On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 5:16 PM Anwesha Das <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> We're happy to announce the release of the Ansible 8.1.0 package!
>
> Ansible 8.1.0 includes ansible-core 2.15.1 as well as a curated set of
> Ansible collections that provide a vast number of modules and plugins.

Please: stop claiming this. ansible-core is a required dependency, not
contained within the ansible packages. Pip install builds the
dependency, but it can be built and installed quite independently of
the "ansible" distribution.

Nico Kadel-Garcia


> How to get it
> -------------
>
> This release is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip:
>
> `$ python3 -m pip install ansible==8.1.0 --user`
>
> The sources for this release can be found here:
>
> Release tarball:
>
> https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/87/d7/322dd9d88261e56862ade2f9b9c125d0de648857e755d7177500272d2e05/ansible-8.1.0.tar.gz
>
> SHA256:
>
> 91f20b5bfcf5f298533c174a93881e00bc9e6b41411464f44c054a38d716a56a
>
> Wheel package:
>
> https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/01/43/b5620e57e14a84d9bf257ba4797c2abfa13f7c3be04bc8cd35f86d2e6a2d/ansible-8.1.0-py3-none-any.whl
>
> SHA256:
>
> 3bcfb06f2d65edc1c4876df33a52d4469d48d4fe534f1d8ffa196f1b0d81ab0e
>
> Some important details
> -----------------------
>
> Python wheels are now available for both Ansible 8 and ansible-core
> 2.15.x, resulting in significantly improved installation performance.
>
> In addition, Ansible 8 no longer installs some unnecessary files from
> the included Ansible collections such as tests or hidden files and
> directories to further improve installation performance and reduce the
> size on disk. These files are still available in the source tarball if
> necessary.
>
> The changelog for ansible-core 2.15.1 installed by this release of
> Ansible 8 can be found here:
> https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.15.1/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.15.rst
>
> 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://galaxy.ansible.com or the
> collection source repository. For example, the community.crypto
> collection is available at https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/crypto
> and you can find a link to the source repository under the "Repo"
> button at the top right.
>
> What's the schedule for new Ansible releases after 8.1.0?
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> 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.x. 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"
>
> On behalf of the Ansible community, thank you and happy automating!
>
> Cheers
> Ansible Community Team
>
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