Ansible 2.2.1 RC1 is ready for testing

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Hi all, we’re very happy to announce that Ansible 2.2.1 RC1 is ready for testing!

Some bug fix highlights:

  • Fixes a bug where undefined variables in with_* loops would cause a task failure even if the when condition would cause the task to be skipped.
  • Fixes multiple bugs related to field/attribute inheritance in nested blocks and includes, as well as task iteration logic during failures.
  • Fixes a bug with “vault rekey” when using environment variables to specify the vault password file.
  • Fixes a bug in which include_vars was not working with failed_when.
  • Fixes several bugs related to properly incrementing the failed count in the host statistics.
  • Fixes a bug with listening handlers which did not specify a name field.
  • Fixes a bug with the play_hosts internal variable, so that it properly reflects the current list of hosts.
  • Fixes a bug related to the v2_playbook_on_start callback method and legacy (v1) plugins.
  • Fixes an openssh related process exit race condition, related to the fact that connections using ControlPersist do not close stderr.
  • Improvements and fixes to OpenBSD fact gathering.
  • More python 3 fixes.

Modules:

  • Fixes a bug where the pip module was not properly installing things/using the wrong pip executable when run from inside a venv.
  • Fixes for the service/systemd module.
  • Fixes for several packaging modules, including apt, yum and dnf.
  • Several fixes for bugs in the cron module.

How do you get it?