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diff --git a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.6.rst b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.6.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5150971b66 --- /dev/null +++ b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.6.rst @@ -0,0 +1,131 @@ +======================================== +Ansible 2.6 "Heartbreaker" Release Notes +======================================== + +.. _Ansible 2.6 "Heartbreaker" Release Notes_v2.6.0a1: + +v2.6.0a1 +======== + +.. _Ansible 2.6 "Heartbreaker" Release Notes_v2.6.0a1_Release Summary: + +Release Summary +--------------- + +| Release Date: 2018-05-21 +| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`_ + + +.. _Ansible 2.6 "Heartbreaker" Release Notes_v2.6.0a1_Minor Changes: + +Minor Changes +------------- + +- azure_rm_loadbalancer - add support for sku + +- azure_rm_publicipaddress - add support for sku + +- Added an ``encoding`` option to the ``b64encode`` and ``b64decode`` filters to specify the encoding of the string that is base64 encoded. + +- import/include - Cache task_vars to speed up IncludedFile.process_include_results (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39026) + +- PowerShell modules that use Convert-ToSID in Ansible.ModuleUtils.SID.psm1 like win_user_right now accept an actual SID as an input string. This means any local or domain accounts that are named like a SID need to be prefixed with the domain, hostname, or . to ensure it converts to that accounts SID https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/38502 + + +.. _Ansible 2.6 "Heartbreaker" Release Notes_v2.6.0a1_Removed Features (previously deprecated): + +Removed Features (previously deprecated) +---------------------------------------- + +- win_chocolatey - removed deprecated upgrade option and choco_* output return values + +- win_feature - removed deprecated reboot option + +- win_iis_webapppool - removed the ability to supply attributes as a string in favour of a dictionary + +- win_package - removed deprecated name option + +- win_regedit - removed deprecated support for specifying HKCC as HCCC + + +.. _Ansible 2.6 "Heartbreaker" Release Notes_v2.6.0a1_Bugfixes: + +Bugfixes +-------- + +- template - Fix for encoding issues when a template path contains non-ascii characters and using the template path in ansible_managed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/27262) + +- copy - fixed copy to only follow symlinks for files in the non-recursive case + +- file - fixed the default follow behaviour of file to be true + +- copy module - The copy module was attempting to change the mode of files for remote_src=True even if mode was not set as a parameter. This failed on filesystems which do not have permission bits (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/40099) + +- Fix an encoding issue when parsing the examples from a plugins' documentation + +- file module - The file module allowed the user to specify src as a parameter when state was not link or hard. This is documented as only applying to state=link or state=hard but in previous Ansible, this could have an effect in rare cornercases. For instance, "ansible -m file -a 'state=directory path=/tmp src=/var/lib'" would create /tmp/lib. This has been disabled and a warning emitted (will change to an error in Ansible-2.10). + +- file module - Fix error when running a task which assures a symlink to a nonexistent file exists for the second and subsequent times (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/39558) + +- file module - Fix error when recursively assigning permissions and a symlink to a nonexistent file is present in the directory tree (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/39456) + +- file module - Eliminate an error if we're asked to remove a file but something removes it while we are processing the request (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39466) + +- Various grafana_* modules - Port away from the deprecated b64encodestring function to the b64encode function instead. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/38388 + +- import/include - Update TaskInclude _raw_params with the expanded/templated path to file allowing nested includes using host vars in file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39365) + +- dynamic includes - Don't treat undefined vars for conditional includes as truthy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39377) + +- import/include - Ensure role handlers have the proper parent, allowing for correct attribute inheritance (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39426) + +- include_role/import_role - Use the computed role name for include_role/import_role so to diffentiate between names computed from host vars (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39516) + +- import_playbook - Pass vars applied to import_playbook into parsing of the playbook as they may be needed to parse the imported plays (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39521) + +- include_role/import_role - Don't overwrite included role handlers with play handlers on parse (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39563) + +- dynamic includes - Improved performance by fixing re-parenting on copy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/38747) + +- dynamic includes - Fix IncludedFile comparison for free strategy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/37083) + +- dynamic includes - Allow inheriting attributes from static parents (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/38827) + +- include_role/import_role - improved performance and recursion depth (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/36470) + +- include_role/import_role - Fix parameter templating (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/36372) + +- dynamic includes - Use the copied and merged task for calculating task vars (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39762) + +- Implement mode=preserve for the template module + +- Fix mode=preserve with remote_src=True for the copy module + +- Document mode=preserve for both the copy and template module + +- pause - ensure ctrl+c interrupt works in all cases (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/35372) + +- spwd - With python 3.6 spwd.getspnam returns PermissionError instead of KeyError if user does not have privileges (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/39472) + +- template action plugin - fix the encoding of filenames to avoid tracebacks on Python2 when characters that are not present in the user's locale are present. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/39424) + +- user - only change the expiration time when necessary (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/13235) + +- win_environment - Fix for issue where the environment value was deleted when a null value or empty string was set - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/40450 + +- win_file - fix issue where special chars like [ and ] were not being handled correctly https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/37901 + +- win_get_url - fixed a few bugs around authentication and force no when using an FTP URL + +- win_template - fix when specifying the dest option as a directory with and without the trailing slash https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/39886 + +- win_updates - Fix typo that hid the download error when a download failed + +- win_updates - Fix logic when using a whitelist for multiple updates + +- windows become - Show better error messages when the become process fails + +- winrm - allow `ansible_user` or `ansible_winrm_user` to override `ansible_ssh_user` when both are defined in an inventory - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/39844 + +- The yaml callback plugin now allows non-ascii characters to be displayed. + |