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Ansible 2.6
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.. contents:: Topics
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2018-05-02 00:07:37 +02:00
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Release Schedule
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2018-05-22 19:44:58 +02:00
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Actual
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- 2018-05-17 Core Freeze (Engine and Core Modules/Plugins)
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- 2018-05-21 Alpha Release 1
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2018-05-31 21:41:05 +02:00
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- 2018-05-25 Community Freeze (Non-Core Modules/Plugins)
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- 2018-05-25 Branch stable-2.6
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- 2018-05-30 Alpha Release 2
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2018-06-09 08:40:37 +02:00
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- 2018-06-05 Release Candidate 1
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- 2018-06-08 Release Candidate 2
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2018-06-26 05:19:29 +02:00
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- 2018-06-18 Release Candidate 3
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- 2018-06-25 Release Candidate 4
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2018-06-27 06:45:11 +02:00
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- 2018-06-26 Release Candidate 5
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2018-05-22 19:44:58 +02:00
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2018-05-18 20:39:10 +02:00
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Expected
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2018-05-02 00:07:37 +02:00
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- 2018-06-28 Final Release
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2018-07-31 23:52:41 +02:00
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Release Manager
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Matt Clay (IRC/GitHub: @mattclay)
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2018-04-04 19:26:19 +02:00
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Engine improvements
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- Version 2.6 is largely going to be a stabilization release for Core code.
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- Some of the items covered in this release, but are not limited to are the following:
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- ``ansible-inventory``
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- ``import_*``
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- ``include_*``
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- Test coverage
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- Performance Testing
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Core Modules
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- Adopt-a-module Campaign
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- Review current status of all Core Modules
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- Reduce backlog of open issues against these modules
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Cloud Modules
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Network
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Connection work
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* New connection plugin: eAPI `proposal#102 <https://github.com/ansible/proposals/issues/102>`_
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* New connection plugin: NX-API
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* Support for configurable options for network_cli & netconf
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Modules
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2018-05-17 08:27:50 +02:00
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* New ``net_get`` - platform agnostic module for pulling configuration via SCP/SFTP over network_cli
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* New ``net_put`` - platform agnostic module for pushing configuration via SCP/SFTP over network_cli
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2018-05-17 12:40:35 +02:00
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* New ``netconf_get`` - Netconf module to fetch configuration and state data `proposal#104 <https://github.com/ansible/proposals/issues/104>`_
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2018-04-04 19:26:19 +02:00
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Other Features
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* Stretch & tech preview: Configuration caching for network_cli. Opt-in feature to avoid ``show running`` performance hit
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Windows
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