Hello everyone, We're happy to announce the release of the Ansible 8.4.0 package!
Ansible 8.4.0 includes ansible-core 2.15.4 as well as a curated set of Ansible collections that provide a vast number of modules and plugins. How to get it ------------------ This release is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip: `$ python3 -m pip install ansible==8.4.0 --user` The sources for this release can be found here: Release tarball: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/06/27/9889d6cb25bc347d7e811e8a4e6fb568537e038ac0a73e6f48d2b4aea1e4/ansible-8.4.0.tar.gz SHA256: f33c492690592fad12684e9897f6de2da15c9f6e1ecb79137703a06470af2ce6 Wheel package: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/4f/7d/de88451cb4b7cda10eebf94b448fdae6a6feb8719e735c135994ef312f17/ansible-8.4.0-py3-none-any.whl SHA256: d601d89a4306934e7c0aae05195fd72c0719287fde165982d0ebac282b4280f1 Some important details -------------------------------- Python wheels are now available for both Ansible 8 and ansible-core 2.15.4 resulting in significantly improved installation performance. In addition, Ansible 8 no longer installs some unnecessary files from the included Ansible collections such as tests or hidden files and directories. This further improves installation performance and reduces the size on disk. These files are still available in the source tarball if needed. Collections which have opted-in to being a part of the Ansible 8 unified changelog will have an entry on this page: https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst For collections which have not opted-in to the unified changelog, you may find more information on https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections source repository. For example, the community.crypto collection is available at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/crypto/index.html and you can find a link to the source repository under the "Repository(Sources)" button. The changelog for ansible-core 2.15.4 installed by this release of Ansible 8 can be found here: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.15.4/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.15.rst What's the schedule for new Ansible releases after 8.4.0? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next release roadmap can be found at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/ansible_roadmap_index.html Subscribe to the Bullhorn for all future release dates, announcements, and Ansible contributor community news. Visit this link to subscribe: https://bit.ly/subscribe-bullhorn You can find all past Bullhorn issues on the official wiki page: https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/News#the-bullhorn Now we have the new Ansible Community Forum, a single starting point for questions and help, development discussions, events, and to connect with the users, contributors and developers. Register here to join us! : https://forum.ansible.com Porting Help ------------------ A unified porting guide for collections that have opted-in is available here: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_8.html Getting collection updates from Ansible 8 with older releases of ansible-core ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ansible 8 includes ansible-core 2.15. Based on your requirements, you can get collection updates as they ship in the Ansible "batteries included" package while continuing to use older versions of ansible-core. An ansible-galaxy requirements file based on the collections from Ansible 8 has been made available for this use case: https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/8/galaxy-requirements.yaml After you download the requirements file, the collections can be installed by running this command: "ansible-galaxy collection install -r galaxy-requirements.yaml" On behalf of the Ansible community, thank you and happy automating! Cheers Ansible Community Team -- 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/CAHK8evhr5xQujb7Ky%2BzT1nZD-hMw9sRuoEvNYS-H1Q3g_-xWFQ%40mail.gmail.com.
