New release v2.12.1rc1 (#76392)

changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.12.rst

@@ -5,6 +5,37 @@ ansible-core 2.12 "Dazed and Confused" Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v2.12.1rc1
+==========
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2021-11-29
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- jinja2_native - keep same behavior on Python 3.10.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Ansible.ModuleUtils.LinkUtil - Ignore the ``LIB`` environment variable when loading the ``LinkUtil`` code
+- ansible-test - Automatic target requirements installation is now based on the target environment instead of the controller environment.
+- ansible-test - Fix Python real prefix detection when running in a ``venv`` virtual environment.
+- ansible-test - Fix installation and usage of ``pyyaml`` requirement for the ``import`` sanity test for collections.
+- ansible-test - Fix traceback in ``import`` sanity test on Python 2.7 when ``pip`` is not available.
+- ansible-test - Relocate constants to eliminate symlink.
+- ansible-test - Target integration test requirements are now correctly installed for target environments running on the controller.
+- ansible-test - Update the ``default`` containers to version 4.1.1, which includes the updated ``import`` sanity test requirements.
+- ansible-test - Use the legacy collection loader for ``import`` sanity tests on target-only Python versions.
+- set_fact/include_vars correctly handle delegation assignments within loops
+- setup - detect docker container with check for ./dockerenv or ./dockinit (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74349).
+- validate_argument_spec - Skip suboption validation if the top level option is an invalid type (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75612).
+
 v2.12.0
 =======
 

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -1083,3 +1083,50 @@ releases:
     fragments:
     - v2.12.0rc1_summary.yaml
     release_date: '2021-10-18'
+  2.12.1rc1:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - Ansible.ModuleUtils.LinkUtil - Ignore the ``LIB`` environment variable when
+        loading the ``LinkUtil`` code
+      - ansible-test - Automatic target requirements installation is now based on
+        the target environment instead of the controller environment.
+      - ansible-test - Fix Python real prefix detection when running in a ``venv``
+        virtual environment.
+      - ansible-test - Fix installation and usage of ``pyyaml`` requirement for the
+        ``import`` sanity test for collections.
+      - ansible-test - Fix traceback in ``import`` sanity test on Python 2.7 when
+        ``pip`` is not available.
+      - ansible-test - Relocate constants to eliminate symlink.
+      - ansible-test - Target integration test requirements are now correctly installed
+        for target environments running on the controller.
+      - ansible-test - Update the ``default`` containers to version 4.1.1, which includes
+        the updated ``import`` sanity test requirements.
+      - ansible-test - Use the legacy collection loader for ``import`` sanity tests
+        on target-only Python versions.
+      - set_fact/include_vars correctly handle delegation assignments within loops
+      - setup - detect docker container with check for ./dockerenv or ./dockinit (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/74349).
+      - validate_argument_spec - Skip suboption validation if the top level option
+        is an invalid type (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75612).
+      minor_changes:
+      - jinja2_native - keep same behavior on Python 3.10.
+      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2021-11-29
+
+        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+        '
+    codename: Dazed and Confused
+    fragments:
+    - 74349-improve-docker-detection.yml
+    - 75635-fix-role-argspec-suboption-validation.yml
+    - ansible-test-default-containers-4.1.1.yml
+    - ansible-test-relocate-constants.yaml
+    - ansible-test-requirements-target.yaml
+    - ansible-test-sanity-import-loader.yml
+    - ansible-test-sanity-import-no-pip.yml
+    - ansible-test-sanity-import.yml
+    - ansible-test-venv-real-prefix.yaml
+    - jinja2_native-literal_eval-py310.yml
+    - set_fact_delegation.yml
+    - v2.12.1rc1_summary.yaml
+    - win_LinkUtil-ignore-LIB.yml
+    release_date: '2021-11-29'

changelogs/fragments/v2.12.1rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+release_summary: |
+   | Release Date: 2021-11-29
+   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__

lib/ansible/release.py

@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-__version__ = '2.12.0.post0'
+__version__ = '2.12.1rc1'
 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'
 __codename__ = 'Dazed and Confused'