Hi all, We're happy to announce that the Ansible-4.0.0 alpha2 package is now available! This update is based on the Ansible-core-2.11.x package which is a major update from the Ansible-3 package (Ansible-3 was based on Ansible-core-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 can test for incompatibilities with the upcoming ansible-core-2.11.0 package 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==4.0.0a2 --user ``` The tar.gz of the release can be found here: * Ansible 4.0.0a2: https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-4.0.0a2.tar.gz SHA256: 73ddc2eff00f162657ce2a2347e566e84e126979b27f22de744ac412e0c7afc1 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. * We maintain a porting guide which will continue to be updated as we move closer to the ansible-4.0.0 final release: * https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_4.html * We've added a way to get the version of the ansible package that is installed programmatically:: $ python -c 'from ansible_collections.ansible_release import ansible_version; print(ansible_version)' 4.0.0a2 * 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-4.0.0a2.deps * You can find more information for those on https://galaxy.ansible.com/. For instance, the community.crypto collection listed in the ansible 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 4.0.0a2? ----------------------------------------------------------- * 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 (ansible-4.1.0, ansible-4.2.0, etc). They will contain bugfixes and new features but no backwards incompatibilities. * At the moment, the plan is for updates to ansible-3 to stop once ansible-4.0.0 final is released. Information about what problems would have to be addressed to make updates to older releases viable will be forthcoming. Porting Help ------------- There's a unified porting guide for collections which have opted-in. You can find that at: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_4.html Thanks for testing! -Toshio -- 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/CAPrnkaSKH_AkKfxSA6VF9XpDi46T2eEOMj2S3EzViG07GTMwYQ%40mail.gmail.com.
