# Bullhorn #98
###### tags: `bullhorn`

## Published 2023-04-17 09:00 UTC (no further changes accepted) https://mailchi.mp/redhat/the-bullhorn-98

*A Newsletter for the Ansible Developer Community*
*Issue #98, 2023-04-16 ([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) contributed

> * 2023-04-18: [DaWGs meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/678), 15:00 UTC
> * 2023-04-19: [Community WG meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/679), 18:00 UTC (propose topics [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues))
> * 2023-04-20: [Bullhorn #99 content deadline](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/News#the-bullhorn), 18:00 UTC
> * 2023-04-24: ETA for Ansible-Core 2.14.5 and 2.15.0rc1
> * 2023-04-25: [ETA for Ansible 7.5.0 release](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_7.html)
> * 2023-05-02: [Another Ansible 8.0.0 alpha release](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_8.html)
> * 2023-05-15: [Last day for collections to make backwards incompatible releases that will be accepted into Ansible-8](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_8.html)

## GENERAL NEWS UPDATES 🔈️

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

> ### Do you want a FontAwesome Ansible icon? Vote here!
>
> We're trying to get Ansible added to the well-known FontAwesome library! In fact, there's been a request open since **2015** for this, but it's never quite caught the attention of the FontAwesome developers - so we're trying to give it a bit of love.
>
> If you have a GitHub account, and think we should have a FontAwesome icon (so you can display it on your website, obviously 😁) then please [upvote here](https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/issues/5938)!

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

> ### Website Working Group
>
> We welcome you to review the new [Ansible Community website concept](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/new-website-concept) and give us some feedback! You can comment in the HackMD note, or drop by the [Website WG Matrix room](https://matrix.to/#/#website:ansible.com) and chat with us. Look forward to hearing from you!

## MAJOR NEW RELEASES 🏆️

### 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) contributed

> New release beta: [ansible-core 2.15.0b2](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-devel/c/K_csAIEXIkE)

### Antsibull [↗](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull) 🐂

Tooling for building the `Ansible` package and collection documentation.

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

> Version 0.55.0 of antsibull, the tool used to build the `ansible` package, has been released ([changelog](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v0-55-0)). This release contains new features, other improvements, a new build system, and a deprecation.

### 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) said

> [Ansible 8.0.0a1 is out!](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-announce/c/MPRZTafDerA) ❤️
>
> 💽You can install it by running the following command or download the release tarball directly from [pypi](https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-8.0.0a1.tar.gz):
> ```
> pip install ansible==8.0.0a1 --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!

## COLLECTION UPDATES 🪄

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

> [community.crypto 2.12.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v2-12-0) has been released with a new option `asn1_base64` for the `community.crypto.get_certificate` module. This option allows to control whether the ASN.1 returned for X.509 extensions is Base64 encoded or not. So far the contents were not Base64-encoded, which can cause problems with callback plugins in ansible-core 2.14+. The current default (not using Base64) will eventually be deprecated and changed.

[Simon Dodsley](https://matrix.to/#/@sdodsley:matrix.org) contributed

> [purestorage.fusion 1.4.2](https://github.com/Pure-Storage-Ansible/Fusion-Collection/releases/tag/1.4.2) has been released.

[hsaito](https://matrix.to/#/@saito-hideki:matrix.org) shared

> ansible.posix collection [version 1.5.2](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/blob/1.5.2/CHANGELOG.rst) has been released. This release contains new jsonl callback plugin, and other improvements.

[Simon Dodsley](https://matrix.to/#/@sdodsley:matrix.org) shared

> [purestorage.flashblade 1.11.0](https://github.com/Pure-Storage-Ansible/FlashBlade-Collection/releases/tag/1.11.0) has been released. This release contains support for the latest FlashBlade code release, bugfixes and a new module.

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

> It looks like the [netapp.aws](https://github.com/ansible-collections/netapp.aws) 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.aws](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/223) for more information or to announce that you're interested in taking over the maintenance of (a fork of) `netapp.aws`.
>
> At least one month after this announcement appears here and in the [collection's issue tracker](https://github.com/ansible-collections/netapp.aws/issues/7), 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 10. Please note that you can still manually install the collection with `ansible-galaxy collection install netapp.aws` even when it has been removed from Ansible.

## HELP WANTED 🙏

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

> The [new collection inclusion requests](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible-inclusion/discussions/categories/new-collection-reviews) are waiting for your [reviews](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible-inclusion#review-process). Please help the community extend the package!

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

> You might have noticed that "docs.ansible.com" has a different layout. That's because we've revamped it to focus on [user journeys](https://github.com/ansible/docsite/blob/main/data/journeys/docsite-journeys.md) so that users find what they need from Ansible docs more efficiently. There is still lots to do and we'd love to hear from you! Do you have ideas about new user journeys? Do you see anything missing from the new docsite? Are there things you'd just like to change? Send a PR or open an issue in the [ansible/docsite](https://github.com/ansible/docsite) repo and help us make it even better.

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

> 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 UPDATES 👂️

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

> Steampunk Spotter includes a variety of checks that improve the quality, reliability, and security of your Ansible Playbooks. [Check them out and see what’s on the roadmap.](https://steampunk.si/blog/checks-in-spotter-and-our-roadmap/)

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

> [Integrating Foreman with Event-Driven Ansible](https://theforeman.org/2023/04/integrating-foreman-with-event-driven-ansible.html) - check out how you can integrate EDA with Foreman using the Foreman Webhooks plugin.

## COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MEETUPS 📅

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

> Join the [**Ansible Minneapolis**](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-minneapolis/) meetup group to discuss Execution Environments on [**April 20** at the WhiteBear Meadery](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-minneapolis/events/292448997), starting at 6:30 PM CDT. This is an "Ansible MeadUp" you don't want to miss!

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

> [**Ansible Atlanta**](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-atlanta/) meetup group is having a session on [Enterprise level Ansible Automation Overview](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-atlanta/events/292553848), Thursday **April 20** at 7:00 PM EDT. Check out the meetup page for details and RSVP!

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

> [**Ansible München**](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-munchen/) group is meeting on **May 2** at at AWS Munich. Hear about "Getting started deploying AWS VPC networking using Ansible" and "Managing Podman pods with Ansible - A Hands-On Demo" from 7:00 to 9:00 PM CEST. Check out the [meetup page](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-munchen/events/292398867/) for details and RSVP!

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

> Join **Ansible Community Stockholm** on **3rd May**, 2023 to learn about Event-Driven Ansible with Magnus Glantz. Register your seat in [here](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-stockholm/events/292825770/). See you all at the meetup.

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

> The 13th **Ansible Zürich** in person meetup is happening on **May 31 2023**, [details and RSVP](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-zurich/events/291951930/).

## 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!