* Removed the previously deprecated 'accelerate' mode and all associated keywords and code.
* Removed the previously deprecated 'accelerate' mode and all associated keywords and code.
* Removed the previously deprecated 'accelerate' mode and all associated keywords and code.
* New simpler and more intuitive 'loop' keyword for task loops
* New simpler and more intuitive 'loop' keyword for task loops
* Added fact namespacing, from now on facts will be available under `ansible_facts` namespace (i.e. `ansible_facts.os_distribution`) w/o the `ansilbe_` prefix.
They will continue to be added into the main namespace directly, but now with a configuration toggle to enable this,
currently on by default, in the future it will be off.
### Deprecations
### Deprecations
* Previously deprecated 'hostfile' config settings have been 're-deprecated' as previously code did not warn about deprecated configuration settings.
* Previously deprecated 'hostfile' config settings have been 're-deprecated' as previously code did not warn about deprecated configuration settings.
* The ``with_<lookup>`` loops are deprecated in favor of the new ``loop`` keyword
* The ``with_<lookup>`` loops are deprecated in favor of the new ``loop`` keyword
#### Deprecated Modules (to be removed in 2.9):
* ec2_ami_find
#### Removed Modules (previously deprecated):
* accelerate
* boundary_meter: There was no deprecation period for this but the hosted
service it relied on has gone away so the module has been removed.
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/29387
### Minor Changes
### Minor Changes
* added a few new magic vars corresponding to configuration/command line options:
* added a few new magic vars corresponding to configuration/command line options:
`ansible_diff_mode`, `ansible_inventory_sources`, `ansible_limit`, `ansible_run_tags` , `ansible_forks` and `ansible_skip_tags`
`ansible_diff_mode`, `ansible_inventory_sources`, `ansible_limit`, `ansible_run_tags` , `ansible_forks` and `ansible_skip_tags`
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* The jenkins_plugin and yum_repository plugins had their `params` option
* The jenkins_plugin and yum_repository plugins had their `params` option
removed due to circumventing Ansible's option processing.
removed due to circumventing Ansible's option processing.
#### Deprecated Modules (to be removed in 2.9):
* ec2_ami_find
#### Removed Modules (previously deprecated):
* accelerate
* boundary_meter: There was no deprecation period for this but the hosted
service it relied on has gone away so the module has been removed.
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/29387
### New Plugins
### New Plugins
## Lookups
## Lookups
* Added `aws_ssm` lookup plugin
* aws_ssm: Query AWS ssm data
* config, allows querying Ansible settings
* config: Lookup Ansible settings
* openshift: Return info from Openshift installation