Hi all, We're happy to announce that the ansible-4.6.0 package has been released! The update contains bugfixes and new, backwards compatible features in the contained collections.
How to get it ------------- Due to a limitation in pip, if you are upgrading from Ansible 3 (or earlier), you need to uninstall Ansible and Ansible Base before installing Ansible 4: ``` $ pip uninstall ansible ansible-base $ pip install ansible==4.6.0 --user ``` The tar.gz of the release can be found here: * Ansible 4.6.0 https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-4.6.0.tar.gz * SHA256: 2955fcbf51367f8bd88c38a86f8be83d4fcd05f778afb4feed31abfe8dcff639 What's new in Ansible 4.6.0 --------------------------- * 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)' 4.6.0 ``` * Collections which have opted into being a part of the Ansible-4 unified changelog will have an entry on this page: * https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/4/CHANGELOG-v4.rst#v4-6-0 * 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-4.6.0.deps * You can find more information for those on https://galaxy.ansible.com/. For instance, the community.crypto collection listed in the ansible-4.6.0.deps file has a galaxy page at https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/crypto/ * Changelog for ansible-core-2.11.5 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 4.6.0? --------------------------------------------------------- * Except for ansible-2.9.x, older versions of ansible are not seeing maintenance releases. If there is a desire for maintenance releases of older versions, drop by a Community Working Group Meeting to discuss how you can help. ( https://github.com/ansible/community/tree/main/meetings#wednesdays ) * Maintenance releases of ansible-4.x will occur roughly every three weeks. Expect 4.6.0 roughly on October 12. * We're planning to release Ansible-5.0.0 at the end of November, 2021. 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 -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/CAPrnkaT4A4AzPD6NVMkn6NGT5DNg4iuQJ2QQd%2ByDgvgou7XBrA%40mail.gmail.com.
