+  `grub` plugin. Thanks, Tim Small.
+
+* The `qemu-debootstrap` plugin has been removed. The plain
+  `debootstrap` plugin can be used instead, even for building an image
+  for a foreign architecture. Thank you to Antonio Terceiro.
+
+* The `run_even_if_skipped` feature of the plugin architecture has
+  been dropped, as nothing was using it anymore.
+
+* When running command, the `LC_ALL` environment variable is now set
+  to `C.UTF8`, because Ansible insists on the locale it is being used
+  in having UTF8 support.
+
+* When `vmdb2` modifies the `/etc/default/grub` file, it now modifies
+  values in place instead of just appending new lines to the end of
+  the file. Thanks, Tim Small.
+
 Version 0.26, released 2022-04-20
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/vmdb/version.py b/vmdb/version.py
index b796957..09d1e61 100644
--- a/vmdb/version.py
+++ b/vmdb/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = "0.26"
-__version_info__ = (0, 26)
+__version__ = "0.27"
+__version_info__ = (0, 27)