Hi all- For all those wanting to test the next version of Ansible, we're happy to announce that Ansible 2.10.0 alpha9 is now available on PyPI!
Ansible 2.10.0a9 pulls in the ansible-base-2.10.0 package via a dependency and includes a range of Ansible Collections. The Ansible 2.10 PyPI packages provide similar functionality to Ansible 2.9 and earlier versions, but from multiple sources. The included Ansible Collections are maintained by a host of open source contributors who want to add to what ansible-base has to offer. For an overview of "Ansible Collections" and the differences between `ansible-base` and `ansible` please see https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/master/README.rst We need your help ----------------- This new `ansible` package *should* be a drop-in replacement for Ansible 2.9. The roles and playbooks that you currently use should work out of the box with ansible-2.10.0 alpha9. Please let us know if: * Your playbooks don't work * There are any installation issues * Whether the collections are found OK * If the updated and new modules in the collections work How to get it ------------- Due to a limitation in pip, you need to uninstall Ansible 2.9 (or earlier) before installing the 2.10 version: $ pip uninstall ansible $ pip install ansible==2.10.0a9 --user The tar.gz of the release can be found here: * Ansible 2.10.0a9 https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-2.10.0a9.tar.gz SHA256: c1702052c51f3eba5a50705c40ebe5841030a386af8fc36eed23139e659448fb What's new in Ansible 2.10.0a9 ------------------------------ * Collections which have opted into being a part of the Ansible-2.10.0 unified changelog will have an entry on this page: https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/2.10/CHANGELOG-v2.10.rst * For other collections, consult the list of included collections in the link below and check their entry on https://galaxy.ansible.com for information about their changes. * List of collections included in the 2.10.0a9 release: * https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/2.10.0a9/2.10/ansible-2.10.0a9.deps * You can find more information for those on https://galaxy.ansible.com/. For instance, the community.crypto collection listed in the ansible-2.10.0a9.deps file has a galaxy page here at https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/crypto/ * Changelog for ansible-base-2.10.0 which this release of ansible installs: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.10/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.10.rst Caveats and known bugs ---------------------- * The individual collections that make up the ansible-2.10.0 package can be viewed independently. However, they aren't currently listed by ansible-galaxy. A workaround for this is to explicitly specify where ansible has installed the collections:: COLLECTION_INSTALL=$(python -c 'import ansible, os.path ; print("%s/../ansible_collections" % os.path.dirname(ansible.__file__))') ansible-galaxy collection list -p "$COLLECTION_INSTALL" * A fix has been proposed but was not be merged for 2.10.0. This is being tracked in this bug report: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70147 * Due to a limitation in pip, you cannot `pip install --upgrade` from ansible-2.9 or earlier to ansible-2.10 or higher. Instead, you must explicitly `pip uninstall ansible` before pip installing the new version. The install of the ansible package has been modified to warn you if you attempt to upgrade via pip with instructions to uninstall first. What's the schedule for the rest of the 2.10.0 release cycle? ------------------------------------------------------------- At a meeting this week it was decided that the ansible-2.10.0 package should require ansible-base-2.10.1 so that a few changes to ansible-base-2.10.1 would be applied when ansible-2.10.0 is released. The proposed schedule for ansible-base-2.10.1 should allow for this to fit into the current Ansible release schedule with one minor slip for the first release candidate of ansible-2.10.0 (rc1 will ship on September 10th rather than September 8th). The schedule still places the final release of ansible-2.10.0 on 22-September-2020. The ansible-2.10 roadmap has been updated to reflect the new rc1 date: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_2_10.html Porting Help ------------ We're working on a unified porting guide for collections which have opted-in. You can find that at: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/docs/docsite/rst/porting_guides/porting_guide_2.10.rst It will be updated for ansible-2.10.0a9 shortly (probably early next week). If you encounter any bugs, please report them. We're putting together a draft document which includes where to report bugs on various parts of the ansible package: https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/User-testing-of-ansible-2.10-pre-releases If you aren't sure where your bug falls, pick which you feel is closest and the Community Team will always move it if needed Thanks! -Toshio Kuratomi -- 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/CAPrnkaSTq0sYOXXOGm%2B45oJXcsKwxjekFTuJZNjbTNBhMc5MXA%40mail.gmail.com.
