# The Bullhorn #149 **URL:** \ **Category:** Newsletter\ **Tags:** ansible, collections, ansible-core\ **Created:** [August 16, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-149/7907 "2024-08-16T19:56:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![samccann](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/samccann/32/18_2.png) [@samccann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/samccann)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-149/7907/1 "2024-08-16T19:56:31Z")
![bullhorn-pool.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/bfccdf465dbf3994b176735604b2bf4241fa03fa.png) _This week in Ansible Community_ _Issue #149, 2024-08-16 ([Past Issues](http://forum.ansible.com/c/news/bullhorn/17))_ Welcome to [The Bullhorn](http://forum.ansible.com/c/news/bullhorn/17), 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! ## Events > See the [Events - Ansible](http://forum.ansible.com/c/events/8) category for more upcoming Ansible community events. ## 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). [ansible-announce](https://matrix.to/#/@ansible-announce:matrix.org) shared > New Release: ansible-core v2.16.10 - [New Release: ansible-core v2.16.10](http://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-16-10/7811) [ansible-announce](https://matrix.to/#/@ansible-announce:matrix.org) said > New Release: ansible-core v2.17.3 - [New Release: ansible-core v2.17.3](http://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-17-3/7812) ### Ansible Community Package [↗](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. [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) shared > Ansible 10.3.0 package is here! ❤ > 🔗[Release announcement: Ansible community package 10.3.0](http://forum.ansible.com/t/7821) > 💽You can install it by running the following command: > > ```auto > python3 -m pip install ansible==10.3.0 --user > > ``` > > ➡ Check Release Notes 📦🗒 ([https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/10.3.0/10/CHANGELOG-v10.md](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/10.3.0/10/CHANGELOG-v10.md)) and Ansible 10 Porting Guide ([Ansible 10 Porting Guide — Ansible Community Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_10.html)) for more details! [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) said > Ansible 9.9.0 package is here! ❤ > 🔗[Release announcement: Ansible community package 9.9.0](http://forum.ansible.com/t/7820) > 💽You can install it by running the following command: > > ```auto > python3 -m pip install ansible==9.9.0 --user > > ``` > > ➡ Check Release Notes 📦🗒 ([https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/9.9.0/9/CHANGELOG-v9.md](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/9.9.0/9/CHANGELOG-v9.md)) and Ansible 9 Porting Guide ([Ansible 9 Porting Guide — Ansible Community Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_9.html)) for more details! ## NEW RELEASES 🏆 > See [Ecosystem Releases - Ansible](http://forum.ansible.com/c/news/releases/18) for more of this week’s releases. ## COLLECTION UPDATES 🪄 [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) shared > community.general 9.3.0 ([community.general/CHANGELOG.md at stable-9 · ansible-collections/community.general · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-9/CHANGELOG.md#v9-3-0)) has been released with new features, new modules, and bugfixes. Check out the community.general changelog ([community.general/CHANGELOG.md at stable-9 · ansible-collections/community.general · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-9/CHANGELOG.md#v9-3-0)) for more details! [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) contributed > There will be a new major release community.routeros 3.0.0 at the end of October / beginning of November which drops support for Ansible 2.9, ansible-base 2.10, ansible-core 2.11, ansible-core 2.12, ansible-core 2.13, and ansible-core 2.14. [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) said > Reminder: There’s a discussion on declaring community.crypto 1.x.y as End of Life ([Deprecate community.crypto 1.x.y · Issue #785 · ansible-collections/community.crypto · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/issues/785)). Please comment there if you’re still using community.crypto 1.x.y. Thanks. [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) said > community.routeros 2.18.0 ([community.routeros/CHANGELOG.md at main · ansible-collections/community.routeros · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v2-18-0)) has been released with a bugfix and several new features, including a new parameter `restrict` for `community.routeros.api_info` and `community.routeros.api_modify` which allows to restrict operations to entries with specific conditions. For example, you can use this to only retrieve or modify firewall rules for a specific chain, or to remove all firewall rules with a specific comment. [mariolenz](https://matrix.to/#/@mariolenz:matrix.org) shared > It looks like two maintainers stepped up who claim to support `netapp_eseries.santricity`. Therefore, we’ve closed the community / steering committee [vote](http://forum.ansible.com/t/6574) announced in [The Bullhorn #148](http://forum.ansible.com/t/7771) for now. ## 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!