A mistake in the release announcement for Ansible 5.0.0b1 was brought to my attention: > > * ansible-core-2.12 now requires Python 3.8 or greater on the > controller (where you run ansible-playbook). Managed nodes continue to > support Python 2.7 and Python 3.6 or greater unless noted otherwise in > a specific module's documentation.
Please note that while ansible-core 2.12 does require python >=3.8 on the controller, managed nodes running python 2.6 and python 3.5 are still supported for the time being: - support for python 2.6 for managed nodes is deprecated in ansible-core 2.12 and will be removed in ansible-core 2.13 (around May 2022) - support for python 3.5 is currently expected to end in ansible-core 2.16 (around November 2023) This information will be corrected in upcoming release announcements for Ansible 5.0.0. On Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 1:45:07 PM UTC-5 David Moreau Simard wrote: > Hi all, > > We're happy to announce that the Ansible 5.0.0 beta1 package is now > available! > > This version is based on the newly released ansible-core 2.12.0 which > is a major update from ansible-core 2.11.x used in Ansible 4. > There may be backwards incompatibilities in the core playbook language. > Please see the porting guide for details. > > This is a beta release so we encourage people to use it to test that > their playbooks and workflows work with the upcoming major release. > Bugs can be reported to relevant trackers such as > https://github.com/ansible/ansible/ for ansible-core and the relevant > collection repositories for modules and plugins from Ansible > 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 5: > > ``` > $ pip uninstall ansible ansible-base > $ pip install ansible==5.0.0b1 --user > ``` > > The tar.gz of the release can be found here: > > Ansible 5.0.0b1: > https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-5.0.0b1.tar.gz > SHA256: 811d1ed7b12ed40312b38f0112dcd08c38bfeacef864a03b75439618c330a8d1 > > What's new in Ansible 5.0.0 > --------------------------- > > * This version of Ansible is based on Ansible Core 2.12 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. > > * ansible-core-2.12 now requires Python 3.8 or greater on the > controller (where you run ansible-playbook). Managed nodes continue to > support Python 2.7 and Python 3.6 or greater unless noted otherwise in > a specific module's documentation. > > * Collections which have opted into being a part of the Ansible-5 > unified changelog will have an entry on this page: > > https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/5/CHANGELOG-v5.rst > > > * For collections which have not opted into the unified changelog, you > may find more information on https://galaxy.ansible.com or their > source repository. For example, the community.crypto collection would > be found at https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/crypto and you can > find a link to the source repository under the "Repo" button at the > top right. > > * The changelog for ansible-core 2.12.0 installed by this release of > ansible is available here: > > https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.12/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.12.rst > > > What's the schedule for new Ansible releases after 5.0.0b1 ? > --------------------------------------------------------- > > * The Ansible-5 final release is expected on 2021-11-30. For the full > release schedule, including dates for other pre-releases, see the > roadmap page: > https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_5.html > > * Maintenance releases of Ansible 5.x will occur approximately every > three weeks (Ansible 5.1.0, Ansible 5.2.0, etc) until the release of > Ansible 6.0.0. They will contain bugfixes and new features but no > backwards incompatibilities. > > * Except for ansible-2.9.x, older versions of ansible are no longer > 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 > > * The last expected release of Ansible 4.x will be 4.10 around > December 14th 2021. > > Porting Help > ------------- > > A unified porting guide for collections which have opted-in is available > here: > https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_5.html > > On behalf of the Ansible community, thank you and happy automating ! > > -- 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/8144751e-88f5-412b-9592-5fc3e860fb7en%40googlegroups.com.
