v4.0.0a0

[ssbarnea]

Major Changes

• Removed mol command line alias (Removed mol command line alias #3457) @ssbarnea
• Remove ansible and ansible-base extras (Remove ansible and ansible-base extras #3395) @ssbarnea
• Remove support for py36 and py37 (Remove support for py36 and py37 #3436) @ssbarnea

Minor Changes

• Allow bypassing role name checking (Allow bypassing role name checking #3549) @zhan9san
• Add support for MOLECULE_PLATFORM_NAME (Add support for MOLECULE_PLATFORM_NAME #3416) @zhan9san
• Add args for verify and side_effect actions (Add args for verify and side_effect actions #3467) @amarao
• Enable packit rpm building for Fedora 35 (Enable packit rpm building for Fedora 35 #3456) @ssbarnea
• Remove ansible and ansible-base extras (Remove ansible and ansible-base extras #3395) @ssbarnea

Bugfixes

• Insert cache_dir into ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH and ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH (Insert cache_dir into ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH and ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH #3514) @zhan9san
• Restore auto-installation of local collection (Restore auto-installation of local collection #3225) @ssbarnea
• Bump ansible-compat from 2.0.2 to 2.1.0 (Bump ansible-compat from 2.0.2 to 2.1.0 #3560)
• Do not gather facts on newly created scenarios (Do not gather facts on newly created scenarios #3565) @zhan9san
• Use verifier env in ansible verifier (Use verifier env in ansible verifier #3546) @zhan9san
• Missing f prefix on f-strings fix (Missing f prefix on f-strings fix #3521) @code-review-doctor
• Fix wrong environment variables being passed to ansible compat (ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH not set correctly? #3404) (Fix wrong environment variables being passed to ansible compat (#3404) #3516) @marblenix
• Use FQCN for builtin actions (Use FQCN for builtin actions #3503) @ziegenberg
• change IRC room from ansible-molecule to ansible-devtools (change IRC room from ansible-molecule to ansible-devtools #3479) @ziegenberg
• Replace toolset container image with creator-ee in the documentation (Replace toolset container image with creator-ee in the documentation #3480) @ziegenberg
• fix broken molecule login (fix broken molecule login #3468) @amarao
• Added state-file driver validation (Added state-file driver validation #3429) @superstes
• Fix additional_files_or_dirs in skip check (Fix additional_files_or_dirs in skip check #3459) @skeetmtp
• Remove paramiko dependency (Remove paramiko dependency #3454) @ssbarnea
• docs: ansible-lint is not a molecule dep (docs: ansible-lint is not a molecule dep #3446) @justin-f-perez

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This discussion was created from the release v4.0.0a0.

[amarao]

I've tested features we are waiting (multiple tests and side effects in a single scenario) and they work as expected.

[jonlaokan]

This solves the ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH problem perfectly, everything works fine.