Bullhorn #114 - HackMD

# Bullhorn #114 ###### tags: `bullhorn` ## Published 2023-09-01 18:15 UTC (no further changes accepted) https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-114 *This week in Ansible Community* *Issue #114, 2023-08-31 ([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 > * 2023-09-05: [DaWGs meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/678), 15:00 UTC > * 2023-09-06: [Community WG meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/679), 18:00 UTC (propose topics [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues)) > * 2023-09-07: [Infra config as Code office hours](https://github.com/redhat-cop/controller_configuration/issues/669), 13:00 UTC > * 2023-09-07: [Bullhorn #115 content deadline](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/News#the-bullhorn), 18:00 UTC > * 2023-09-11: ETA for Ansible-Core 2.14.10 and 2.15.4 > * 2023-09-12: [ETA for Ansible 8.4.0 release](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_8.html) > * **2023-09-20: [Ansible Community Day, Berlin 2023](https://ansible-community-day-berlin-2023.eventbrite.com/)** ## GENERAL NEWS UPDATES 🔈️ [cybette](https://matrix.to/#/@cybette:ansible.im) said > ### Ansible Community Day, Berlin 2023 > > [Call for Proposals](https://www.papercall.io/ansible-community-day-berlin-2023) for the event closes on **Sept 4 at 23:59 UTC**! We have received some excellent proposals (thank you for all the submissions!) and we have room for a couple more. Please get your proposals in asap! > > If you haven't yet registered, we'd appreciate you doing it soon on [Eventbrite](https://ansible-community-day-berlin-2023.eventbrite.com/) so we can coordinate the space and refreshments accordingly. Looking forward to connecting with the community on **Sept 20**! [cybette](https://matrix.to/#/@cybette:ansible.im) contributed > ### Ansible Contributor Summit 2023.10 > > Ansible Contributor Summit 2023.10 will be held on the first day of Sprints at [DjangoCon US 2023](https://2023.djangocon.us/) on **October 19**, where participants will be able to join both in-person (in **Durham, NC, USA**) and online. Please take a look at the initial details [here](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/cs202310-planning) and propose your topics! ## MAJOR NEW RELEASES 🏆️ ### AWX Project [↗](https://github.com/ansible/awx) AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible. [Lila Yasin](https://matrix.to/#/@lyasin:matrix.org) contributed > We're happy to announce that [AWX Version 23.0.0](https://github.com/ansible/awx/releases/tag/23.0.0) is now available! We're happy to announce that [AWX Operator version 2.5.2](https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/releases/tag/2.5.2) is now available! ## PROJECT UPDATES 🛠️ [nilashish](https://matrix.to/#/@nilashish:matrix.org) said > We are working on a new Ansible Content scaffolding tool - ansible-creator, which is currently available in [this repo](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-creator). This is intended to consolidate all our previous efforts around this topic. Please try it out and share your feedback! ## COLLECTION UPDATES 🪄 [betanummeric](https://matrix.to/#/@betanummeric:matrix.org) contributed > The `community.postgresql` collection released a new version: [3.2.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.postgresql/releases/tag/3.2.0). [Sean Sullivan](https://matrix.to/#/@ssulliva:matrix.org) said > [infra.controller_configuration 2.5.1](https://github.com/redhat-cop/controller_configuration/releases/tag/2.5.1) 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. [resmo](https://matrix.to/#/@resmo:matrix.org) said > I am pleased to announce the new release of [vultr.cloud](https://galaxy.ansible.com/vultr/cloud) in version 1.9.0, which brings support for bare metal servers and VPC 2.0. [Sean Sullivan](https://matrix.to/#/@ssulliva:matrix.org) said > [infra.ah_configuration 2.0.2](https://github.com/ansible/galaxy_collection/releases/tag/2.0.2) has been released. This Ansible collection allows for easy interaction with an Galaxy NG or Ansible Automation Hub via Ansible modules and roles. > > Visit [the collection repo](https://github.com/ansible/galaxy_collection) for more information and updates. [mariolenz](https://matrix.to/#/@mariolenz:matrix.org) contributed > As mentioned in [The Bullhorn #113](https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-113), we've opened a community / steering committee vote on declaring `ngine_io.exoscale` an effectively [unmaintained collection](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/255) and remove it from the Ansible 10 community package. Since then, there has been [a new release](https://github.com/ngine-io/ansible-collection-exoscale/releases/tag/v1.1.0). As a result, the vote ended with the decision to **keep the collection in the community package**. [mariolenz](https://matrix.to/#/@mariolenz:matrix.org) contributed > The `hpe.nimble` collection [is considered unmaintained](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/254) 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 hpe.nimble` even when it has been removed from Ansible. [mariolenz](https://matrix.to/#/@mariolenz:matrix.org) shared > The [community.azure](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.azure) collection has been archived and is officially unmaintained. Therefore, it will be [removed from Ansible 10](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/263). > > There is already a successor collection, [azure.azcollection](https://github.com/ansible-collections/azure), in the community package which should cover the same functionality. ## PROPOSALS - DISCUSS AND VOTE! 🗳️ [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) shared > There is a [new community vote](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/discussions/271) on a new policy for community.general on which ansible-core versions will be supported in new major releases. Basically support for ansible-core versions will be dropped if they were EOL at least a few weeks before the major release. For the upcoming community.general 8.0.0, that means that it will drop support for ansible-core 2.11 and 2.12 and require at least ansible-core 2.13. Details can be found in the [associated issue](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/245#issuecomment-1601585504). ## COMMUNITY UPDATES 👂️ ### Maintainers [↗](https://github.com/ansible-community) 🪜 Maintainers help to run the community! [mariolenz](https://matrix.to/#/@mariolenz:matrix.org) shared > The [community.vmware](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware) collection has a new maintainer. Welcome on board **[ihumster](https://github.com/ihumster)**! [andersson007_](https://matrix.to/#/@andersson007_:matrix.org) said > The community would like to thank **Mario Lenz, aka [mariolenz](https://github.com/mariolenz)** on GitHub / Matrix, for his great and long-term effort in identifying unmaintained collections in the Ansible community package, arranging related discussions, and votes. > > As a result, some collections get maintained again and some, often broken or irrelevant, get out of the package. > > All that makes the package "healthier" and user experience better. **Thank you, Mario!** ## COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MEETUPS 📅 [nilashish](https://matrix.to/#/@nilashish:matrix.org) contributed > The next Ansible Meetup at Kolkata, India is happening on **2nd September, 2023**! 🎉 Agenda and RSVP details can be found [here](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-kolkata/events/295504178/). [Sean Sullivan](https://matrix.to/#/@ssulliva:matrix.org) contributed > The Infra config as Code collection group will have a Public Office hours meeting on **Sept 7th at 9am EST/1pm UTC**. This meeting is held the first Thursday of every month. Details [here](https://github.com/redhat-cop/controller_configuration/issues/669). > > These collections are used to manage AAP Controller/AWX, Hub/GalaxyNG and build Execution Environments. > > If you have any questions that you want to ask, or topics to discuss, feel free to post them on the issue. ## 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!