Ansible 2.1.2 RC3 is ready for testing

Hi all, we’re happy to announce that RC3 for 2.1.2 is now available for testing.

This release candidate also adds the following fixes for bugs:

  • Backported a fix for a bug in the _fixup_perms module helper code (#17427)
  • Fixed a bug in “ansible-galaxy import” (#17417)
  • Fixed a bug where the temporary CA files created by the module helper code were not being deleted properly in some situations (#17073)
  • Fixed many bugs in the unarchive module
  • Fixes for module ec2:
  • Fixed a bug related to source_dest_check when used with non-vpc instances (core#3243)
  • Fixed a bug in ec2 where instances were not powering of when referenced via tags only (core#4765)
  • Fixed a bug where instances with multiple interfaces were not powering up/down correctly (core#3234)
  • Fixes for module get_url:
  • Fixed a bug in get_url module to force a download if there is a checksum mismatch regardless of the last modified time (core#4262)
  • Fixed a bug in get_url module to properly process FTP results (core#3661 and core#4601)
  • Fixed a bug in win_user related to users with disabled accounts/expired passwords (core#4369)
  • Several minor fixes in extras modules

How do you get it?

James Cammarata:

Hi all, we're happy to announce that RC3 for 2.1.2 is now available for
testing.

This release candidate also adds the following fixes for bugs:

[...]

Looks like a fix for regression
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/14829
is not included yet. Will it be fixed in final 2.1.2?

thanks,
nusenu

I don’t believe that’s fixed in devel yet, so no it won’t be in 2.1.2.