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New Releases & More!

· 3 min read
Gilbert Sanchez
Gilbert Sanchez
Core Contributor

It's been a while since our last update, and we've got some exciting news to share! In this post, we'll cover recent releases, welcome new team members, and highlight the various initiatives we're working on to make psake even better.

Latest Versions​

Since launching this documentation site, we haven't been great about announcing new versions here. You could say we've been in stealth mode (though we're definitely not that cool).

psake​

Back in October, we released psake 4.9.1, and since then we've merged several pull requests, including some fantastic community contributions.

Check out the psake Changelog for all the details.

The next release will introduce a new way to override the psake logging mechanism. This will allow teams to integrate additional logging frameworks or create improved CI/CD-specific workflows.

PowerShellBuild​

Just a few days ago, we updated PowerShellBuild - our collection of common tasks for psake and Invoke-Build - to support overriding task dependencies. We also added localization support (more on that below). This brings us to version 0.7.3 as our latest release. Since version 0.6.2, we've seen 4.5k downloads, and we hope to keep improving the project based on your feedback.

See the PowerShellBuild Changelog for complete details.

Welcome Our Newest Team Members​

You may have noticed them working on and reviewing code in our repositories, but we'd like to formally welcome Joshua Hendricks and Trent Blackburn as new members of the psake core team!

Joshua is our resident MVP who's well-known for presenting at PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit on building beautiful docs and sending notifications. He's a developer at Milestone Systems where he maintains their PowerShell module.

Trent currently develops PowerShell automations at Tesla, previously specialized in PowerShell at Amazon, and has also presented at the annual PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit.

Both bring incredible expertise to the team, and we're excited to have them aboard! If you're interested in contributing to psake, please consider opening an issue or submitting a pull request—we'd love to hear from you.

Expanding Global Accessibility with Localization​

psake has long had the framework in place for supporting localization (l10n), but until now has only been available in English. One of our key goals is making psake as accessible as possible for users worldwide.

To make community contributions easier, we've set up a Crowdin project that enables straightforward translation requests and suggestions.

With the Crowdin project now live, we have a streamlined pipeline for introducing new localized versions. We'd love your help in making psake available in more languages - please consider contributing translations!