Hi all, We're happy to announce that the Ansible-4.0.0 beta2 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-base-2.10.x). There may be backwards incompatibilities in the core playbook language. Please see the porting guide for details.
How to get it ------------- Due to a limitation in pip, if you are upgrading from Ansible-2.9.x (or earlier), you need to uninstall ansible before installing Ansible-4. It is also recommended to uninstall ansible-base before upgrading: ``` $ pip uninstall ansible ansible-base $ pip install ansible==4.0.0b2 --user ``` The tar.gz of the release can be found here: * Ansible 4.0.0b2: https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-4.0.0b2.tar.gz SHA256: 194ea15deb1724090242f680ae5501094543aadb65222511b9fc55df55d0ff4b 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. Please see the porting guide (linked at the bottom) for more information. * 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)' 4.0.0b2 * 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-4.0.0b2.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 4.0.0b2? ----------------------------------------------------------- * This is the last anticipated beta of Ansible-4. Release Candidate 1 is scheduled for next week. * Unless a blocker bug is found, Ansible-4.0.0 final is scheduled for 5-18-2021 * 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 * 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. * We've been putting together a document on issues that would need to be addressed if someone would like to volunteer to create long term updates to Ansible-3: https://hackmd.io/plQlGzcFRFGLnPXIeg3cwQ Porting Help ------------- There is a unified porting guide for collections which have opted-in available here: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_4.html -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/CAPrnkaTZ-vWrqFXOZfrxsab-F%3DrdwZhL4pe2uJcxPkq5FsRJ%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com.
