QUESTION/POLL regarding repo merge

[James Cammarata]

Hi all, per the email I sent the other day regarding the repo merge, a question has been raised internally regarding whether or not we would make the same changes to existing stable branches (stable-2.2, stable-2.1, etc).

PROS:

* Removing the git submodules and making paths to the modules the same across these branches will make back-porting patches much easier for we developers and community contributors. Otherwise, we'll have many more steps to bring a patch from devel to stable, which might frustrate contributors.

CONS:

* This is potentially a breaking change for stable releases on a sub-minor update. The primary concern raised here is that some users may have Ansible deployment/installation methods which rely on the existing paths.

SUMMARY:

My current proposal is to do this in the stable-2.2 branch only, and after 2.2.1 has been released so users will have a known good version to fall-back on. We are aware that this may be the case for devel, however users will have time to adjust whereas with a stable release they may be surprised.

So, if you are a user/org which would be adversely impacted by a reorganization of the module directories in the Ansible 2.2.x version, please let us know ASAP! We'll be making a final decision on whether or not to reorg the stable branches next week.

Thanks,

James Cammarata

Ansible Lead/Sr. Principal Software Engineer

Ansible by Red Hat

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