Bullhorn #115 - HackMD

# Bullhorn #115 ###### tags: `bullhorn` ## Published 2023-09-11 09:30 UTC (no further changes accepted) https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-115 *This week in Ansible Community* *Issue #115, 2023-09-11 ([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) shared > * 2023-09-11: ETA for Ansible-Core 2.13.12, 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) > * 2023-09-12: [DaWGs meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/678), 15:00 UTC > * 2023-09-13: [Community WG meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/679), 18:00 UTC (propose topics [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues)) > * 2023-09-14: [Bullhorn #116 content deadline](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/News#the-bullhorn), 18:00 UTC > * 2023-09-18: [ansible-core feature freeze, stable-2.16 branch created](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_9.html) > * **2023-09-20: [Ansible Community Day, Berlin 2023](https://ansible-community-day-berlin-2023.eventbrite.com/)** > * **2023-10-19: [Ansible Contributor Summit 2023.10](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/cs202310-planning)** ## GENERAL NEWS UPDATES 🔈️ [Gwmngilfen](https://matrix.to/#/@gwmngilfen:ansible.im) contributed > ## Welcome to the new Ansible Community Forum > > **It's time!** [Sign up here](https://forum.ansible.com/signup?) 🚀 > > As has been discussed over the past 6+ months, the new [Ansible Community Forum](https://forum.ansible.com/) is live! The wider announcement will go out later on Monday, but you lovely readers get to hear about it now - please [come on in](https://forum.ansible.com/signup?)! > > We're aiming big, to create a place for the **whole ecosystem** to gather and _discuss_ topics of interest, get _help_, find out about _events_, and **get involved**. With powerful tagging, filtering, notification options, and search, you should be able to set this up to track the topics _you_ care about and want to participate in (and since this is a newsletter - yes, that works over email too, check for the X-Discourse-\* headers 😛). > > This forum will be a major step towards tackling the fragmentation we've talked about in [previous discussions](https://ansible.github.io/community/posts/ansible_community_strategy_2023.html), giving us a _single place_ to talk Ansible (something many of you have asked about when getting started yourselves). There's more to say here, but I'll save the ways in which we're planning to make use of this for future posts. > > However, that's only going to work if **you** (yes, you) come and use it. So grab an account, [say hello](https://forum.ansible.com/t/introduce-yourself/15), [add some tags to watch](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gwmngilfen/preferences/tracking), and set a reminder to check back later ⏰. For those of you looking for something to dive right into, here's a few suggestions: > > * The [new community website wireframes](https://forum.ansible.com/t/wireframes-for-the-new-ansible-com-community-powered-website/90) could use some feedback > * We've been [working on our mission statement](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-mission-statement-brainstorming-time/176), maybe you have an opinion? > * [Looking for a Meetup](https://forum.ansible.com/c/events/8)? Or want to start one? Look here! > * And, of course, answers to [Open #Help requests](https://forum.ansible.com/search?expanded=false&q=%23help%20status%3Aunsolved%20status%3Aopen) are very welcome 🙂 > > We look forward to getting to know you! Onwards! 🎉 [cybette](https://matrix.to/#/@cybette:ansible.im) said > ### Ansible Community Day, Berlin 2023 > > Thanks to everyone who've submitted presentations! You can find the selected and confirmed talks [here](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-community-day-berlin-2023/19/6). > > 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! ## COLLECTION UPDATES 🪄 [Helen Bailey](https://matrix.to/#/@hbailey:matrix.org) said > [amazon.aws 6.4.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/tree/6.4.0) has been released with a new module named amazon.aws.ec2_key_info, some documentation improvements, new features and bugfixes (see [changelog for details](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/blob/6.4.0/CHANGELOG.rst#v6-4-0)). > > [amazon.aws 5.5.4](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/tree/5.5.4) has been released with documentation updates including updated documentation relating to secure use of the ec2\_key module (see [changelog for details](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/blob/5.5.4/CHANGELOG.rst#v5-5-4)). ## PROPOSALS - DISCUSS AND VOTE! 🗳️ [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) shared > There is a [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). ## 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 ## COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MEETUPS 📅 [cybette](https://matrix.to/#/@cybette:ansible.im) said > Join [Ansible Zürich](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-zurich/) on September 12 to hear about "Encrypting Ansible secrets with SOPS", "Integration Ansible + Terraform", and "Ansible Architecture" - [details and RSVP](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-zurich/events/294635148). ## 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!