Release notes

.config/dictionary.txt

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+alisonlhart
+cidrblock
+compat
+pytest

cspell.config.yaml

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+dictionaryDefinitions:
+  - name: words
+    path: .config/dictionary.txt
+    addWords: true
+dictionaries:
+  - bash
+  - networking-terms
+  - python
+  - words
+  - "!aws"
+  - "!backwards-compatibility"
+  - "!cryptocurrencies"
+  - "!cpp"
+ignorePaths:
+  - .config/requirements*
+  - \.*
+  - cspell.config.yaml
+  - mkdocs.yml
+  - pyproject.toml
+  - tox.ini
+
+languageSettings:
+  - languageId: python
+    allowCompoundWords: false

docs/guides/releases.md

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+# Releases
+
+## Overview
+
+The projects maintained by the Ansible dev tools team have a target release frequency of 1 month. Some project may have more than 1 release per month based on project velocity or frequency of bug fixes or feature additions.
+
+One person within the devtools team will act as "release manager" each month. This will ensure each project is reviewed to ensure a release for that month was made. If a particular project's CI tests are failing, the project maintainer will work with the release manager to clear the block. If a project already has a release within the current month a new release is not necessary unless there are merged PRs and release notes available for a new release.
+
+The following project should be release first, in no particular order:
+
+- [ansible-compat](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-compat/releases)
+
+The following projects should be release second, in no particular order:
+
+- [ansible-creator](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-creator/releases)
+- [ansible-dev-environment](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-dev-environment/releases)
+- [ansible-lint](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-lint/releases)
+- [ansible-navigator](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-navigator/releases)
+- [molecule](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-molecule/releases)
+- [pytest-ansible](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-creator/releases)
+- [tox-ansible](https://github.com/ansible/tox-ansible/releases)
+- [VsCode extension](https://github.com/ansible/vscode-ansible/releases)
+
+Finally, after running dependabot so the release notes are updated with dependencies:
+
+- [ansible-dev-tools](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-dev-tools/releases)
+
+This will release both a python project and image. Both the resulting python package and image should be validated to ensure each reflects the latest releases.
+
+- [ansible-dev-tools on pypi](https://pypi.org/project/ansible-dev-tools/#history)
+- [ansible-dev-tools image](https://github.com/ansible/ansible-dev-tools/pkgs/container/community-ansible-dev-tools)
+
+## Schedule
+
+Releases should be made on the first Wednesday of the month, but can be made the following Wednesday if necessary. This document should be updated with a pull request after the releases are complete.
+
+### 2024-11
+
+Release manager:
+
+Completed date:
+
+Notes:
+
+### 2024-10
+
+Release manager:
+
+Completed date:
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+Notes:
+
+### 2024-09
+
+Release manager:
+
+Completed date:
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+Notes:
+
+### 2024-08
+
+Release manager:
+
+Completed date:
+
+Notes:
+
+### 2024-08
+
+Release manager: @alisonlhart
+
+Completed date: 2024-07-18
+
+Notes: