New beta release: ansible-core 2.11.0b1

[Rick Elrod]

Hi all- we're happy to announce that the first BETA release of ansible-core
2.11.0 is now available!

ansible-core 2.11 is a rename of ansible-base. As with ansible-base, it includes
only a minimal, vetted set of modules and plugins, and is extensible through the
use of Ansible Collections. This release of ansible-core includes some new
features and changes that we'd like to highlight below. This list is not
exhaustive:

- As of this release, Python 3.8 is now a *soft requirement* on the
controller. (This release will continue to work with the same versions of
Python as ansible-base 2.10, but ansible-core 2.12 will NOT)

- Role arguments can now be validated at runtime to ensure that roles are used
correctly

- ansible-galaxy now makes use of "resolvelib" for resolving dependencies

- New virtualization facts are now included (as lists), so that administrators
can see all virtual guest and host technologies available to the node

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

$ pip install ansible-base==2.11.0b1 --user

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

* ansible-core 2.11.0b1
https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible-core/ansible-core-2.11.0b1.tar.gz
SHA256: 92dda110768e44325b551b1e711907b8fcff27f245f8ad1d66b623da10dd2b67


What's new in ansible-core 2.11.0b1
-----------------------------------

This release is a beta release containing numerous bugfixes and features. The
full changelog is at:

* 2.11.0b1
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.11.rst


What's the schedule for future releases?
-----------------------------------------

If necessary, a new beta release of ansible-core will be made available on
15 March 2021. The first Release Candidate of ansible-core 2.11 is scheduled for
29 March 2021 (this is also when stable-2.11 will branch from devel).


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

We've published a porting guide at
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_2.11.html
to help migrate your content to 2.11.

If you discover any errors or if any of your working playbooks break when you
upgrade to 2.11.0b1, please use the following link to report the regression:

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/new/choose

In your issue, be sure to mention the version that works and the one that
doesn't.

Thanks!

-Rick Elrod

[Rick Elrod]

Hi all,

The porting guide link was incorrect and should be:
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.11.html

Rick