New release v2.15.0rc2 (#80686)v2.15.0rc2

4 files changed, 52 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.15.rst b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.15.rst
index c284c03de8..d09f34e976 100644
--- a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.15.rst
+++ b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.15.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,28 @@ ansible-core 2.15 "Ten Years Gone" Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v2.15.0rc2
+==========
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2023-05-01
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.15/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.15.html>`__
+
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- The minimum required ``setuptools`` version is now 45.2.0, as it is the oldest version to support Python 3.10.
+- Use ``package_data`` instead of ``include_package_data`` for ``setup.cfg`` to avoid ``setuptools`` warnings.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ansible-galaxy - fix installing signed collections (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80648).
+- ansible-galaxy collection verify - fix verifying signed collections when the keyring is not configured.
+
 v2.15.0rc1
 ==========
 
@@ -166,6 +188,7 @@ Minor Changes
 - ansible-test - Update the NIOS test plugin to use a newer multi-arch test container.
 - ansible-test - Update the ``ansible-bad-import-from`` rule in the ``pylint`` sanity test to recommend ``ansible.module_utils.six.moves.collections_abc`` instead of ``ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat``.
 - ansible-test - Update the ``base`` and ``default`` test containers with the latest requirements.
+- ansible-test - Update the ``default`` containers to include the ``package-data`` requirements update.
 - ansible-test - Update the ``default`` containers to include the ``pylint`` requirements update.
 - ansible-test - Updated the Azure Pipelines CI plugin to work with newer versions of git.
 - ansible-test - Use ``stop --time 0`` followed by ``rm`` to remove ephemeral containers instead of ``rm -f``. This speeds up teardown of ephemeral containers.
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index a52eeb1072..d48213a2c9 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -458,6 +458,8 @@ releases:
         instead of ``ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat``.
       - ansible-test - Update the ``base`` and ``default`` test containers with the
         latest requirements.
+      - ansible-test - Update the ``default`` containers to include the ``package-data``
+        requirements update.
       - ansible-test - Update the ``default`` containers to include the ``pylint``
         requirements update.
       - ansible-test - Updated the Azure Pipelines CI plugin to work with newer versions
@@ -821,3 +823,26 @@ releases:
     - fix-handlers-callback.yml
     - pkg_mgr-default-dnf.yml
     release_date: '2023-04-25'
+  2.15.0rc2:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - ansible-galaxy - fix installing signed collections (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80648).
+      - ansible-galaxy collection verify - fix verifying signed collections when the
+        keyring is not configured.
+      minor_changes:
+      - The minimum required ``setuptools`` version is now 45.2.0, as it is the oldest
+        version to support Python 3.10.
+      - Use ``package_data`` instead of ``include_package_data`` for ``setup.cfg``
+        to avoid ``setuptools`` warnings.
+      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2023-05-01
+
+        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.15/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.15.html>`__
+
+        '
+    codename: Ten Years Gone
+    fragments:
+    - 2.15.0rc2_summary.yaml
+    - 80648-fix-ansible-galaxy-cache-signatures-bug.yml
+    - ansible-test-minimum-setuptools.yml
+    - fix-setuptools-warnings.yml
+    release_date: '2023-05-01'
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2.15.0rc2_summary.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/2.15.0rc2_summary.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e32257845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/2.15.0rc2_summary.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+release_summary: |
+   | Release Date: 2023-05-01
+   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.15/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.15.html>`__
diff --git a/lib/ansible/release.py b/lib/ansible/release.py
index 87aa92f05f..25cffa6929 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__ = '2.15.0rc1.post0'
+__version__ = '2.15.0rc2'
 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'
 __codename__ = "Ten Years Gone"