Releases ======== .. contents:: Topics :local: .. _support_life: Support for older releases `````````````````````````` Ansible supports the two most recent major, stable releases. Security- and bug-related fixes may be implemented in older versions, but this support is not guaranteed. If you are on a release older than the last two major, stable releases, please see our `Porting Guide `_. .. _schedule: Release schedule ```````````````` Ansible is on a 'flexible' 4 month release schedule, sometimes this can be extended if there is a major change that requires a longer cycle (i.e. 2.0 core rewrite). Currently modules get released at the same time as the main Ansible repo, even though they are separated into ansible-modules-core and ansible-modules-extras. The major features and bugs fixed in a release should be reflected in the CHANGELOG.md, minor ones will be in the commit history (FIXME: add git example to list). When a fix/feature gets added to the `devel` branch it will be part of the next release, some bugfixes can be backported to previous releases and might be part of a minor point release if it is deemed necessary. Sometimes an RC can be extended by a few days if a bugfix makes a change that can have far reaching consequences, so users have enough time to find any new issues that may stem from this. .. _methods: Release methods ```````````````` Ansible normally goes through a 'release candidate', issuing an RC1 for a release, if no major bugs are discovered in it after 5 business days we'll get a final release. Otherwise fixes will be applied and an RC2 will be provided for testing and if no bugs after 2 days, the final release will be made, iterating this last step and incrementing the candidate number as we find major bugs. .. _freezing: Release feature freeze `````````````````````` During the release candidate process, the focus will be on bugfixes that affect the RC, new features will be delayed while we try to produce a final version. Some bugfixes that are minor or don't affect the RC will also be postponed until after the release is finalized. .. seealso:: :doc:`developing_api` Python API to Playbooks and Ad Hoc Task Execution :doc:`developing_modules` How to develop modules :doc:`developing_plugins` How to develop plugins `Ansible Tower `_ REST API endpoint and GUI for Ansible, syncs with dynamic inventory `Development Mailing List `_ Mailing list for development topics `irc.freenode.net `_ #ansible IRC chat channel