backport of commit 41b2215

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ does not attempt to track the latest version for each dependency.
 Packer relies on `go generate` to generate a [peg parser for boot
 commands](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/blob/master/packer-plugin-sdk/bootcommand/boot_command.go),
 [docs](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/blob/master/website/pages/partials/builder/amazon/chroot/_Config-not-required.mdx)
-and HCL2's bridging code. Packer's testing suite will run `make generate-check`
+and HCL2's bridging code. Packer's testing suite will run `make check-generate`
 to check that all the generated files Packer needs are what they should be.
 `make generate` re-generates all these file and can take a while depending on
 your machine's performances. To make it faster it is recommended to run

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/plugin_integration.md

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ A written description of your plugin along with a link to the plugin repository.
 HashiCorp Technology partners https://www.hashicorp.com/partners/find-a-partner will be registered as a partner once verified. --->
 
 #### Checklist
-- [ ] Has valid [`metadata.hcl`](https://github.com/hashicorp/integration-template) file in plugin repository.
-- [ ] Has added integration scripts [packer-plugin-scaffolding](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-scoffolding) to plugin repository.
-- [ ] Has added top-level integration README.md file to plugin `docs` directory.
-- [ ] All plugins components have one README.md describing their usage.
-- [ ] Has a fully synced `.web-docs` directory ready for publishing to the integrations portal.
+- [] Has valid [`metadata.hcl`](https://github.com/hashicorp/integration-template) file in plugin repository.
+- [] Has added integration scripts [packer-plugin-scaffolding](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-scoffolding) to plugin repository.
+- [] Has added top-level integration README.md file to plugin `docs` directory.
+- [] All plugins components have one README.md describing their usage.
+- [] Has a fully synced `.web-docs` directory ready for publishing to the integrations portal.
 

.go-version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.21.8
+1.20.12

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -70,13 +70,6 @@ If, however, a 1.1.1 release version of the plugin is available, it will have pr
           └── packer-plugin-amazon_v1.1.1_x5.0_darwin_arm64_SHA256SUM
 ```
 
-## 1.10.3 (Upcoming)
-
-### IMPROVEMENTS:
-* cmd/fmt: Display actual parsing errors when the `packer fmt` fails to read a
-     template containing invalid HCL2 syntax.
-     [GH-12870](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/pull/12870)
-
 ## 1.10.2 (March 6, 2024)
 
 ### NOTES:

CODEOWNERS

@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 
 # release configuration
 
+/.release/                              @hashicorp/release-engineering
+/.github/workflows/build.yml            @hashicorp/release-engineering

command/build.go

@@ -86,11 +86,6 @@ func writeDiags(ui packersdk.Ui, files map[string]*hcl.File, diags hcl.Diagnosti
 }
 
 func (c *BuildCommand) RunContext(buildCtx context.Context, cla *BuildArgs) int {
-	// Set the release only flag if specified as argument
-	//
-	// This deactivates the capacity for Packer to load development binaries.
-	c.CoreConfig.Components.PluginConfig.ReleasesOnly = cla.ReleaseOnly
-
 	packerStarter, ret := c.GetConfig(&cla.MetaArgs)
 	if ret != 0 {
 		return ret

command/cli.go

@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ func (ba *BuildArgs) AddFlagSets(flags *flag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.Var(flagOnError, "on-error", "")
 
 	flags.BoolVar(&ba.MetaArgs.WarnOnUndeclaredVar, "warn-on-undeclared-var", false, "Show warnings for variable files containing undeclared variables.")
-
-	flags.BoolVar(&ba.ReleaseOnly, "ignore-prerelease-plugins", false, "Disable the loading of prerelease plugin binaries (x.y.z-<prerelease-name>.")
-
 	ba.MetaArgs.AddFlagSets(flags)
 }
 
@@ -103,7 +100,6 @@ type BuildArgs struct {
 	Color, TimestampUi, MachineReadable bool
 	ParallelBuilds                      int64
 	OnError                             string
-	ReleaseOnly                         bool
 }
 
 func (ia *InitArgs) AddFlagSets(flags *flag.FlagSet) {
@@ -146,7 +142,6 @@ func (va *ValidateArgs) AddFlagSets(flags *flag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.BoolVar(&va.SyntaxOnly, "syntax-only", false, "check syntax only")
 	flags.BoolVar(&va.NoWarnUndeclaredVar, "no-warn-undeclared-var", false, "Ignore warnings for variable files containing undeclared variables.")
 	flags.BoolVar(&va.EvaluateDatasources, "evaluate-datasources", false, "evaluate datasources for validation (HCL2 only, may incur costs)")
-	flags.BoolVar(&va.ReleaseOnly, "ignore-prerelease-plugins", false, "Disable the loading of prerelease plugin binaries (x.y.z-<prerelease-name>.")
 
 	va.MetaArgs.AddFlagSets(flags)
 }
@@ -156,7 +151,6 @@ type ValidateArgs struct {
 	MetaArgs
 	SyntaxOnly, NoWarnUndeclaredVar bool
 	EvaluateDatasources             bool
-	ReleaseOnly                     bool
 }
 
 func (va *InspectArgs) AddFlagSets(flags *flag.FlagSet) {

command/init.go

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ for more info.`)
 	}
 
 	opts := plugingetter.ListInstallationsOptions{
-		PluginDirectory: c.Meta.CoreConfig.Components.PluginConfig.PluginDirectory,
+		FromFolders: c.Meta.CoreConfig.Components.PluginConfig.KnownPluginFolders,
 		BinaryInstallationOptions: plugingetter.BinaryInstallationOptions{
 			OS:              runtime.GOOS,
 			ARCH:            runtime.GOARCH,
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ for more info.`)
 		}
 
 		newInstall, err := pluginRequirement.InstallLatest(plugingetter.InstallOptions{
-			PluginDirectory:           opts.PluginDirectory,
+			InFolders:                 opts.FromFolders,
 			BinaryInstallationOptions: opts.BinaryInstallationOptions,
 			Getters:                   getters,
 			Force:                     cla.Force,