minor_changes: - inventory plugins - Inventory plugins that support caching can now use any cache plugin shipped with Ansible. deprecated_features: - inventory plugins - Inventory plugins using self.cache is deprecated and will be removed in 2.12. Inventory plugins should use self._cache as a dictionary to store results. - cache plugins - Importing cache plugins directly is deprecated and will be removed in 2.12. Cache plugins should use the cache_loader instead so cache options can be reconciled via the configuration system rather than constants.