## Published 2023-07-23 23:10 UTC (no further changes accepted) https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-110

*This week in Ansible Community*
*Issue #110, 2023-07-23 ([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 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) shared

> * 2023-07-25: [DaWGs meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/678), 15:00 UTC
> * 2023-07-26: [Community WG meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/679), 18:00 UTC (propose topics [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues))
> * 2023-07-27: [Bullhorn #111 content deadline](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/News#the-bullhorn), 18:00 UTC
> * 2023-08-14: ETA for Ansible-Core 2.14.9 and 2.15.3
> * 2023-08-15: [ETA for Ansible 8.3.0 release](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_8.html)

## GENERAL NEWS UPDATES 🔈️

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

> Following the [decision by Libera.chat](https://libera.chat/news/matrix-deportalling) to disallow portalled rooms from Matrix (see also the [response from Matrix.org here](https://matrix.org/blog/2023/07/deportalling-libera-chat/)), we will need to make changes in our Matrix rooms.
>
> The short version is that most of our Matrix rooms will need to be recreated by July 31st. Users will be shown a message in the old rooms, and a single click will take them to the new version, so the impact should be minimal. IRC users should not see any impact, this is Matrix-side.
>
> For more info & discussion, head to [this topic](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/258). Thanks!

## MAJOR NEW RELEASES 🏆️

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

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

[gotmax23](https://matrix.to/#/@gotmax:matrix.org) shared

> [Version 0.57.1](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull/blob/0.57.1/CHANGELOG.rst#v0-57-1) of antsibull, the tool used to build the `ansible` package, has been released. This is a bugfix release that fixes the retrieval of ansible-core Porting Guides now that documentation has been split out from ansible-core.

### 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.

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

> [Ansible 8.2.0 is out](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-project/c/TpEc3sVBIRM)! ❤️
>
> 💽 You can install it by running the following command or download the release tarball directly from [pypi](https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/dd/8d/cb83551686b964377110e215740a75dca253100ef57d4b11f65613c83e13/ansible-8.2.0.tar.gz):
>
> pip install ansible==8.2.0 --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!

### 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) said

> New releases: [ansible-core 2.15.2](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-devel/c/Gczt3p8DJSQ), [ansible-core 2.14.8](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-devel/c/QmBlqtX1LFQ), and [ansible-core 2.13.11](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-devel/c/MV4yiBOuXkw).

## COLLECTION UPDATES 🪄

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

> The `netapp.azure` collection [is considered unmaintained](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/234) and will be removed from Ansible 10 if no one starts maintaining it again before Ansible 10. See [the removal process for details on how this works](https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#cancelling-removal-of-an-unmaintained-collection).
>
> Please note that you can still manually install the collection with `ansible-galaxy collection install netapp.azure` even when it has been removed from Ansible.

[itsbryantp](https://matrix.to/#/@itsbryantp:matrix.org) contributed

> The IBM CICS team are happy to announce the release of the IBM z/OS CICS collection 1.1.0-beta.2 to [Ansible Galaxy](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ibm/ibm_zos_cics).
>
> This second beta in preparation for 1.1.0 adds to the set of modules providing provisioning of CICS regions. In this beta, both the [CICS global catalog](https://ansible-collections.github.io/ibm_zos_cics/modules/global_catalog.html) and [CICS local catalog](https://ansible-collections.github.io/ibm_zos_cics/modules/local_catalog.html) can be created, removed and managed.
>
> Find out more in our [dedicated beta documentation](https://ansible-collections.github.io/ibm_zos_cics/).

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

> [community.general 7.2.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-7/CHANGELOG.rst#v7-2-0) has been released wth new features and bugfixes. It also deprecates some modules that do not work anymore.

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

> The [ngine_io.vultr](https://github.com/ngine-io/ansible-collection-vultr) has been archived. Please switch to its successor, the ansible collection [vultr.cloud](https://github.com/vultr/ansible-collection-vultr/).

## HELP WANTED 🙏

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

> The community.postgresql collection community is defining their mission statement.
> Please share your ideas in the [discussion](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.postgresql/discussions/544). Any feedback would be much appreciated:)

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

> 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

## PROPOSALS - DISCUSS AND VOTE! 🗳️

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

> The [ngine_io.vultr](https://github.com/ngine-io/ansible-collection-vultr) has been archived. Additionally, it looks like it's based on the Vultr v1 API which will be shut down after August 14th, so it won't be useful / usable after this date. Please [vote](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/discussions/259) on whether we should remove it from Ansible 9 or not.

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

> As mentioned in [The Bullhorn #106](https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-106), we consider `netapp.um_info` an effectively unmaintained collection. Therefore, we've opened a community / steering committee [vote](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/discussions/261) on removing it from the Ansible 10 community package.

## COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MEETUPS 📅

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

> [Ansible Singapore](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-singapore/) is having a meetup about developer experience and Ansible content ecosystem on July 27, 2023 - [details and RSVP](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-singapore/events/294844409).

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

> The [14th Zurich Ansible meetup](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-zurich/events/294635148/) will happen on Tuesday, September 12th.

## THAT'S ALL FOR NOW!

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