Release announcement 8.0.0a1

# Release announcement 8.0.0a1 ## Mailing lists: ansible-devel, ansible-project, ansible-announce ``` Hello everyone, We're happy to announce the release of the Ansible 8.0.0a1 package! Ansible 8.0.0a1 includes ansible-core 2.15.0b2 as well as a curated set of Ansible collections that provide a vast number of modules and plugins. How to get it ------------- This pre-release is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip: `$ python3 -m pip install ansible==8.0.0a1 --user` The sources for this release can be found here: Release tarball: https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-8.0.0a1.tar.gz SHA256: d81b16a4c99485539648352997b4e7f558a04737c2727999f6183b0fa35d0df4 Wheel package: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d9/92/de2b17c21abe029ed1db306e408d31f586cfbe9e9c59f13001a7b7e997da/ansible-8.0.0a1-py3-none-any.whl SHA256: fcd2ae4411518f20e979f1dd7284d7ac18b11805ff88c8939551913772558487 What's new in Ansible 8 ----------------------- This is an Alpha release of a major version. Collections added to Ansible 8: * dellemc.powerflex (version 1.6.0) * dellemc.unity (version 1.6.0) * grafana.grafana (version 2.0.0) * microsoft.ad (version 1.0.0) * servicenow.servicenow (version 1.0.6) Collections removed from Ansible 8: * dellemc.os10 (previously included version: 1.1.1) * dellemc.os6 (previously included version: 1.0.7) * dellemc.os9 (previously included version: 1.0.4) * mellanox.onyx (previously included version: 1.0.0) The full changelog can be found here: https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst What's the schedule for new Ansible releases after 8.0.0a1? --------------------------------------------------------- View the Roadmap for Ansible project 8.0 here: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_8.html Subscribe to the Bullhorn for all future release dates, announcements, and Ansible community contributor news at: 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 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 ``` ## Matrix #ansible-community, #ansible-packaging, #ansible-devel, #ansible-social: (prepended with @newsbot) #ansible: update the topic or ask @sivel to update: /msg ChanServ TOPICSWAP #ansible 6.2.0:6.3.0 #ansible: same message, but only required for major versions of ansible community ## Red Hat Ansible Slack #general Ansible 8.0.0a1 is out! ❤️ 🔗https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-announce/c/MPRZTafDerA 💽You can install it by running the following command or download the release tarball directly from [pypi](https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-8.0.0a1.tar.gz): ``` pip install ansible==8.0.0a1 --user ``` ➡️ Check [Release Notes📦️🗒️](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst) and [Ansible 8 Porting Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_8.html) for more details! ## Matrix Ansible 8.0.0a1 is out! ❤️ 🔗https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-announce/c/MPRZTafDerA 💽You can install it by running the following command or download the release tarball directly from [pypi](https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-8.0.0a1.tar.gz): ``` pip install ansible==8.0.0a1 --user ``` ➡️Check [Release Notes📦️ 🗒️](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst) and [Ansible 8 Porting Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_8.html) for more details!