=========== Ansible 2.6 =========== .. contents:: Topics Release Schedule ---------------- Actual ====== - 2018-05-17 Core Freeze (Engine and Core Modules/Plugins) - 2018-05-21 Alpha Release 1 - 2018-05-25 Community Freeze (Non-Core Modules/Plugins) - 2018-05-25 Branch stable-2.6 - 2018-05-30 Alpha Release 2 - 2018-06-05 Release Candidate 1 - 2018-06-08 Release Candidate 2 - 2018-06-18 Release Candidate 3 - 2018-06-25 Release Candidate 4 - 2018-06-26 Release Candidate 5 Expected ======== - 2018-06-28 Final Release Release Manager --------------- * 2.6.0-2.6.12 Matt Clay (IRC/GitHub: @mattclay) * 2.6.13+ Toshio Kuratomi (IRC: abadger1999; GitHub: @abadger) Engine improvements ------------------- - Version 2.6 is largely going to be a stabilization release for Core code. - Some of the items covered in this release, but are not limited to are the following: - ``ansible-inventory`` - ``import_*`` - ``include_*`` - Test coverage - Performance Testing Core Modules ------------ - Adopt-a-module Campaign - Review current status of all Core Modules - Reduce backlog of open issues against these modules Cloud Modules ------------- Network ------- Connection work ================ * New connection plugin: eAPI `proposal#102 `_ * New connection plugin: NX-API * Support for configurable options for network_cli & netconf Modules ======= * New ``net_get`` - platform agnostic module for pulling configuration via SCP/SFTP over network_cli * New ``net_put`` - platform agnostic module for pushing configuration via SCP/SFTP over network_cli * New ``netconf_get`` - Netconf module to fetch configuration and state data `proposal#104 `_ Other Features ================ * Stretch & tech preview: Configuration caching for network_cli. Opt-in feature to avoid ``show running`` performance hit Windows -------