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# Bullhorn #112
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## Published 2023-08-11 18:30 UTC (no further changes accepted) https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-112

*This week in Ansible Community*
*Issue #112, 2023-08-11 ([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) contributed

> * 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)
> * 2023-08-15: [DaWGs meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/678), 15:00 UTC
> * 2023-08-16: [Community WG meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/679), 18:00 UTC (propose topics [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues))
> * 2023-08-17: [Bullhorn #113 content deadline](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/News#the-bullhorn), 18:00 UTC
> * **2023-09-20: [Ansible Community Day, Berlin 2023](https://ansible-community-day-berlin-2023.eventbrite.com/)**

## GENERAL NEWS UPDATES 🔈️

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

> ### IRC / Matrix bridge disabled
> 
> In [Bullhorn 110](https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-110) I shared the plan for migrating the Libera/Matrix rooms to a new configuration.
> 
> Sadly, the situation has deteriorated further (see [Libera's post](https://libera.chat/news/temporarily-disabling-the-matrix-bridge) and the [Matrix.org take](https://matrix.org/blog/2023/08/libera-bridge-disabled/)) and for the time being the bridge is now entirely offline.
> 
> This is clearly not good for us. Our Matrix adoption has gone fairly well, roughly 70% of daily users are now using Matrix in most rooms, but our largest room (#users:ansible.com / #ansible) is still quite IRC-focussed, and that room brings the overall average down to about 55% Matrix. We can't really pick one side over the other when we're so close to a 50/50 split. In addition, the current meeting bot (zodbot) is IRC based, which means logged meetings need to use it.
> 
> To address this, we're doing two things. Firstly, there is a relaybot available for relaying messages between the two networks. This is obviously far less readble/usable than the bridge, but at least it allows people to communicate. This is deployed on [#social:ansible.com](https://matrix.to/#/#social:ansible.com), [#docs:ansible.com](https://matrix.to/#/#docs:ansible.com) and [#community:ansible.com](https://matrix.to/#/#community:ansible.com) for now - please contact me if you want it in your room as well.
> 
> Second, we are working on a Matrix-native version of zodbot to run our meetings, which should also be more usable across the relay. I'm working with Fedora to develop this, since they have the same problem, and you can see some of the discussion at [Pagure](https://pagure.io/cpe/initiatives-proposal/issue/29).
> 
> We hope the bridge will return, but at this point it doesn't look like a short downtime, so these measures will have to do for now. I will revisit this topic in a few weeks to see where we're at.

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

> ### Ansible Community Day, Berlin 2023
> 
> The next **Ansible Community Day** will be happening in Europe! It will be held on Wednesday Sept. 20, 2023. If you'd like to attend, please check [Eventbrite for more details and registration](https://ansible-community-day-berlin-2023.eventbrite.com/).
> 
> We are looking for talks and presentations. If you have something interesting to share with the Ansible Community users and contributors, please respond to this [Call for Proposals](https://www.papercall.io/ansible-community-day-berlin-2023) by August 27. Ping [me on matrix](https://matrix.to/#/@cybette:ansible.im) if you have questions or would like to discuss more. Look forward to hearing from you!

## MAJOR NEW RELEASES 🏆️

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

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

[Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) said

> [antsibull-changelog 0.23.0](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-changelog/blob/0.23.0/CHANGELOG.rst#v0-23-0) has been released with some new features. It allows to write specific changelog entries to files to ease release automation.

## COLLECTION UPDATES 🪄

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

> The `netapp.um_info` collection [is considered unmaintained](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/244) 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.um_info` even when it has been removed from Ansible.

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

> [amazon.aws 6.3.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/tree/6.3.0) has been released with some new features and several bugfixes (see [changelog for details](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/blob/6.3.0/CHANGELOG.rst#v6-3-0)).
> 
> 
> [community.aws 6.2.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/tree/6.2.0) has been released with some new features for the community.aws.ec2\_vpc\_vpn and community.aws.api\_gateway modules (see [changelog for details](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/blob/6.2.0/CHANGELOG.rst#v6-2-0)).

[Sean Sullivan](https://matrix.to/#/@ssulliva:matrix.org) said

> infra.controller_configuration 2.5.0 has been released. This Ansible collection allows for easy interaction with an AWX or Ansible Controller server via Ansible roles using the AWX/Controller collection modules.
> 
> Visit the [collection repo](https://github.com/redhat-cop/controller_configuration/) for more information and updates.

## HELP WANTED 🙏

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

> 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) shared

> The [community.azure](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.azure) collection is officially unmaintained and has been archived. Please [vote](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/discussions/264) on whether we should remove it from Ansible 10 or not.

## COMMUNITY UPDATES 👂️

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

> If you missed our session at the Ansible Community Day at Red Hat Summit 2023, you can now explore the impact of AI on creating high-quality, secure, and reliable production-ready Ansible Playbooks, along with the pivotal role that playbook scanning tools play in the process, [in our new webinar.](https://steampunk.si/webinars-training/ai-powered-ansible-playbooks/)

## COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MEETUPS 📅

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

> [Ansible Minneapolis](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-minneapolis/) is having a meetup on "Using Ansible to automate edge site infrastructure at scale" presented by Nick Thompson from WWT on August 17, 2023 - [details and RSVP](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-minneapolis/events/294882372).
> 
> Join [Ansible Atlanta](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-atlanta/) on August 24 to hear about "Integrating ServiceNow with AAP" from Ben Forrester - [details and RSVP](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-atlanta/events/294864137).

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

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

## 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!
