Hello everyone, There is a typo in my previous email, this is a RC1 (Release Candidate 1) release and not Alpha release.
Sorry for the typo and the confusion. Cheers Anwesha On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 5:41 PM Anwesha Das <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > We're happy to announce the Alpha release of Ansible 9.0.0rc1! > > This pre-release version contains the latest version of ansible-core > 2.16 and includes a curated set of Ansible collections that provides a > vast number of modules and plugins. > > ansible-core is a required dependency, not contained within the > ansible packages. > > How to get it? > ------------------ > > This release is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip: > > `$ python3 -m pip install ansible==9.0.0rc1 --user` > > The source and the wheel for this release can be found here: > > Release tarball: > > https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cc/6a/e0ed75032e025e89d78797d993e29b8cf68faba2aeed7d06582aeb5c1224/ansible-9.0.0rc1.tar.gz > > SHA256: > > 7a87375fe0931de65ed025fac4b0c760c80453959f1e7254b0584019d6e8ac47 > > Wheel package: > > https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d9/77/24379b1e81f70ee3439159bef637c5642827c94a197a2286ec10d2a831ba/ansible-9.0.0rc1-py3-none-any.whl > > SHA256: > > 404b49c79f8bebc7e007930cdc2eca5590f562a6f11cb24f8ee3755b0ff747b5 > > Some important details > ------------------------------- > > Python wheels are available for both Ansible 9.0.0rc1 and ansible-core 2.16. > > In addition, Ansible 9 no longer installs 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 9 > unified changelog will have an entry on this page: > > For collections which have not opted-in to the unified changelog, you > may find more information on > https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections or the collection > 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 2.16 installed by this release of > Ansible 9 can be found here: > > https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.16.0/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.16.rst > > > What's the schedule for new Ansible releases after 9.0.0rc1? > --------------------------------------------------------- > > The next release roadmap can be found at > https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/ansible_roadmap_index.html > > 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 discussions and release related discussions and > announcements. Feel free to share your thoughts, 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_9.html > > > Getting collection updates from Ansible 9 with older releases of ansible-core > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Ansible 9 includes ansible-core 2.16 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 9 has been made available for this use case: > > https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/9/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 felixfontein > and `Ansible Release Management Working Group` 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 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/CAHK8evhVZ4n3%3DGVa9d6bXeCb%3D12sdK4WpkFWLWMCNJaVUeajhg%40mail.gmail.com.
