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2Ansible 2.6
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5.. contents:: Topics
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7Release Schedule
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10Actual
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13- 2018-05-17 Core Freeze (Engine and Core Modules/Plugins)
14- 2018-05-21 Alpha Release 1
15- 2018-05-25 Community Freeze (Non-Core Modules/Plugins)
16- 2018-05-25 Branch stable-2.6
17- 2018-05-30 Alpha Release 2
18- 2018-06-05 Release Candidate 1
19- 2018-06-08 Release Candidate 2
20- 2018-06-18 Release Candidate 3
21- 2018-06-25 Release Candidate 4
22- 2018-06-26 Release Candidate 5
23- 2018-06-28 Final Release
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26Release Manager
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28* 2.6.0-2.6.12 Matt Clay (IRC/GitHub: @mattclay)
29* 2.6.13+ Toshio Kuratomi (IRC: abadger1999; GitHub: @abadger)
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32Engine improvements
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35- Version 2.6 is largely going to be a stabilization release for Core code.
36- Some of the items covered in this release, but are not limited to are the following:
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38  - ``ansible-inventory``
39  - ``import_*``
40  - ``include_*``
41  - Test coverage
42  - Performance Testing
43
44Core Modules
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46- Adopt-a-module Campaign
47
48  - Review current status of all Core Modules
49  - Reduce backlog of open issues against these modules
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51Cloud Modules
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54Network
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57Connection work
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59
60* New connection plugin: eAPI `proposal#102 <https://github.com/ansible/proposals/issues/102>`_
61* New connection plugin: NX-API
62* Support for configurable options for network_cli & netconf
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64Modules
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67* New ``net_get`` - platform agnostic module for pulling configuration via SCP/SFTP over network_cli
68* New ``net_put`` - platform agnostic module for pushing configuration via SCP/SFTP over network_cli
69* New ``netconf_get`` - Netconf module to fetch configuration and state data `proposal#104 <https://github.com/ansible/proposals/issues/104>`_
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71Other Features
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73
74* Stretch & tech preview: Configuration caching for network_cli. Opt-in feature to avoid ``show running`` performance hit
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