Hi all, We're happy to announce that the ansible-4.4.0 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==4.4.0 --user ``` The tar.gz of the release can be found here: * Ansible 4.4.0 https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-4.4.0.tar.gz * SHA256: 4f19820ba2762e02051e6fdd00bf270b191990daf399687a32b06a0aa410360c What's new in Ansible 4.4.0 --------------------------- * 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)' 4.3.0 ``` * 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#v4-4-0 * 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-4.4.0.deps * You can find more information for those on https://galaxy.ansible.com/. For instance, the community.crypto collection listed in the ansible-4.4.0.deps file has a galaxy page at https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/crypto/ * Changelog for ansible-core-2.11.3 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 4.4.0? --------------------------------------------------------- * 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 4.4.0 roughly on August 10. * We're planning to release Ansible-5.0.0 in 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 -Toshiox -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAPrnkaQwOhNLqj4Pe_Ax_xeKcD6gV3fmB6cXOoKiCZGwhZ8fYg%40mail.gmail.com.
