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# Bullhorn #103
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## Published 2023-05-21 14:30 UTC (no further changes accepted) https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-103

*A Newsletter for the Ansible Developer Community*
*Issue #103, 2023-05-21 ([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

> * **2023-05-22: [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
> * 2023-05-24: [Community WG meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/679), 18:00 UTC (propose topics [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues))
> * 2023-05-30: [ETA for Ansible 8.0.0 GA](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_8.html)
> * 2023-05-30: [DaWGs meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/678), 15:00 UTC
> * 2023-05-31: [Community WG meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/679), 18:00 UTC (propose topics [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues))
> * 2023-06-01: [Bullhorn #104 content deadline](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/News#the-bullhorn), 18:00 UTC

## GENERAL NEWS UPDATES 🔈️

[Gwmngilfen](https://matrix.to/#/@gwmngilfen:ansible.im) shared

> ### Ansible Project Mission Statement - have your say!
> 
> As part of our [efforts to strengthen the community](https://ansible.github.io/community/posts/ansible_community_strategy_2023.html) this year, it seemed right to make sure that the aims of the project - as a whole - are clearly communicated.
> 
> We've been around a while, and while automation is clearly central, we have a variety of statements like ["a radically simple IT automation system"](https://github.com/ansible/ansible), ["Automation for everyone"](https://www.ansible.com/), or  ["open-source automation that is simple, flexible, and powerful"](https://docs.ansible.com/). We called out "fragmentation" in the community strategy, and this is a great example of it in action - we're not being consistent in our message.
> 
> So, we thought it might be time to ask you all - [**What does Ansible mean to you?**](https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/D8V9XXR). Give us your thoughts! We'll use the data to inform the work on making this consistent, and we'll update you on the results later in the summer.

## MAJOR NEW RELEASES 🏆️

### Antsibull [↗](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull) 🐂

Tooling for building the `Ansible` package and collection documentation.

[felixfontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:libera.chat) contributed

> [antsibull-docs 2.0.0](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-docs/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v2-0-0) has been released. It drops support for older Python versions (3.6, 3.7, and 3.8) and older Ansible/ansible-base/ansible-core versions (2.9, 2.10, 2.11, and 2.12), and has a lot of internal changes. See the changelog for more details.

### AWX Project [↗](https://github.com/ansible/awx)

AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible.

[john-westcott-iv](https://matrix.to/#/@john-westcott-iv:ansible.im) contributed

> We're happy to announce that the next release of AWX, version 22.3.0 is now available!
> Some notable features include:
> * Make `state: exists` universal in collection
> * Upgrade to Django 4.2 LTS
> 
> In addition AWX Operator version 2.2.0 has also been released!
> Some notable features include:
> * Host aliases
> * Add Docs for customizing the favicon for AWX
> * Added capability to set the rsyslog container resources 
> 
> Please see the releases pages for more details: [AWX](https://github.com/ansible/awx/releases/tag/22.3.0), [Operator](https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/releases/tag/2.2.0).

### Ansible [↗](https://github.com/ansible-collections) 📦️

The `Ansible` package includes `ansible-core` and is a batteries-included package that provides a curated set of Ansible collections. See the [Ansible roadmaps](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/ansible_roadmap_index.html) for future release plans.

[anwesha](https://matrix.to/#/@anwesha:ansible.im) shared

> [Ansible 8.0.0b1 package (Pre-Release-Feature Freeze)](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-announce/c/uSHiPHPnwqc) is here! ❤️
> 
> 💽You can install it by running the following command or download the release tarball directly from [pypi](https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/21/26/2b317a434ee561bf9495c7c7b461c2773ab6f7d0c427a19e2538592770af/ansible-8.0.0b1.tar.gz):
> 
> ```
> python3 -m pip install ansible==8.0.0b1 --user
> ```
> 
> ➡️ Check [Release Notes📦️🗒️](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst) and [Ansible 8 Porting Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_8.html) for more details!

## COLLECTION UPDATES 🪄

[resmo](https://matrix.to/#/@resmo:libera.chat) contributed

> vultr.cloud version 1.8.0 has been released. See what's changed by visiting the [changelog](https://github.com/vultr/ansible-collection-vultr/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst).

## HELP WANTED 🙏

[anwesha](https://matrix.to/#/@anwesha:ansible.im) shared

> The Ansible Community team is working on the "Meetup Organizers' Toolkit". It is a  set of resources to ease the setup and organization of meetups or similar events around Ansible. The 'Toolkit' consists of templates of different documents (emails, social media posts, event pages), checklists, ideas for talks, workshops, presentation templates, etc. [Join us](https://github.com/ansible-community/meetup/pull/9) in building the 'Toolkit' and share your valuable feedback.

[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

[andersson007_](https://matrix.to/#/@andersson007_:matrix.org) shared

> The [new collection inclusion requests](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible-inclusion/discussions/categories/new-collection-reviews) are waiting for your [reviews](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible-inclusion#review-process). Please help the community extend the package!

## PROPOSALS - DISCUSS AND VOTE! 🗳️

[mariolenz](https://matrix.to/#/@mariolenz:matrix.org) shared

> As mentioned in [The Bullhorn #98](https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-98), we consider `netapp.aws` an effectively unmaintained collection. Therefore, we've opened a community / steering committee [vote](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/discussions/229) on removing it from the Ansible 10 community package.

## COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MEETUPS 📅

[cybette](https://matrix.to/#/@cybette:ansible.im) said

> Several upcoming Ansible meetups! Check out the details in the links:
> * 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

[cybette](https://matrix.to/#/@cybette:ansible.im) contributed

> Here's a couple more Ansible meetups in June! Check out the details in the links:
> * June 15 - [Minneapolis](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-minneapolis/events/293506456) - AnsibleFest/Summit 2023 Announcements Recap
> * June 17 - [Benelux](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-benelux/events/293214195) - Ansible AAP Meetup

## 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!
