Bullhorn #102 - HackMD

# Bullhorn #102 ###### tags: `bullhorn` ## Published 2023-05-16 20:15 UTC (no further changes accepted) https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-102 *A Newsletter for the Ansible Developer Community* *Issue #102, 2023-05-15 ([Past Issues](https://us19.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=56d874e027110e35dea0e03c1&id=d6635f5420))* Welcome to [The Bullhorn](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/News#the-bullhorn), our newsletter for the Ansible developer community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, you're welcome to chat with us in the [Ansible Social room on Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#social:ansible.com), and mention [`newsbot`](https://matrix.to/#/@newsbot:ansible.im) to have your news item tagged for review for the next weekly issue! ## KEY DATES ⏱️ [cybette](https://matrix.to/#/@cybette:ansible.im) said > * 2023-05-17: [Community WG meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/679), 18:00 UTC (propose topics [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues)) > * 2023-05-19: [Bullhorn #103 content deadline](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/News#the-bullhorn), 18:00 UTC > * **2023-05-22: [Ansible Community Day](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/ACD2023-Boston) at [Red Hat Summit 2023](https://www.redhat.com/en/summit)** > * 2023-05-22: ETA for Ansible-Core 2.13.10 and 2.14.6 > * 2023-05-23: [ETA for Ansible 7.6.0 release](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_7.html) > * 2023-05-23: [ETA for Ansible 8.0.0 rc1](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_8.html) > * 2023-05-23: [DaWGs meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/678), 15:00 UTC > * 2023-05-30: [ETA for Ansible 8.0.0 GA](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_8.html) ## MAJOR NEW RELEASES 🏆️ ### Ansible-Core [↗](https://github.com/ansible/ansible) ⚡️ The `ansible-core` package contains the base engine and a small subset of modules and plugins. To see what's planned for the next release, look at the [`ansible-core` roadmaps](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/roadmap/ansible_core_roadmap_index.html). [cybette](https://matrix.to/#/@cybette:ansible.im) shared > The general release of ansible-core 2.15.0 is now available! > > Important Changes: > > * Added new tech preview dnf5 module > * Added new deb822_repository module > * Multiprocessing workers have a new mechanism for prompting for user input, instead of direct stdin access > * ansible-galaxy collection install performance and reliability improvements > * ansible-test improved container compatibility with hosts using cgroup v2 > > Check out the [email announcement](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-announce/c/JvWWMWDF5AU) for more details. ### Antsibull [↗](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull) 🐂 Tooling for building the `Ansible` package and collection documentation. [felixfontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:libera.chat) shared > [antsibull-docs 2.0.0a2](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-docs/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v2-0-0a2) has been released as a hotfix for 2.0.0a1. It makes sure that the antsibull-docs dependency's version range emitted by the `sphinx-init` subcommand includes 2.0.0a2. ## PROJECT UPDATES 🛠️ [tima](https://matrix.to/#/@tappnel:matrix.org) said > The [Ansible provider for Terraform](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/ansible/ansible/latest) version 1.1 has been released. This release adds local-exec of a defined playbook that can be used with the inventory plugin in the [Ansible cloud.terraform collection](https://galaxy.ansible.com/cloud/terraform) to automate post apply automation in a more straightforward automated way. ## COLLECTION UPDATES 🪄 [felixfontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:libera.chat) shared > [community.general 7.0.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/CHANGELOG.rst) has been released with some new modules, a lot of new features, and a lot of bugfixes. Please make sure to look at least at the sections `Breaking Changes` and `Removed Features` in the changelog to figure out whether you need to change something in your roles or playbooks. [Simon Dodsley](https://matrix.to/#/@sdodsley:matrix.org) contributed > [purestorage.flasharray 1.18.0](https://github.com/Pure-Storage-Ansible/FlashArray-Collection/releases/tag/1.18.0) has been released with minor additions and bugfixes. This release also removes support for Python 2.7. [briantist](https://matrix.to/#/@briantist:libera.chat) shared > [`community.hashi_vault 5.0.0`](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.hashi_vault/releases/tag/5.0.0) has been released. See the [collection changelog](https://ansible-collections.github.io/community.hashi_vault/tag/5.0.0/collections/community/hashi_vault/docsite/CHANGELOG.html#v5-0-0) for details. [abuzachis](https://matrix.to/#/@aevelina:ansible.im) said > [amazon.aws 6.0.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/tree/6.0.0) has been released with some new plugins and features. Several bugfixes, breaking changes and deprecated features are also included. The amazon.aws collection has dropped support for botocore\<1.25.0 and boto3\<1.22.0. Support for Python 3.6 has also been dropped ([see changelog for details](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/blob/6.0.0/CHANGELOG.rst#v6-0-0)). > > [amazon.aws 5.5.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/tree/5.5.0) has been released with a number of bugfixes, new features and new modules. This is the last planned minor release prior to the release of version 6.0.0 ([see changelog for details](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/blob/5.5.0/CHANGELOG.rst#v5-5-0)). > > [amazon.aws 4.5.