--- tags: ansible-releng, template, email title: Major release announcement ---
Hi all, We're happy to announce that the ansible-4.0.0 alpha1 package is now available! This update is based on the ansible-base-2.11.x package which is a major update from the ansible-3.x package (which was based on ansible-2.10.x). There may be backwards incompatibilities in the core playbook language. Please see the porting guide for details. This is an alpha release. Therefore, there may be more backwards incompatible changes and new features added before Ansible-4.0.0 final is released. We're making this release now so that people who want to test that the upcoming ansible-core-2.11.0 package doesn't break things while there is still a chance to get bugs fixed before ansible-core-2.11.0 final is released. How to get it ------------- Due to a limitation in pip, if you are upgrading from Ansible 2.9 (or earlier), you need to uninstall ansible before installing the 3.0.0 version. It is also recommended to uninstall ansible-base before upgrading: ``` $ pip uninstall ansible ansible-base $ pip install ansible==4.0.0a1 --user ``` The tar.gz of the release can be found here: * Ansible 4.0.0a1: https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-4.0.0a1.tar.gz SHA256: 1facc27c49e8872d532fcb764c5f6816d80282065795377f807c50fe2435a7e4 What's new in Ansible 4.0.0 --------------------------- * This version of Ansible is based on ansible-core-2.11.x which is a new major update of the ansible-core package. It may contain backwards incompatible changes to the playbook language and command line programs. * A porting guide will be available shortly which will aid in migrating to the new version: * https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73930 * Collections which have opted into being a part of the Ansible-4.0.0 unified changelog will have an entry on this page: https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/4/CHANGELOG-v4.rst * For collections which have not opted into the unified changelog, consult the list of included collections in the link below and check their entry on https://galaxy.ansible.com for information about their changes. * https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/4/ansible-4.0.0a1.deps * You can find more information for those on https://galaxy.ansible.com/. For instance, the community.crypto collection listed in the ansible-4.0.0a1.deps file has a galaxy page at https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/crypto/ * Changelog for ansible-core-2.11 which this release of ansible installs: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.11/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.11.rst What's the schedule for new Ansible releases after 4.0.0a1? ----------------------------------------------------------- * This release is one week late so there will be an ansible-4.0.0 alpha2 release next week. Future alpha releases will occur biweekly until ansible-core-2.11.0 final is released. * Please see the ansible roadmap for the full release schedule for ansible-4.0.0: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_4.html * Please see the ansible-core roadmap for the release schedule for ansible-core-2.11.0: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/roadmap/ROADMAP_2_11.html * Once ansible-4.0.0 is released, new minor releases will occur approximately every three weeks. They will contain bugfixes and new features but no backwards incompatibilities. * There is an effort to make maintenance releases of the older community supported releases of ansible (ansible-2.10 at the moment and ansible-3.x after ansible-4.0.0 is released). This is a work in progress and the details of what you can expect in the releases is still being worked out. If you would like to help out with this effort, please talk to dmsimard in the #ansible-community channel on irc.freenode.net Porting Help ------------- A unified porting guide for collections which have opted-in is being worked on. For now, you can find it in this pull request: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/73930 -Toshio Kuratomi P.S. Many thanks to felixfontein for doing most of the work to update the build scripts to handle the new ansible-core package! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-devel/CAPrnkaSDroOWbooVonx8SNCov-keOc2gAcRPKZEmKDjrKsY5pA%40mail.gmail.com.