--- title: "Bullhorn #51" date: 2022-03-25 01:15 UTC tags: news category: bullhorn type: text --- ![Ansible Bullhorn banner](/images/bullhorn-banner-mango.png) *A Newsletter for the Ansible Developer Community* *Issue #51, 2022-03-24 ([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 > * 2022-03-28: ETA for Ansible-Core 2.12.4 and Ansible-Core 2.11.10 releases > * 2022-03-29: [DaWGs meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/643), 15:00 UTC > * 2022-03-30: [Community WG meeting](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues/645), 18:00 UTC (propose topics [here](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues)) > * 2022-03-31: [Bullhorn #52 content deadline](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/News#the-bullhorn), 18:00 UTC > * 2022-04-05: [ETA for Ansible 5.6.0 release](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_5.html) > * 2022-04-12: [Contributor Summit 2022.04](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/contrib-summit-202204) 💾📅 > * 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/) ## GENERAL NEWS UPDATES 🔈️ [cybette](https://matrix.to/#/@cybette:ansible.im) said > The next **Ansible Contributor Summit** is happening soon! Mark your calendars for **[April 12, 2022 (Tuesday)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/community/main/meetings/ical/contribsummit202204.ics)** and check out the [event page](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/contrib-summit-202204) - [add your names](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/contrib-summit-202204/%2F-JfWR98UTgOEKL7IDIXbKQ) and [propose/vote on topics](https://hackmd.io/@ansible-community/contrib-summit-202204/%2FzxOZe_FzR7a9-pw6r6_Ypg). [abuzachis](https://matrix.to/#/@aevelina:ansible.im) contributed > The Amazon Web Services Working group is holding a monthly community meeting in #ansible-aws IRC channel at 17:30 UTC every fourth Thursday of the month. The first community meeting is scheduled on March 24th at 17:30 UTC. If you have something to discuss (e.g. a PR that needs help), add your request to the [meeting agenda](https://github.com/ansible/community/issues?q=is:open+label:meeting_agenda+label:aws) and join the IRC #ansible-aws channel / [#aws:ansible.com](https://matrix.to/#/#aws:ansible.com) room on Matrix. [cybette](https://matrix.to/#/@cybette:ansible.im) shared > The upcoming release of ansible-core 2.13 in May 2022 will coincide with the end-of-life of ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10. See the detailed announcement [here](https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-announce/c/kegIH5_okmg/). ## MAJOR NEW RELEASES 🏆️ ### Antsibull [↗](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull) 🐂 Tooling for building the `Ansible` package and collection documentation. [felixfontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:libera.chat) contributed > antsibull-changelog 0.14.0 has been released ([changelog](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-changelog/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst)). It speeds up the release process with ansible-core 2.13. ## COLLECTION UPDATES 🪄 [akasurde](https://matrix.to/#/@akasurde:ansible.im) contributed > servicenow.itsm 1.3.0 is released. You can find more information about this new release in the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/servicenow.itsm/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v1-3-0). ## PROPOSALS - DISCUSS AND VOTE! 🗳️ [briantist](https://matrix.to/#/@briantist:libera.chat) said > The `community.hashi_vault` collection is still looking for [feedback on implementing dedicated kv plugins and modules](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.hashi_vault/discussions/229), come join the discussion and help shape new HashiCorp Vault content. [andersson007_](https://matrix.to/#/@andersson007_:matrix.org) shared > As the number of collections contained in the `ansible` package continues to grow, we'd love to hear your opinions on the [Future of ansible package community topic](https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/82). Among other things, we discuss the following questions: > > * What do you see the purpose of the `ansible` package is? > * Should we keep the process as-is, in other words, continue to include new collections? > * Should we stop including new collections as they can be easily installed from Ansible Galaxy anyway? > * Should we tighten the rules for new collections to get in, for example, requiring them to be "generic"? > > Please share your thoughts with the Community! [samccann](https://matrix.to/#/@samccann:ansible.im) said > Ansible docs is proposing to archive older (EOL) releases (aka move them to a new archive site) - If you use an ansible release < 2.8, consider adding comments and voting on this topic at https://github.com/ansible-community/community-topics/issues/78 [hunleyd](https://matrix.to/#/@hunleyd:matrix.org) contributed > If you use the `community.postgresql` collection, we'd love to hear your thoughts on this proposed change: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.postgresql/issues/212 ## COMMUNITY EVENTS AND MEETUPS 📅 [cybette](https://matrix.to/#/@cybette:ansible.im) shared > Join [Ansible Pune](https://www.meetup.com/Ansible-Pune/) group in "AWX Automation" - a collaborative effort with Dell Technologies on Wednesday, March 30 at 15:00 IST / 09:30 UTC. Check the details of this online meetup and RSVP [here](https://www.meetup.com/Ansible-Pune/events/284817509/). ## 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!