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/tree/4.5.0) has been released with a minor bugfix for the ec2\_vol module, some minor work on the ec2\_key module, and various documentation fixes. This is the last planned release of the 4.x series ([see changelog for details](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/blob/4.5.0/CHANGELOG.rst#v4-5-0)). > > [community.aws 6.0.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/tree/6.0.0) has been released with some new plugins and features. Several bugfixes, breaking changes and deprecated features are also included. The community.aws collection has dropped support for botocore\<1.25.0 and boto3\<1.22.0. Support for Python 3.6 has also been dropped ([see changelog for details](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/blob/6.0.0/CHANGELOG.rst#v6-0-0)). > > [community.aws 5.5.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/tree/5.5.0) has been released with a number of bugfixes for various modules, as well as new features for the ec2\_launch\_template and msk\_cluster modules. This is the last planned minor release prior to the release of version 6.0.0 ([see changelog for details](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/blob/5.5.0/CHANGELOG.rst#v5-5-0)). > > [community.aws 4.5.1](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/tree/4.5.1) has been released with a minor bugfix for the sns\_topic module as well as corrections to the documentation for various modules. This is the last planned release of the 4.x series ([see changelog for details](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/blob/4.5.1/CHANGELOG.rst#v4-5-1)). ### Maintainers [↗](https://github.com/ansible-community) 🪜 Maintainers help to run the community! [andersson007_](https://matrix.to/#/@andersson007_:matrix.org) contributed > We are happy to announce that the [community.mysql](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql) collection has found a new maintainer: Felix Hamme ([betanummeric](https://github.com/betanummeric) on GitHub/Matrix)! He's also already a maintainer of the [community.postgresql](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.postgresql) collection and has a great history of contributions in both. Thanks, Felix, and welcome to the crew!:) [andersson007_](https://matrix.to/#/@andersson007_:matrix.org) said > We are happy to announce that this time the [community.postgresql](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.postgresql) collection has found a new maintainer: Aleks Vagachev ([aleksvagachev](https://github.com/aleksvagachev) on GitHub, `aleks_vagachev` on Matrix)! He also maintain the [community.cockroachdb](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.cockroachdb) collection. Thanks, Aleks, and welcome again!:) ## HELP WANTED 🙏 [Don Naro](https://matrix.to/#/@orandon:ansible.im) contributed > Hopefully you've noticed that the "[docs.ansible.com](https://docs.ansible.com/)" landing page has a different navigation. We've updated it to focus on [user journeys](https://github.com/ansible/docsite/blob/main/data/journeys/docsite-journeys.md) so users can find support from Ansible docs more efficiently. There is still lots to do and we'd love to hear from you! Do you have ideas about new user journeys? Do you see any content gaps? Are there things you'd just like to change? Send a PR or open an issue in the [ansible/docsite](https://github.com/ansible/docsite) repo and help us keep building better content journeys for the community. [samccann](https://matrix.to/#/@samccann:ansible.im) said > Looking to help out in Ansible but not sure where to start? Take a look at some easyfix or good first issues: > * across multiple [collections](https://github.com/search?q=user%3Aansible-collections+label%3Aeasyfix%2C%22good+first+issue%22+state%3Aopen&type=Issues ) > * for all [other](https://github.com/search?q=user%3Aansible+user%3Aansible-community+label%3Aeasyfix%2C%22good+first+issue%22+state%3Aopen&type=Issues) Ansible projects ## COMMUNITY UPDATES 👂️ [steampunks](https://matrix.to/#/@xlab_steampunk:matrix.org) contributed > We are happy to share with you something we have been working on for quite some time and we are certain it will benefit the Ansible community greatly. We have prepared [complete documentation for all versions of all Ansible Collections](https://docs.steampunk.si/plugins/) that exist on Ansible Galaxy. It’s still a work in progress, but you are welcome to try it out. We hope it will be useful to you and we’ll appreciate any feedback. [lucab_it](https://matrix.to/#/@lucab_it:matrix.org) shared > “Ansible for Kubernetes By Example” book by [Luca Berton, aka “Ansible Pilot”](https://www.ansiblepilot.com/) has been published! Exclusive 20% off for the Ansible community using the ANSIBLEPILOT23 discount code during the first month via [Apress](https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4842-9285-3). Code examples are available on [GitHub](https://github.com/Apress/Ansible-for-Kubernetes-by-Example-by-Luca-Berton). ## COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MEETUPS 📅 [cybette](https://matrix.to/#/@cybette:ansible.im) contributed > Several upcoming Ansible meetups! Check out the details in the links: > * May 18 - [São Paulo](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-sao-paulo/events/293423791) - Ansible Meetup São Paulo, powered by IBM Brazil > * May 25 - [Singapore](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-singapore/events/293395648) - Ansible Meetup @ Red Hat Office - May 2023 > * May 31 - [Zürich](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-zurich/events/291951930) - 13th Ansible Meetup > * June 7 - [Québec](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-quebec/events/293303549)/[Montréal](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-montreal/events/293299027) (online) - Rencontre juin 2023 > * June 8 - [Bern](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-bern/events/292657623) - 3. Ansible Meetup Bern ## THAT'S ALL FOR NOW! Have any questions you’d like to ask, or issues you’d like to see covered? Please ask in [#social:ansible.com](https://matrix.to/#/#social:ansible.com)! See you next time!