Hi all- For all those wanting to test the next version of Ansible, we're happy to announce that Ansible 2.10.0 beta2 is now available on PyPI!
Ansible 2.10.0b2 pulls in the ansible-base-2.10.1 (presently rc3) 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 beta2. 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==2.10.0b2 --user The tar.gz of the release can be found here: * Ansible 2.10.0b2 https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-2.10.0b2.tar.gz SHA256: 5a833071b5b4ce66f7ed80fe76b9b523fef753cb32916d2954beed8b9cc56365 What's new in Ansible 2.10.0b2 ------------------------------ * 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 2.10.0b2 release: * https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/2.10.0b2/2.10/ansible-2.10.0b2.deps * You can find more information for those on https://galaxy.ansible.com/. For instance, the community.crypto collection listed in the ansible-2.10.0b2.deps file has a galaxy page here at https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/crypto/ * Changelog for ansible-base-2.10.1 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? ------------------------------------------------------------- There has been a small change to the pre-release schedule but the 2.10.0 final date has not yet changed: * 2020-09-15: ansible-2.10.0 rc1 and final freeze. * 2020-09-22 ansible-2.10.0 final The ansible-2.10 roadmap reflects these dates: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_2_10.html Porting Help ------------ There's 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 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/CAPrnkaSv4xnEaNiQfGJoNrW3Rx-dtVaq9ATQsjK6kKDqsxmfew%40mail.gmail.com.
