0.11: Extended support for DIY solutions

Paulus Schoutsen January 17, 2016

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First release of 2016 and we are on 🔥! The main repository has passed 2500 ⭐ on GitHub (2596 ⭐ as of now). This release also has a record number of 20 contributors all working on improving and extending Home Assistant. With the continued growth, I am very excited to see what 2016 will bring us 🤘.

• MySensors revamped and switch support added (@MartinHjelmare)
• Full refactor of RPi GPIO. Now includes binary sensor and switch (@sfam)
• Sensor: [YR] platform added (@danielhiversen)
• Device Tracker: Geofancy platform has been renamed to Locative (@philipbl)
• Automation: Add sun condition (@philipbl)
• Switch: command_switch can now poll for state (@happyleavesaoc)
• Switch: wemo now uses subscription to states instead of polling (@pavoni)
• Telldus Live support added (@molobrakos)
• Vera now uses subscription to states instead of polling (@pavoni)
• New template helper method is_state_attr(entity_id, name, value) added (@andythigpen)
• Device tracker: OwnTracks transition events now supported (@xifle)
• Light: Philips Hue platform now supports multiple hubs (@rhooper)
• Notify: Free Mobile platform added (@HydrelioxGitHub)
• New MQTT Eventstream component to connect two Home Assistant instances over MQTT (@moonshot)
• Media player: Cast huge stability improvements (@rmkraus)
• Media Player: Universal media player added to combine multiple media players (@rmkraus)
• Sensor: Netatmo platform added (@HydrelioxGitHub)
• Alarm Control Panel: [Alarm.com] platform added (@Xorso)
• Thermostat: Proliphix platform added (@sdague)
• New component input_boolean will allow for customizing automation (@balloob)
• Support calling services via Amazon Echo (@balloob)

Backwards incompatible changes

• The RPi.GPIO sensor platform has been moved to the binary_sensor component.
• MySensors sensor platform now requires the MySensors component to be configured.
• Geofancy platform has been renamed to Locative.