Adjust Ansible 12 release schedule

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Now that there as been a first announcement on ansible-core 2.19’s delay (ansible-core 2.19 release schedule update), we should think about Ansible 12’s release schedule (Ansible project 12.0 — Ansible Community Documentation).

I think it would be best to simply adjust it so that it aligns with the new dates of ansible-core, i.e.:

  • ansible-core beta releases get a Ansible alpha release a day later;
  • ansible-core’s rc releases gets Ansible beta releases a day later;
  • and ansible-core 2.19.0 GA gets Ansible feature freeze a day later;
  • Ansible 12.0.0rc1 a week after that;
  • and 1-2 weeks later 12.0.0 comes out.

WDYT?

And how should we adjust the release schedule at Ansible project 12.0 — Ansible Community Documentation? Simply strike through the dates and add an info box that basically says the above (in nicer wording), and replace the dates once we have more exact ones for ansible-core?

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As far as I can see, the ansible-core 2.19 roadmap hasn’t changed yet. I’m not sure if we should change any dates if we don’t have ones from core that we can point to.

Maybe start with an info box stating a delay because of and mentioning ansible-core 2.19 release schedule update?

At the very least, we should announce both here on the forum and on Bullhorn (maybe simply mentioning the forum post) that we will delay Ansible 12 because of the ansible-core 2.19 release schedule update.

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That’s why I suggested to follow a generic pattern that is based on ansible-core pre-releases, instead of fixing dates :slight_smile:

Definitely!

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I don’t have a better idea at the moment and this suggestion sounds good to me.

Additionally, how about documenting our usual approach (or a “general roadmap”) like in your list:

  • ansible-core beta releases get a Ansible alpha release a day later
  • ansible-core’s rc releases gets Ansible beta releases a day later

and so on in Ansible Roadmap?

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I started drafting that: Describe general Ansible major version release schedule; announce that Ansible 12.0.0's release schedule gets delayed according to ansible-core 2.19.0's release schedule by felixfontein · Pull Request #2490 · ansible/ansible-documentation · GitHub

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I’ve commented. Anyone else from the @SteeringCommittee who might want to have a look?

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As discussed on Wednesday I’ve repurposed that PR to only add a general release schedule, and removed the changes to the Ansible 12 release schedule.

The Ansible 12 release schedule got updated in Adjust Ansible 12 roadmap by felixfontein · Pull Request #2508 · ansible/ansible-documentation · GitHub after approval of 7 SC members. So this topic is basically done for now. Thanks everyone!