Bullhorn 140 - HackMD

*This week in Ansible Community* *Issue #140, 2024-05-31 ([Past Issues](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/bullhorn/17))* 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 ⏱️ > * 2024-06-04: [DaWGs meeting](https://forum.ansible.com/t/documentation-working-group-agenda/153), 15:00 UTC > * 2024-06-05: [Community WG meeting](https://forum.ansible.com/tags/c/workflow/meetbot/16/community-wg), 18:00 UTC > * 2024-06-06: [Bullhorn #137 content deadline](https://forum.ansible.com/t/about-the-newsletter-category/166), 18:00 UTC > * 2024-06-17: ETA for Ansible-Core 2.17.1 > * 2024-06-04: ETA for Ansible-10.0.0rc2 when necessary, otherwise Ansible-10.0.0 release. ## 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. [mariolenz](https://matrix.to/#/@mariolenz:matrix.org) said > Ansible 10.0.0rc1 package (pre-release) is here! ❤️ > 🔗https://forum.ansible.com/t/6031 > 💽You can install it by running the following command: > `python3 -m pip install ansible==10.0.0rc1 --user` > ➡️ Check [Release Notes📦️🗒️](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/10.0.0rc1/10/CHANGELOG-v10.md) and [Ansible 10 Porting Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_10.html) for more details! ### 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). [TVo](https://matrix.to/#/@tvo318:matrix.org) said > **Subject**: Announcing AWX 24.4.0 and AWX-Operator 2.17.0 > Hi all, > We're happy to announce that the latest release of AWX, version 24.4.0 is now available! > Some notable features include: > * Exposed websockets on API prefix v2 (PR #1842) > * Added Django logout redirects (PR #15148) > * Added documentation for new DAB RBAC changes (PR #15150) > In addition AWX Operator version 2.17.0 has also been released! > Some notable features include: > * Exposed websockets on API prefix v2 (PR #1842) > * Added PostgreSQL option `target_session_attrs` (PR #1847) > * Added support for spec overrides when restoring AWX (PR #1862) > Please see the releases pages for more details: > AWX: https://github.com/ansible/awx/releases/tag/24.4.0 > Operator: https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/releases/tag/2.17.0 > *The AWX team ## COLLECTION UPDATES 🪄 [Martin Jackson](https://matrix.to/#/@mhjacks:matrix.org) said > servicenow.itsm 2.6.1 was released today. It is a documentation-only bugfix release, since version 2.6.0 was inadvertently released with the wrong documentation. [sshnaidm](https://matrix.to/#/@sshnaidm:matrix.org) said > [Ansible Podman collection](https://github.com/containers/ansible-podman-collections) released [1.14.0 version](https://github.com/containers/ansible-podman-collections/commit/abb667546c6c5fb0c761eb80bd77c57fb7321bc7#diff-2c623f3c6a917be56c59d43279244996836262cb1e12d9d0786c9c49eef6b43c) with big changes. Podman container and pod modules increased their idempotency significantly and added about 50 new options including GPUs support for AI workflows. Podman network got flexible network configuration, Podman volume supports now mount and unmount, check out other features in our [changelog](https://github.com/containers/ansible-podman-collections/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst). ## PROPOSALS - DISCUSS AND VOTE! 🗳️ [mariolenz](https://matrix.to/#/@mariolenz:matrix.org) shared > We have started a discussion about [recommending to avoid using aliases for module options](https://forum.ansible.com/t/6069). Please discuss this with us and tell us what you think about it! [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) shared > There's also a discussion on the future of the weekly Ansible Community Meeting, currently happening every Wednesday on Matrix from 18:00 UTC to 19:00 UTC: https://forum.ansible.com/t/6067 [anwesha](https://matrix.to/#/@anwesha:ansible.im) shared >### Decide on the Community Execution Environments Release Cadence > Community Execution environments have been on the scene for several months. We need to figure out the following regarding the project’s release cadence. The questions on hand are the following : > - Should the EE Base release be tied to the Ansible Community release and EE Minimal to the release of Ansible-core? Or both of them should come together? > - How many days after ansible-core and ansible package release should we schedule the release of EE Minimal and Base ? > - How many versions of Minimal should we have (all the stable ones such as ansible-core)? > For now both Base and Minimal EEs come together a day after Ansible package release (only 2.17-1 Minimal EE remains in exception). Please feel free to share your views in reply to the [forum topic](https://forum.ansible.com/t/community-execution-environment-release-cadence/6076). On behalf of Ansible Community happy automating. ## 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!