From 825a2b4efe40f620acd2415c5c0b58c693016d56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Moreau Simard Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 14:17:15 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add blog post for 0.16.6 Change-Id: Iabf153a883c8c9b1d70bc3f0937bcb95c2fbc193 --- .../index.md | 51 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) create mode 100644 website/content/blog/2019-11-18_ara-0.16-maintenance-release-and-eventual-end-of-life/index.md diff --git a/website/content/blog/2019-11-18_ara-0.16-maintenance-release-and-eventual-end-of-life/index.md b/website/content/blog/2019-11-18_ara-0.16-maintenance-release-and-eventual-end-of-life/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ac17dd1 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/blog/2019-11-18_ara-0.16-maintenance-release-and-eventual-end-of-life/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +--- +author: "David Moreau Simard" +categories: + - news +tags: + - ansible +date: 2019-11-18 +title: "ARA 0.16 maintenance release and eventual end of life" +slug: ara-0.16-maintenance-release-and-eventual-end-of-life +type: post +--- + +ARA 0.16.6 is a maintenance release for users that are not yet using ARA 1.x. + +Changes since 0.16.5: + +- Fixed web application crash due to encoding/decoding of binary non-ascii + content in task results +- The [sqlite middleware](https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/stable-0.x/advanced.html) + was adapted to support running under gunicorn as well as mod_wsgi +- ``python -m ara.setup.env`` now returns commands that use bash expansion to + take into account existing environment variables + +## Eventual end of life for ARA 0.x + +All new feature and development effort for more than a year has been spent on +the master branch of ARA which is the basis of version 1.x releases. + +In fact, 0.x and 1.x are vastly different code bases at this point. +They are diverging by more than 400 commits and 1.x features a completely +re-written backend which includes many new features, notably a new REST API. + +Users are encouraged to try the latest release of ARA, currently [1.2.0](https://ara.recordsansible.org/blog/2019/11/06/announcing-the-release-of-ara-records-ansible-1.2/), +and create issues on [GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-community/ara/issues) +if they encounter any problems or missing features. + +ARA 0.16.6 could be the last release of ARA 0.x if no major issues are found. + +## Want to try the latest release ? + +Have a look at the [quickstart](https://github.com/ansible-community/ara#quickstart) or +read the [installation](https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html) +and [configuration](https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ansible-configuration.html) +documentation for more information. + +## Want to contribute, chat or need help ? + +ARA could use your help and we can also help you get started. +Please reach out ! + +The project community hangs out on [IRC and Slack](https://ara.recordsansible.org/community/).