Release announcement : Ansible Community Package 9.0.0a1 (Pre Release)

[anwesha]

Hello everyone,

We’re happy to announce the Alpha release of Ansible 9.0.0a1!

This pre-release version contains the latest version of ansible-core
2.16b1 and includes a curated set of Ansible collections that provides a
vast number of modules and plugins.

ansible-core is a required dependency, not contained within the
ansible packages.

How to get it?

This release is available on PyPI and can be installed with pip:

$ python3 -m pip install ansible==9.0.0a1 --user

The source and the wheel for this release can be found here:

Release tarball:

https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/db/95/f3374b1a1c1bd6b406619cccf9d7c3db34f09609eb078508e910c2a00634/ansible-9.0.0a1.tar.gz

SHA256:

f6195805d610810a91741ea0f2c809919c00b2653bd50704785fa7dfcf86fb0b

Wheel package:

https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b4/99/c25e4a329276dfd5207f9db09e95e3fc9978a8a3c15f9e78fbac48100b2e/ansible-9.0.0a1-py3-none-any.whl

SHA256:

43008ee301b8f4968a638c05d07423312700d54fabd4d33114c33b3f50774ba9

What’s the schedule for new Ansible releases after 9.0.0a1?

The next release roadmap can be found at

Ansible Roadmap — Ansible Community Documentation

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On behalf of the Ansible community, thank you and happy automating!

Cheers
Ansible Community Team

[gotmax23 (Maxwell G (He/They))]

Thanks @anwesha and everyone else who helped with the release! Ansible 9.0.0a1 has been packaged in Fedora as well!