# Bullhorn #37 ###### tags: `bullhorn` ## Published 2021-11-06 06:30 UTC (no further changes accepted) https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-37 ## The Bullhorn *A Newsletter for the Ansible Developer Community* *Issue #37, 2021-11-04 ([Past Issues](https://us19.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=56d874e027110e35dea0e03c1&id=d6635f5420))* Welcome to the Bullhorn, our newsletter for the Ansible developer community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, please reach out to us at the-bullhorn@redhat.com, or comment on this [GitHub issue](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/546). Take a look at the "Community Update" torwards the end of this edition for a new way of sharing news/content! ### KEY DATES * 2021-11-08: ETA for Ansible-Core 2.11.7 and Ansible-Base 2.10.16 releases * 2021-11-08: [ETA for Ansible-Core 2.12.0 GA release](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/roadmap/ROADMAP_2_12.html) * 2021-11-10: [community IRC meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/539), 18:00 UTC (propose topics [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues)) * 2021-11-11: [D&I working group meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/577), 19:00 UTC * 2021-11-16: [Bullhorn #38 content deadline](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/546) * 2021-11-17: [community IRC meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/539), 18:00 UTC (check possible new time [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/48)) * 2021-11-23: [ETA for Ansible 4.9.0 release](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_4.html) * 2021-11-30: [ETA for Ansible 5.0.0 GA release](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_5.html) ## General News Updates [dmsimard](https://matrix.to/#/@dmsimard:matrix.org) says > Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10 EOL have been announced for May 23, 2022: https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-announce/c/kegIH5_okmg/ [gundalow](https://github.com/gundalow) reports > **Python 2.6 support for modules** > > We've just merged a guard preventing the use of Python 2.6 for executing modules into `ansible.module_utils.basic` for devel/2.13. > > The `milestone` branch won't be advanced to include this until tentatively 2021 Dec 13. ## Major New Releases ### Ansible [↗](https://github.com/ansible-collections) **Ansible** is the full-fat package containing Ansible Core & the Community Collections [dmsimard](https://matrix.to/#/@dmsimard:matrix.org) says > Ansible 4.8.0 has been released: https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-announce/c/at_Cjdu-gh4 [dmsimard](https://matrix.to/#/@dmsimard:matrix.org) reports > Ansible 5.0.0a3 is available for testing: https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-devel/c/gm4oSevkabo ### DevTools [↗](https://github.com/ansible/vscode-ansible) VScode extension, language server, linter, molecule, runner, navigator and potentially other development goodies [ssbarnea](https://matrix.to/#/@ssbarnea:matrix.org) reports > [vscode extension 0.6.1](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=redhat.ansible) is out https://github.com/ansible/vscode-ansible/discussions/297 -- we will have weekly releases (when having something to release). ### Antsibull [↗](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull) Tooling for building various things related to ansible [felixfontein](https://github.com/felixfontein) says > antsibull 0.39.0 has been released. ## Collection Updates [briantist](https://github.com/briantist) reports > [`community.hashi_vault` version `1.4.1` has been released with new content, bugfixes (including one for `aws_iam_login` auth), and a deprecation](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.hashi_vault/releases/tag/1.4.1). [Gwmngilfen (work)](https://matrix.to/#/@gwmngilfen:ansible.im) says > community.routeros 2.0.0 released > > A new major release with breaking changes in the behavior of community.routeros.command and community.routeros.api. > > See [the release notes](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst) for all changes. [Gwmngilfen (work)](https://matrix.to/#/@gwmngilfen:ansible.im) reports > community.crypto 1.9.6 has been released (with a bugfix) [felixfontein](https://github.com/felixfontein) says > community.crypto 2.0.0 has been released! > > community.general 3.8.1 has been released > community.genreal 4.0.0 has been released ## Community Updates [cybette](https://matrix.to/#/@cybette:ansible.im) reports > ### Live News Reporting > > We're trying out a new way to report news! If you have _anything_ to share about what you've been up to with Ansible lately, at any time, simply hop into [#social:ansible.com](https://matrix.to/#/#social:ansible.com) and leave a message, tagging [newsbot](https://matrix.to/#/@newsbot:ansible.im). Your update will then be included in the next edition of the Bullhorn (pending editor approval, of course). > > The intention here is to drive discussion around the news - while we have the [GitHub issue](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/546) for logging news, we felt it was a little dry. The Ansible community is a vibrant place, and we want to make it possible for others to comment easily on the news, give feedback, ask questions and so forth. > > The newsbot only listens in [#social:ansible.com](https://matrix.to/#/#social:ansible.com) because we want to make it the place to discuss anything Ansible related, rather than fragmenting the news over many channels. We hope this is a low-effort way of getting the word out about your new release, new project, blog post, event, or anything Ansible-related. > > Feel free to ask myself or [Gwmngilfen](https://matrix.to/#/@gwmngilfen:ansible.im) questions, and you can view a more detailed README [in the repo](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible.im/blob/main/bots/README.md). [Gwmngilfen (work)](https://matrix.to/#/@gwmngilfen:ansible.im) says > If you want to see how this works with a room that is used to it, check out [#twim:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#twim:matrix.org) and the resulting posts at https://matrix.org/blog/category/this-week-in-matrix [cybette](https://matrix.to/#/@cybette:ansible.im) says > Please take the [Contributor Survey](https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GSMSG7K) (whether or not you attended the Contributor Summit, we'd love your feedback!) ## 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!