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# Bullhorn #124
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## Published 2023-12-11 12:15 UTC (no further changes accepted) https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-124

*This week in Ansible Community*
*Issue #124, 2023-12-11 ([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

> * 2023-12-11: [ETA for Ansible-Core 2.16.2, 2.15.8, and 2.14.13](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-announce/c/LSZW2qILvbk)
> * 2023-12-12: [DaWGs meeting](https://forum.ansible.com/t/documentation-working-group-agenda/153), 16:00 UTC
> * 2023-12-13: [Community WG meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/679), 19:00 UTC
> * 2023-12-14: [Bullhorn #125 content deadline](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/News#the-bullhorn), 18:00 UTC

## GENERAL NEWS UPDATES 🔈️

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

> ### Ansible community package release schedule
> 
> From now on, the Ansible community package release schedule will follow the Ansible Core release schedule, including (for example) delays for holidays. This means Ansible releases happen every four weeks through most of the year, but release dates may be delayed when Ansible Core release is. For the upcoming holiday season, this means that there will be no Ansible release in early January, but instead on January 30th.

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

> ### Redirecting the ecosystem page! Your feedback is requested!
> 
> As part of the continuing work on [Ansible ecosystem documentation](https://ansible.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ecosystem.html) we're planning to redirect the [ecosystem page](https://docs.ansible.com/ecosystem.html) from "docs.ansible.com" to "ansible.readthedocs.io". This redirect will remove the duplicate listing of ecosystem projects and create a single place for all ecosystem content.
> 
> Before we add the redirect we'd like to get your feedback. Please leave a comment on the [pull request](https://github.com/ansible/docsite/pull/197) or head over to the [docs channel on Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#docs:ansible.com) and let us know your thoughts.

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

> ### Ansible Working Group meeting calendar
> 
> The shared Ansible Working Group ICS meeting file has moved [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/meetings). Please update your calendars to use this new location! See details in the project README.

## 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

> [antsibull-docs 2.6.0](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-docs/releases/tag/2.6.0) has been released with a fix for `EXAMPLES` parsing and error message improvements.

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

> [antsibull-core 2.2.0](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-core/releases/tag/2.2.0) has been released! The release declares official support for Python 3.12 and contains some improvements to the `subprocess_util` module.

### 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 9.1.0 is out](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-9-1-0/2764) ❤️
> 
> 💽You can install it by running the following command or download the release tarball directly from [pypi](https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/eb/ab/e6993e1608fa911ee84dd0f29f494064f3b7f4a277f99608c9421a7a5ed4/ansible-9.1.0.tar.gz):
> 
> ```
> python3 -m pip install ansible==9.1.0 --user
> ```
> 
> ➡️ Check [Release Notes📦️🗒️](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/9/CHANGELOG-v9.rst) and [Ansible 9 Porting Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_9.html) for more details!

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

> [Ansible 8.7.0 is out](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-8-7-0/2770) ❤️
> 
> 💽You can install it by running the following command or download the release tarball directly from [pypi](https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/90/25/55e09468efe564f3b48c47a7e082bd84d4f0d064af60ac8458eba4667994/ansible-8.7.0.tar.gz):
> 
> ```
> python3 -m pip install ansible==8.7.0 --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 [2.15.7](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-devel/c/l-TJH0tzX9k) and [2.16.1](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-devel/c/JgCVOq7xSws).

## PROJECT UPDATES 🛠️

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

AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible. Join the AWX discussion in the [Ansible Community Forum](https://forum.ansible.com/tag/awx).

[thedoubl3j](https://matrix.to/#/@thedoubl3j:ansible.im) said

> We're happy to announce that the next release of AWX, version 23.5.1 is now available!
> 
> In addition AWX Operator version 2.9.0 has also been released!
> Some notable features include:
> * Add option to force drop database before restore
> * Bump Ansible Operator SDK version to 1.32.0 for OS updates
> 
> Please see the releases pages for more details: [AWX](https://github.com/ansible/awx/releases/tag/23.5.1), [Operator](https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/releases/tag/2.9.0).

### Ansible Community Execution Environment

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

> We’re happy to announce the release of the
> 
> *Ansible Community Execution Environment Minimal 2.16.1-1 (Latest)*
> *Ansible Community Execution Environment Minimal 2.15.7-1*
> 
> To find out what's inside the container images and how to get them, please refer to the [annoucement post on the forum](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-ee-base-minimal/2817).

