Add 2.12 roadmap (#74000)

docs/docsite/rst/core_index.rst

@@ -87,4 +87,4 @@ This documentation covers the version of ``ansible-core`` noted in the upper lef
    :maxdepth: 2
    :caption: Roadmaps
 
-   roadmap/ansible_base_roadmap_index.rst
+   roadmap/ansible_core_roadmap_index.rst

docs/docsite/rst/roadmap/ROADMAP_2_12.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+.. _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.
+
+- 2021-08-30 Feature Freeze
+  No new functionality (including modules/plugins) to any code
+
+- 2021-09-13 Beta 1
+- 2021-09-20 Beta 2 (if necessary)
+
+- 2021-10-04 Release Candidate 1 (and ``stable-2.12`` branching from ``devel``)
+- 2021-10-11 Release Candidate 2 (if necessary)
+
+- 2021-10-25 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.
+- Implement object proxies, to expose restricted interfaces between parts of the code, and enable deprecations of attributes and variables.

docs/docsite/rst/roadmap/ansible_core_roadmap_index.rst

@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@ See :ref:`Ansible communication channels <communication>` for details on how to
    :glob:
    :caption: ansible-core Roadmaps
 
+   ROADMAP_2_12
    ROADMAP_2_11
    ROADMAP_2_10

docs/docsite/rst/roadmap/index.rst

@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ Roadmaps
    :glob:
 
    ansible_roadmap_index
-   ansible_base_roadmap_index
+   ansible_core_roadmap_index
    old_roadmap_index

docs/docsite/sphinx_conf/ansible_conf.py

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ exclude_patterns = [
     'porting_guides/porting_guide_base_2.10.rst',
     'porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.11.rst',
     'roadmap/index.rst',
-    'roadmap/ansible_base_roadmap_index.rst',
+    'roadmap/ansible_core_roadmap_index.rst',
     'roadmap/ROADMAP_2_10.rst',
     'roadmap/ROADMAP_2_11.rst'
 ]