From 2a332763857780de940f1c35da6f6add61ba4307 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 18:07:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] New release 2.7.0rc3

---
 changelogs/.changes.yaml                    |  7 +++++++
 changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst               | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 changelogs/fragments/v2.7.0rc3_summary.yaml |  3 +++
 lib/ansible/release.py                      |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/v2.7.0rc3_summary.yaml

diff --git a/changelogs/.changes.yaml b/changelogs/.changes.yaml
index 6e808086052242..d6f0c7679cdc80 100644
--- a/changelogs/.changes.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/.changes.yaml
@@ -430,3 +430,10 @@ releases:
       strategy:
       - host_pinned
     release_date: '2018-09-13'
+  2.7.0rc3:
+    codename: In the Light
+    fragments:
+    - ec2_group_fix_target_containing_list_within_list.yaml
+    - fix_nxos_facts_indefinite_hang.yaml
+    - v2.7.0rc3_summary.yaml
+    release_date: '2018-09-20'
diff --git a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst
index 1bf874c6a41cce..465c3da793bd13 100644
--- a/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst
+++ b/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.7.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@ Ansible 2.7 "In the Light" Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v2.7.0rc3
+=========
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+| Release Date: 2018-09-20
+| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
+
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ec2_group - Sanitize the ingress and egress rules before operating on them by flattening any lists within lists describing the target CIDR(s) into a list of strings. Prior to Ansible 2.6 the ec2_group module accepted a list of strings, a list of lists, or a combination of strings and lists within a list. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/45594
+- fix nxos_facts indefinite hang for text based output (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/45845).
+
 v2.7.0rc2
 =========
 
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/v2.7.0rc3_summary.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/v2.7.0rc3_summary.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f69dd07837fe6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/v2.7.0rc3_summary.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+release_summary: |
+   | Release Date: 2018-09-20
+   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
diff --git a/lib/ansible/release.py b/lib/ansible/release.py
index 8beccd78fc7fe2..3230ccf321a3e5 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__ = '2.7.0rc2.post0'
+__version__ = '2.7.0rc3'
 __author__ = 'Ansible, Inc.'
 __codename__ = 'In the Light'