Hi all- we're happy to announce the following release candidates: * ansible-core 2.11.0rc1 * ansible-base 2.10.8rc1 * ansible 2.9.20rc1 * ansible 2.8.20rc1
Several notes: * ansible 2.8.20rc1 and ansible 2.9.20rc1 both have numerous security fixes which address several modules logging sensitive data. This flaw has been assigned CVE-2021-3447. See the changelog (linked below) for more information. * This is the final release cycle for ansible 2.8.z, which has received only security updates since the release of 2.10.0. * This is the final *bugfix* release cycle for ansible 2.9.z. Ansible 2.9 now enters the security-only phase (after this release candidate goes to GA), and only security-critical updates will be shipped from that point forward. -------------------------- Some information about ansible-core 2.11: ansible-core 2.11 is a rename of ansible-base. As with ansible-base, it includes only a minimal, vetted set of modules and plugins, and is extensible through the use of Ansible Collections. This release of ansible-core includes some new features and changes that we'd like to highlight below. This list is not exhaustive: - As of this release, Python 3.8 is now a *soft requirement* on the controller. (This release will continue to work with the same versions of Python as ansible-base 2.10, but ansible-core 2.12 will NOT) - Role arguments can now be validated at runtime to ensure that roles are used correctly - ansible-galaxy now makes use of "resolvelib" for resolving dependencies - New virtualization facts are now included (as lists), so that administrators can see all virtual guest and host technologies available to the node - Playbooks can now be run from collections - For module authors, module_utils imports are now treated as optional if in any nested block (such as 'try' or 'if') allowing for implementation of fallback behavior for module_utils that do not exist in older versions of Ansible. We appreciate any and all early adopters and welcome any reports of issues on GitHub. Happy testing! -------------------------- How to get it ------------- $ pip install ansible-core==2.11.0rc1 --user or $ pip install ansible-base==2.10.8rc1 --user or $ pip install ansible==2.9.20rc1 --user or $ pip install ansible==2.8.20rc1 --user The tar.gz of the releases can be found here: * ansible-core 2.11.0rc1 https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible-core/ansible-core-2.11.0rc1.tar.gz SHA256: b083664c768eab68a185526aac790dc93ab0aaa58810013d94a991a40c5bdf59 * ansible-base 2.10.8rc1 https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible-base/ansible-base-2.10.8rc1.tar.gz SHA256: 8a69a4e9601156466d6304a9b49604a7ee20ce1618f9cbd187e6bd4dff9e5fd3 * ansible 2.9.20rc1 https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/ansible-2.9.20rc1.tar.gz SHA256: a0fe1ffcf5d649cb2898bdf4183cc9b60127fdbd736db809772e51199727bce4 * ansible 2.8.20rc1 https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/ansible-2.8.20rc1.tar.gz SHA256: 917068b89584d82784102df2eb73304af97f0ab02e4856a68ffc75e4d1b94f40 What's new ---------- These release candidates have changelogs available at the following links: * ansible-core 2.11.0rc1 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.11/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.11.rst * ansible-base 2.10.8rc1 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.10/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.10.rst * ansible 2.9.20rc1 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.9/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst * ansible 2.8.20rc1 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.8/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.8.rst What's the schedule for future releases? ---------------------------------------- * ansible-core 2.11.0rc1 has a second release candidate planned -- if deemed necessary -- one week from today on 12 April 2021. It is set to go to GA on 26 April 2021. * ansible-base 2.10.8rc1, ansible 2.9.20rc1, and ansible 2.8.20rc1 are set to go to GA one week from today. Porting Help for ansible-core 2.11 ---------------------------------- We've published a porting guide at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.11.html to help migrate your content to 2.11. If you discover any errors or if any of your working playbooks break when you upgrade to 2.11.0rc1, please use the following link to report the regression: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/new/choose In your issue, be sure to mention the version that works and the one that doesn't. Thanks! -Rick Elrod -- 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/CAMuUyjQdYnt4mEy0pa_daCG8AL258WWMajABvG6ebYdGgbNtXQ%40mail.gmail.com.
