releases.md

Releases

• Resources to keep up with changes.
• Sections that I mark with *** below are the ones I find most useful.
• FYI, for all docs.ansible.com links, switch to devel branch (not latest) to get the most recent roadmap, changelogs, porting guides, etc
• general release docs

porting guides

• porting guides docs
• github rst files
  • *** core porting guides are brief and often underscore major changes - worth reading

roadmaps

• github rst files
• core roadmap docs
  • *** short
• community package roadmap docs

release cycle

• core
• community package

changelogs

• core: linked via the release support matrix, click version number link
  • links to files in ansible/ansible repo in branch named stable-2.X, i.e.: 2.15, 2.14, 2.13, 2.12, 2.11, 2.10
    • *** a bit more in-depth than core porting guides, but still manageable to read/skim
• community package: see ansible-build-data repo
  • each version has a folder with two key files:
    • CHANGELOG-v*.rst, i.e. CHANGELOG-v7.rst
      • these are insanely long, read as needed
      • changelogs also linked here to ansible-build-data repo
    • FYI, there are also redundant copies of the porting guides named porting_guide_X.rst, i.e: porting_guide_7