Hello everyone, We're happy to announce the release of the Ansible 8.7.0 package!
Ansible 8.7.0 includes ansible-core 2.15.7 as well as a curated set of Ansible collections that provide a vast number of modules and plugins. How to get it ------------------ This release is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip: `$ python3 -m pip install ansible==8.7.0 --user` The sources for this release can be found here: Release tarball: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/90/25/55e09468efe564f3b48c47a7e082bd84d4f0d064af60ac8458eba4667994/ansible-8.7.0.tar.gz SHA256: 3a5ca5152e4547d590e40b542d76b18dbbe2b36da4edd00a13a7c51a374ff737 Wheel package: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b4/1a/c88115997ce826c402d63da78bcbf5183a1ffe23308898eafedc5db9a8aa/ansible-8.7.0-py3-none-any.whl SHA256: fa7d3bc2dfdb0ab031df645814ff86b15cb5ec041bfbee4041f795abfa5646ca Some important details -------------------------------- This release includes the mitigation of security issue CVE-2023-5764. See the porting guide below for details. Python wheels are now available for both Ansible 8 and ansible-core 2.15, resulting in significantly improved installation performance. In addition, Ansible 8 does not install some unnecessary files from the included Ansible collections such as tests or hidden files and directories. This further improves installation performance and reduces the size on disk. These files are still available in the source tarball if needed. Collections which have opted-in to being a part of the Ansible 8 unified changelog will have an entry on this page: https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst For collections which have not opted-in to the unified changelog, you may find more information on https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections source repository. For example, the community.crypto collection is available at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/crypto/index.html and you can find a link to the source repository under the "Repository(Sources)" button. The changelog for ansible-core 2.15.7 installed by this release of Ansible 8 can be found here: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.15.7/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.15.rst What's the schedule for new Ansible releases after 8.7.0? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the final release for Ansible 8 series. The next release roadmap can be found at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/ansible_roadmap_index.html >From now on, the Ansible community package release schedule will follow the Ansible Core release schedule, including (for example) delays for holidays. This means Ansible releases happen every four weeks through most of the year, but release dates may be delayed when Ansible Core release is. For the upcoming holiday season, this means that there will be no Ansible release in early January 2024, but instead on January 30th, 2024. Subscribe to the Bullhorn for all future release dates, announcements, and Ansible contributor community news. Visit this link to subscribe: 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 Join the new Ansible Community Forum to follow along and participate in all the project and release related discussions and announcements. Feel free to share your thoughts, feedback, ideas and concerns there. Register here to join the Ansible Forum: https://forum.ansible.com 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 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" Special Thanks --------------------- We would like to give a shoutout with a big THANK YOU to Felix Fontein and Don Naro for making this release happen! 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. 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