2.20 Roadmap (#2997)

* 2.20 Roadmap

* add planned work

* Apply suggestions from review

Co-authored-by: Don Naro <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Maxwell G <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: Don Naro <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Maxwell G <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

docs/docsite/rst/roadmap/ROADMAP_2_20.rst

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+.. _core_roadmap_2.20:
+
+*****************
+Ansible-core 2.20
+*****************
+
+.. contents::
+   :local:
+
+Release Schedule
+================
+
+Expected
+--------
+
+PRs must be raised sufficiently in advance of the following dates to have a chance of inclusion in this ansible-core release.
+
+.. note:: Dates are subject to change.
+
+Development Phase
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The ``milestone`` branch will be advanced at the start date of each development phase and the beta 1 release.
+
+- 2025-08-18 Development Phase 5
+- 2025-09-22 Beta 1
+
+Release Phase
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- 2025-09-15 Feature Freeze
+
+- 2025-09-22 Beta 1
+
+- 2025-10-13 Release Candidate 1
+
+- 2025-11-03 Release
+
+.. note:: The beta and release candidate schedules allow for up to 3 releases on a weekly schedule depending on the necessity of creating a release.
+
+Release Manager
+===============
+
+Ansible Core Team
+
+Planned work
+============
+
+* Drop Python 3.11 and add Python 3.14 for controller code
+* Drop Python 3.8 and add Python 3.14 for target code
+* Tech preview of Play argument specs
+* Support for 3rd party fact injection plugins
+* Register Projections
+* Remove deprecated functionality
+* Add controller type hinting for discrete areas of the code
+* Decrease testing sanity ignores
+* Update ansible-test container images and VMs
+* Update ansible-test dependencies
+
+Delayed work
+============
+
+The following work has been delayed and retargeted for a future release:
+
+* TBD

docs/docsite/rst/roadmap/ansible_core_roadmap_index.rst

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    :glob:
    :caption: ansible-core Roadmaps
 
+   ROADMAP_2_20
    ROADMAP_2_19
    ROADMAP_2_18
    ROADMAP_2_17