New release v2.14.4rc1 (#80265)v2.14.4rc1

4 files changed, 106 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.14.rst b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.14.rst
index d54fccbdac..7b995afd72 100644
--- a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.14.rst
+++ b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.14.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,46 @@ ansible-core 2.14 "C'mon Everybody" Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v2.14.4rc1
+==========
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2023-03-21
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ansible-test - Moved git handling out of the validate-modules sanity test and into ansible-test.
+- ansible-test - Removed the ``--keep-git`` sanity test option, which was limited to testing ansible-core itself.
+- ansible-test - Updated the Azure Pipelines CI plugin to work with newer versions of git.
+
+Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+--------------------------------
+
+- ansible-test - Integration tests which depend on specific file permissions when running in an ansible-test managed host environment may require changes. Tests that require permissions other than ``755`` or ``644`` may need to be updated to set the necessary permissions as part of the test run.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Fix ``MANIFEST.in`` to exclude unwanted files in the ``packaging/`` directory.
+- Fix ``MANIFEST.in`` to include ``*.md`` files in the ``test/support/`` directory.
+- Fix an issue where the value of ``become`` was ignored when used on a role used as a dependency in ``main/meta.yml`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79777)
+- ``ansible_eval_concat`` - avoid redundant unsafe wrapping of templated strings converted to Python types
+- ansible-galaxy role info - fix unhandled AttributeError by catching the correct exception.
+- ansible-test - Always indicate the Python version being used before installing requirements. Resolves issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72855
+- ansible-test - Exclude ansible-core vendored Python packages from ansible-test payloads.
+- ansible-test - Integration test target prefixes defined in a ``tests/integration/target-prefixes.{group}`` file can now contain an underscore (``_``) character. Resolves issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79225
+- ansible-test - Removed pointless comparison in diff evaluation logic.
+- ansible-test - Set ``PYLINTHOME`` for the ``pylint`` sanity test to prevent failures due to ``pylint`` checking for the existence of an obsolete home directory.
+- ansible-test - Support loading of vendored Python packages from ansible-core.
+- ansible-test - Use consistent file permissions when delegating tests to a container or remote host. Files with any execute bit set will use permissions ``755``. All other files will use permissions ``644``. (Resolves issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75079)
+- copy - fix creating the dest directory in check mode with remote_src=True (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78611).
+- copy - fix reporting changes to file attributes in check mode with remote_src=True (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77957).
+
 v2.14.3
 =======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 8331a9bc44..c484bc7f1e 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -1117,3 +1117,65 @@ releases:
     - strategy_badid_fix.yml
     - v2.14.3rc1_summary.yaml
     release_date: '2023-02-20'
+  2.14.4rc1:
+    changes:
+      breaking_changes:
+      - ansible-test - Integration tests which depend on specific file permissions
+        when running in an ansible-test managed host environment may require changes.
+        Tests that require permissions other than ``755`` or ``644`` may need to be
+        updated to set the necessary permissions as part of the test run.
+      bugfixes:
+      - Fix ``MANIFEST.in`` to exclude unwanted files in the ``packaging/`` directory.
+      - Fix ``MANIFEST.in`` to include ``*.md`` files in the ``test/support/`` directory.
+      - Fix an issue where the value of ``become`` was ignored when used on a role
+        used as a dependency in ``main/meta.yml`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79777)
+      - '``ansible_eval_concat`` - avoid redundant unsafe wrapping of templated strings
+        converted to Python types'
+      - ansible-galaxy role info - fix unhandled AttributeError by catching the correct
+        exception.
+      - ansible-test - Always indicate the Python version being used before installing
+        requirements. Resolves issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72855
+      - ansible-test - Exclude ansible-core vendored Python packages from ansible-test
+        payloads.
+      - ansible-test - Integration test target prefixes defined in a ``tests/integration/target-prefixes.{group}``
+        file can now contain an underscore (``_``) character. Resolves issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79225
+      - ansible-test - Removed pointless comparison in diff evaluation logic.
+      - ansible-test - Set ``PYLINTHOME`` for the ``pylint`` sanity test to prevent
+        failures due to ``pylint`` checking for the existence of an obsolete home
+        directory.
+      - ansible-test - Support loading of vendored Python packages from ansible-core.
+      - ansible-test - Use consistent file permissions when delegating tests to a
+        container or remote host. Files with any execute bit set will use permissions
+        ``755``. All other files will use permissions ``644``. (Resolves issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75079)
+      - copy - fix creating the dest directory in check mode with remote_src=True
+        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78611).
+      - copy - fix reporting changes to file attributes in check mode with remote_src=True
+        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77957).
+      minor_changes:
+      - ansible-test - Moved git handling out of the validate-modules sanity test
+        and into ansible-test.
+      - ansible-test - Removed the ``--keep-git`` sanity test option, which was limited
+        to testing ansible-core itself.
+      - ansible-test - Updated the Azure Pipelines CI plugin to work with newer versions
+        of git.
+      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2023-03-21
+
+        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+        '
+    codename: C'mon Everybody
+    fragments:
+    - 2.14.4rc1_summary.yaml
+    - 78624-copy-remote-src-check-mode.yml
+    - 79777-fix-inheritance-roles-meta.yml
+    - a-g-role-fix-catching-exception.yml
+    - ansible-test-fix-pointless-comparison.yml
+    - ansible-test-git-handling.yml
+    - ansible-test-integration-target-prefixes.yml
+    - ansible-test-payload-file-permissions.yml
+    - ansible-test-pylint-home.yml
+    - ansible-test-requirements-message.yml
+    - ansible-test-vendoring-support.yml
+    - ansible_eval_concat-remove-redundant-unsafe-wrap.yml
+    - fix-manifest.yml
+    release_date: '2023-03-21'
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2.14.4rc1_summary.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/2.14.4rc1_summary.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4be323d328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/2.14.4rc1_summary.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+release_summary: |
+   | Release Date: 2023-03-21
+   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
diff --git a/lib/ansible/release.py b/lib/ansible/release.py
index d89989773e..b3cafa0988 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__ = '2.14.3.post0'
+__version__ = '2.14.4rc1'
 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'
 __codename__ = "C'mon Everybody"