New release v2.11.8rc1 (#76830)v2.11.8rc1

4 files changed, 71 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.11.rst b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.11.rst
index f0a29bf5c3..acc39e3a28 100644
--- a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.11.rst
+++ b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.11.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,33 @@ ansible-core 2.11 "Hey Hey, What Can I Do" Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v2.11.8rc1
+==========
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2022-01-24
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- service_facts now handles more states/statuses from systemd and in a more reliable way (failed, not-found, masked).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ansible-galaxy collection build - Ignore any existing ``MANIFEST.json`` and ``FILES.json`` in the root directory when building a collection.
+- ansible-test - Fix traceback in the ``validate-modules`` sanity test when testing an Ansible module without any callables.
+- backwards compatiblity copy of doc fragment action_common_attributes
+- default callback - Ensure we compare FQCN also in lockstep logic, to ensure using the FQCN of a strategy plugin triggers the correct behavior in the default callback plugin. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76782)
+- include_vars, properly initialize variable as there is corner case in which it can end up referenced and not defined
+- ssh connection - properly quote controlpersist path given by user to avoid issues with spaces and other characters
+- ssh connection avoid parsing ssh cli debug lines as they can match expected output at high verbosities.
+- unarchive - Fix zip archive file listing that caused issues with content postprocessing (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76067).
+
 v2.11.7
 =======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 42571dbebc..ed3752e4d5 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -2082,3 +2082,43 @@ releases:
     - v2.11.7rc1_summary.yaml
     - win_LinkUtil-ignore-LIB.yml
     release_date: '2021-11-29'
+  2.11.8rc1:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - ansible-galaxy collection build - Ignore any existing ``MANIFEST.json`` and
+        ``FILES.json`` in the root directory when building a collection.
+      - ansible-test - Fix traceback in the ``validate-modules`` sanity test when
+        testing an Ansible module without any callables.
+      - backwards compatiblity copy of doc fragment action_common_attributes
+      - default callback - Ensure we compare FQCN also in lockstep logic, to ensure
+        using the FQCN of a strategy plugin triggers the correct behavior in the default
+        callback plugin. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76782)
+      - include_vars, properly initialize variable as there is corner case in which
+        it can end up referenced and not defined
+      - ssh connection - properly quote controlpersist path given by user to avoid
+        issues with spaces and other characters
+      - ssh connection avoid parsing ssh cli debug lines as they can match expected
+        output at high verbosities.
+      - unarchive - Fix zip archive file listing that caused issues with content postprocessing
+        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76067).
+      minor_changes:
+      - service_facts now handles more states/statuses from systemd and in a more
+        reliable way (failed, not-found, masked).
+      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2022-01-24
+
+        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+        '
+    codename: Hey Hey, What Can I Do
+    fragments:
+    - 76069-fix-unarchive-file-listing-in-zip.yaml
+    - 76782-fqcn-compare-lockstep-strategies.yml
+    - aca_bcc.yml
+    - ansible-test-validate-modules-no-callable.yml
+    - galaxy-build-files-ignore.yml
+    - include_vars_failed.yml
+    - service_facts_systemd_improve.yml
+    - ssh_debug_noparse.yml
+    - ssh_quote_cp.yml
+    - v2.11.8rc1_summary.yaml
+    release_date: '2022-01-24'
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/v2.11.8rc1_summary.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/v2.11.8rc1_summary.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c48e570e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/v2.11.8rc1_summary.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+release_summary: |
+   | Release Date: 2022-01-24
+   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
diff --git a/lib/ansible/release.py b/lib/ansible/release.py
index d7f6742442..33b724ee0e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/release.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/release.py
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-__version__ = '2.11.7.post0'
+__version__ = '2.11.8rc1'
 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'
 __codename__ = 'Hey Hey, What Can I Do'