Hello everyone, We're happy to announce the release of the Ansible 8.0.0rc1 package!
Ansible 8.0.0rc1 includes ansible-core 2.15.0 as well as a curated set of Ansible collections that provide a vast number of modules and plugins. How to get it ------------- This pre-release is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip: `$ python3 -m pip install ansible==8.0.0rc1 --user` The sources for this release can be found here: Release tarball: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3a/ff/9e78cf60fccc22c8b431d9469e0e8006ee084e0ae57faba003e5349b0946/ansible-8.0.0rc1.tar.gz SHA256: 84ef735f5cc8acd9b9a8b594dd1825f216584b5a82e06636e55897d6ef0527e8 Wheel package: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/9b/92/2cb4c3746467db4102db2c82ab53ce68e5d49251dd9a68f240bf680c831c/ansible-8.0.0rc1-py3-none-any.whl SHA256: b402d4f566b81428a9fdb817081fb4e33b55c43c3691faf6fe3178a50e5324fd What's new in Ansible 8 ----------------------- This is `Release Candidate 1` for Ansible 8.0.0. Collections added to Ansible 8: * dellemc.powerflex (version 1.6.0) * dellemc.unity (version 1.6.0) * grafana.grafana (version 2.0.0) * microsoft.ad (version 1.0.0) * servicenow.servicenow (version 1.0.6) Collections removed from Ansible 8: * dellemc.os10 (previously included version: 1.1.1) * dellemc.os6 (previously included version: 1.0.7) * dellemc.os9 (previously included version: 1.0.4) * mellanox.onyx (previously included version: 1.0.0) The full changelog can be found here: https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst What's the schedule for new Ansible releases after 8.0.0rc1? --------------------------------------------------------- View the Roadmap for Ansible project 8.0 here: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_8.html Subscribe to the Bullhorn for all future release dates, announcements, and Ansible community contributor news at: 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 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.x. 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/CAHK8evjoJkimYcHz64G4TLQ2r%3DqAoxWrJKij0TyG_r4Xq7nAZw%40mail.gmail.com.