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

> We’re happy to announce the release of the
> 
> *Ansible Community Execution Environment Base 2.16.1-2 (Latest)*
> *Ansible Community Execution Environment Base 2.15.7-1*
> 
> To find out what's inside the container images and how to get them, please refer to the [annoucement post on the forum](https://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-ee-base-minimal/2817).

## COLLECTION UPDATES 🪄

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

> It looks like the [netapp.storagegrid](https://github.com/ansible-collections/netapp.storagegrid) collection is effectively unmaintained. According to the current [community guidelines for collections](https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/blob/main/removal_from_ansible.rst#unmaintained-collections), we consider removing it in a future version of the Ansible community package. Please see [Unmaintained collection: netapp.storagegrid](https://forum.ansible.com/t/unmaintained-collection-netapp-storagegrid) for more information or to announce that you're interested in taking over the maintenance of (a fork of) `netapp.storagegrid`.
> 
> At least one month after this announcement appears here and in the [collection's issue tracker](https://github.com/ansible-collections/netapp.storagegrid/issues/22), the Ansible Community Steering Committee will vote on whether this collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed, or whether it will be kept. If it will be removed, this will happen earliest in Ansible 11. Please note that you can still manually install the collection with `ansible-galaxy collection install netapp.storagegrid` even when it has been removed from Ansible.

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

> vultr.cloud 1.11.0 has been released with new features and bugfixes. See the [changelog](https://github.com/vultr/ansible-collection-vultr/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v1110) for more details.

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

> [community.routeros 2.11.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v2-11-0) has been released with new features for the API modules.

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

> [community.general 8.1.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-8/CHANGELOG.rst#v8-1-0) has been released with new features and bugfixes, and multiple new plugins and modules.

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

> Major release for the following network and security collections are out:
> 
> ansible.utils 3.0.0, ansible.netcommon 6.0.0, cisco.ios 6.0.0, cisco.iosxr 7.0.0, cisco.nxos 6.0.0, arista.eos 7.0.0, junipernetwork.junos 6.0.0, cisco.asa 5.0.0, ibm.qradar 3.0.0, trendmicro.deepsec 3.0.0, ansible.yang 2.0.0, splunk.es 3.0.0, ansible.network 3.0.0, ansible.security 2.0.0, network.base 5.0.0, network.acls 2.0.0, network.interfaces 4.0.0, network.telemetry 2.0.0, network.vpn 3.0.0, network.bgp 5.0.0, network.ospf 4.0.0, ansible.snmp 2.0.0.
> 
> You can refer the GitHub release page for details on the respective collections.

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

> [community.docker 3.5.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v3-5-0) has been released. It contains multiple bugfixes related to the release of Docker SDK for Python 7.0.0, which happens to be incompatible with docker-compose v1 that the `community.docker.docker_compose` module is using. The `community.docker.docker_container` module now has better `platform` support: the module tries to apply the same normalization to the `platform` string that's done by Docker daemon itself, which improves idempotency when the option is used. Also the default `ignore` of `community.docker.docker_container`'s `image_name_mismatch` option has been deprecated, it will switch to `recreate` in community.docker 4.0.0. A deprecation warning is emitted in situations where the behavior will change. The new behavior will be closer to what users expect, but can cause unwanted restarts.

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

> [amazon.aws 7.1.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/tree/7.1.0) has been released with some new features and several bugfixes (see [changelog for details](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/blob/7.1.0/CHANGELOG.rst#v7-1-0)).
> 
> [amazon.aws 6.5.1](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/tree/6.5.1) has been released with several bugfixes. (see [changelog for details](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/blob/6.5.1/CHANGELOG.rst#v6-5-1)).

## PROPOSALS - DISCUSS AND VOTE! 🗳️

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

> The Steering Committee is discussing efforts to more thoroughly test collections within the Ansible package. See the [forum topic](https://forum.ansible.com/t/testing-collections-within-the-ansible-package/2455) for more information and feel free to chime in!

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

> The [Ansible community slogan poll](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-community-slogan/2514/9) has been opened! To get the context, see the topic's description. Please help the community choose the best slogan!

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

> The Steering Committee is discussing extending the Ansible 9 release cycle from 6 months to 1 year. See the [forum topic](https://forum.ansible.com/t/maintain-ansible-9-for-longer-than-6-months/2574) for more information, and feel free to chime in! We are especially interested in hearing from collection maintainers.

## 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!