Hi all- For all those wanting to test the next version of Ansible, we're happy to announce that Ansible 2.10.0 alpha4 is now available on PyPI!
Ansible 2.10.0a4 pulls in the ansible-base package (currently at version 2.10.0rc2 on PyPI) 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 alpha4. 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==2.10.0a4 --user The tar.gz of the release can be found here: * Ansible 2.10.0a4 https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-2.10.0a4.tar.gz SHA256: ed67f19049e646f6eee8b244548c2565c0a9e18e228aaead5664ce3f6cb89e54 What's new in Ansible 2.10.0a4 ------------------------------ We're working on producing a unified changelog for the Ansible-2.10.0 release. In the meantime: * Many of the included collections have been updated. Please see the list of dependent collections in the link below. * List of collections included in the 2.10.0a4 release: * https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/2.10.0a4/2.10/acd-2.10.0a4.deps * You can find more information for those on https://galaxy.ansible.com/. For instance, the community.crypto collection listed in the acd-2.10.0a4.deps file has a galaxy page here at https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/crypto/ * Changelog for ansible-base-2.10.0rc1 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 will not be merged before 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? ------------------------------------------------------------- The Ansible package depends on the Ansible-Base package so we're planning on releasing it after Ansible-Base final. The current schedule for Ansible-Base (subject to change if blocker bugs are found) places its release on 13-August-2020[1]_. Based on that, our current, **extremely tentative** schedule will see the ansible-2.10.0 final release on 22-September-2020. However, there's still a lot of room for that to change as we figure out just how much work and coordination there is to do between ansible-base's 2.10.0 final release and ansible's 2.10.0 final. .. [1]: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/docs/docsite/rst/roadmap/ROADMAP_2_10.rst Porting Help ------------ We're working on a unified porting guide for the Ansible 2.10.0 final release. Until then, use the ansible-base porting guide to get familiar with the larger changes: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/porting_guides/porting_guide_2.10.html If you encounter any bugs, please report them at one of the following places: * Bugs in ansible-base: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/new/choose * Bugs in a module or plugin in a collection should be filed in the relevant collection repo, normally one of the repos here: https://github.com/ansible-collections/ * Bugs in the way the new ansible is packaged: https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull If you aren't sure where to file the bug, 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. 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