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# Bullhorn #53
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## Published 2022-04-08 10:00 UTC (no further changes accepted) https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-53

*A Newsletter for the Ansible Developer Community*
*Issue #53, 2022-04-08 ([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 developer 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

> * **2022-04-12: [Ansible Contributor Summit 2022.04](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/contrib-summit-202204)**
> * 2022-04-12: [ETA for Ansible 6.0.0 alpha1](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_6.html) - check it out live during the Contributor Summit!
> * 2022-04-13: [Community WG meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/645), 18:00 UTC (propose topics [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues))
> * 2022-04-14: [Bullhorn #54 content deadline](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/News#the-bullhorn), 18:00 UTC
> * 2022-04-25: ETA for Ansible-Core 2.12.5 and Ansible-Core 2.11.11 releases (if those releases have updates)
> * 2022-04-26: [ETA for Ansible 5.7.0 release](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_5.html)
> * 2022-05-23: [ETA for Ansible-Core 2.13 GA](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/roadmap/ROADMAP_2_13.html)
> * 2022-05-23: [End-of-life for upstream Ansible 2.9 and Ansible-base 2.10](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-announce/c/kegIH5_okmg/)
> * 2022-06-21: [ETA for Ansible 6.0.0 GA](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_6.html)

## GENERAL NEWS UPDATES 🔈️

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

> **Ansible Contributor Summit 2022.04** is happening next Tuesday! We have an amazing [list of talks](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/contrib-summit-202204/%2FcDZRJUgsRwi__7kEKlb5Uw) and are in the process of finalizing the schedule. Check out the [event page](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/contrib-summit-202204), including details on the various [updates and discussions](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/contrib-summit-202204/%2FcDZRJUgsRwi__7kEKlb5Uw%23Talks) on all the projects/topics associated with Ansible and the community.
> 
> [Join](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/contrib-summit-202204/%2F-JfWR98UTgOEKL7IDIXbKQ) us on **[April 12, 2022 (Tuesday)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/community/main/meetings/ical/contribsummit202204.ics)** from **12:00 UTC** in the [Main Conference Room](https://matrix.to/#/#summit:ansible.com) in Matrix ([#ansible-conf](https://web.libera.chat/#ansible-conf) on IRC), and feel free to drop by the [Ansible Social Room](https://matrix.to/#/#social:ansible.com) ([#ansible-social](https://web.libera.chat/#ansible-social) on IRC) anytime before or during the event to say hi and chat with the community!

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

> John Barker (Matrix/GitHub: gundalow) has been elected by the Steering Committee as its chairperson for the year 2022-2023! Join us in congratulating Gundalow as being selected as the chairperson🎉

## MAJOR NEW RELEASES 🏆️

### 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.

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

> Ansible 5.6.0 has been released! It includes updates to 29 collections and adds a new one: [community.sap](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.sap). View the announcement [here](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-announce/c/hbjjROVq5dA) and the changelog [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/5/CHANGELOG-v5.rst). Thank you to everyone who contributed to the release and happy automating!

## COLLECTION UPDATES 🪄

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

> [community.aws 3.2.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/tree/3.2.0) has been released with some new features and bugfixes ([see changelog for details](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/blob/3.2.0/CHANGELOG.rst#v3-2-0)).

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

> [amazon.aws 3.2.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/tree/3.2.0) has been released with some new features and bugfixes ([see changelog for details](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/blob/3.2.0/CHANGELOG.rst)).

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

> community.general 4.7.0 ([changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-4/CHANGELOG.rst#v4-7-0)) and 3.8.6 ([changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-3/CHANGELOG.rst#v3-8-6)) have been released with new features and bugfixes.

## PROPOSALS - DISCUSS AND VOTE! 🗳️

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

> Hi Community🎉, in our last Contributor Summit, we talked about "Ansible Badges" which is a new initiative and with that, we want to value and recognise the achievements of our contributors by providing Digital Credentials. To start things off, we designed a couple of badge icons for the Meetup category and are looking forward to your input here: https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-badges/discussions/3

## COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MEETUPS 📅

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

> Join [London virtual meetup on 19th April 2022](https://www.meetup.com/Ansible-London/events/284846000/) and hear about ansible-lint's future, deploying an OpenStack infrastructure with Ansible, and migration from Puppet to Ansible.

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

> We'll have our first Ansible Montreal meetup in person since the beginning of the pandemic! Presentations will be in French and available in streaming if you can't make it. Sign up here for the April 21 meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Ansible-Montreal/events/284804996/

## 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!
