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diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/roadmap/ROADMAP_2_12.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/roadmap/ROADMAP_2_12.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c0a7ccd --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docsite/rst/roadmap/ROADMAP_2_12.rst @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +.. _core_roadmap_2_12: + +================= +Ansible-core 2.12 +================= + +.. contents:: + :local: + +Release Schedule +---------------- + +Expected +======== + +PRs must be raised well in advance of the dates below to have a chance of being included in this ansible-core release. + +.. note:: There is no Alpha phase in 2.12. +.. note:: Dates subject to change. + +- 2021-09-24 Feature Freeze (and ``stable-2.12`` branching from ``devel``) + No new functionality (including modules/plugins) to any code + +- 2021-09-27 Beta 1 +- 2021-10-04 Beta 2 (if necessary) + +- 2021-10-18 Release Candidate 1 +- 2021-10-25 Release Candidate 2 (if necessary) + +- 2021-11-08 Release + +Release Manager +--------------- + + Ansible Core Team + +Planned work +============ + +- Bump the minimum Python version requirement for the controller to Python 3.8. This will be a hard requirement. +- Deprecate Python 2.6 support for managed/target hosts. The release of ``ansible-core==2.13`` will remove Python 2.6 support. +- Introduce split-controller testing in ``ansible-test`` to separate dependencies for the controller from dependencies on the target. +- Extend the functionality of ``module_defaults`` ``action_groups`` to be created and presented by collections. + +Delayed work +============ + +The following work has been delayed and retargeted for a future release + +- Implement object proxies, to expose restricted interfaces between parts of the code, and enable deprecations of attributes and variables. |