Ansible-3.0.0 beta1 released

[Toshio Kuratomi]

Hi all,

We're happy to announce that the ansible-3.0.0 beta1 package is now
available! This update is based on the ansible-base-2.10.x package
just like ansible-2.10 was so the changes shouldn't be too major.
However, it does contain new major versions of many collections which
means that there will be some backwards incompatible changes in the
modules and plugins.

How to get it
-------------

Due to a limitation in pip, if you are upgrading from Ansible 2.9 (or
earlier), you need to uninstall ansible before installing the 3.0.0b1
version:

```
$ pip uninstall ansible
$ pip install ansible==3.0.0b1 --user
```

The tar.gz of the release can be found here:

* Ansible 3.0.0b1
https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-3.0.0b1.tar.gz
SHA256: 1da8059604136e520cd4f6e0792309dbf6ef79b927e6c41afc194fb418b23855

What's new in Ansible 3.0.0b1
-----------------------------

* The Ansible package has moved to semantic versioning
(https://semver.org/). This standard allows you to tell if a new
version of Ansible contains incompatibilities by looking at the
version number. Read the semver specification for more information.

* Collections which have opted into being a part of the
Ansible-3.0.0b1 unified changelog will have an entry on this page:
https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/3/CHANGELOG-v3.rst

* For collections which have not opted into the unified changelog,
consult the list of included collections in the link below and check
their entry on https://galaxy.ansible.com for information about their
changes.
* https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/3/ansible-3.0.0b1.deps

* You can find more information for those on
https://galaxy.ansible.com/. For instance, the community.crypto
collection listed in the ansible-3.0.0b1.deps file has a galaxy page
at https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/crypto/

* Changelog for ansible-base-2.10.6 which this release of ansible
installs: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.10/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.10.rst

What's the schedule for new Ansible releases after 3.0.0b1?
-------------------------------------------------------------------

* Except for ansible-2.9.x, older versions of ansible are not seeing
maintenance releases. If there is a desire for maintenance releases
of older versions, drop by a Community Working Group Meeting to
discuss how you can help. (
https://github.com/ansible/community/tree/main/meetings#wednesdays )
* Since we have not updated the ansible-base major version in this
release, we decided that a quick release schedule was preferred. There
will be one release candidate, on February 9. If no blockers are
discovered, Ansible-3.0.0 final will happen on February 16, 2021.
* Minor releases of ansible-3.0.0 will be released approximately every
three weeks. Since we're now using semantic versioning, these new
releases will be 3.1.0, 3.2.0, etc. They will contain bugfixes and
new features but no backwards incompatibilities.


Porting Help
-------------

There's a unified porting guide for collections which have opted-in.
You can find that at:
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/docs/docsite/rst/porting_guides/porting_guide_3.rst