1.. _base_roadmap_2_11:
2
3=================
4Ansible-core 2.11
5=================
6
7.. contents::
8   :local:
9
10Release Schedule
11----------------
12
13Expected
14========
15
16PRs must be raised well in advance of the dates below to have a chance of being included in this ansible-core release.
17
18.. note:: There is no Alpha phase in 2.11.
19.. note:: Dates subject to change.
20
21- 2021-02-12 Feature Freeze
22  No new functionality (including modules/plugins) to any code
23
24- 2021-03-02 Beta 1
25- 2021-03-15 Beta 2 (if necessary)
26
27- 2021-03-29 Release Candidate 1 (and ``stable-2.11`` branching from ``devel``)
28- 2021-04-12 Release Candidate 2 (if necessary)
29
30- 2021-04-26 Release
31
32Release Manager
33---------------
34
35 Ansible Core Team
36
37Planned work
38============
39
40- Rename ``ansible-base`` to ``ansible-core``.
41- Improve UX of ``ansible-galaxy collection`` CLI, specifically as it relates to install and upgrade.
42- Add new Role Argument Spec feature that will allow a role to define an argument spec to be used in
43  validating variables used by the role.
44- Bump the minimum Python version requirement for the controller to Python 3.8. There will be no breaking changes
45  to this release, however ``ansible-core`` will only be packaged for Python 3.8+. ``ansible-core==2.12`` will include
46  breaking changes requiring at least Python 3.8.
47- Introduce split-controller testing in ``ansible-test`` to separate dependencies for the controller from
48  dependencies on the target.
49