# The Bullhorn #152 **URL:** \ **Category:** Newsletter\ **Tags:** event, aws, awx, collections, galaxy-ng, ee\ **Created:** [September 6, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-152/8298 "2024-09-06T15:11:25Z")\ **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:** [September 6, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-152/8298/1 "2024-09-06T15:11:25Z")
![bullhorn-pool.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/bfccdf465dbf3994b176735604b2bf4241fa03fa.png) # This week in Ansible Community _Issue #152, 2024-09-06 ([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! ## Major new releases 🏆 > See [Ecosystem Releases - Ansible](http://forum.ansible.com/c/news/releases/18) for more of this week’s releases. ## Project updates 🛠 ### Antsibull [↗](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull) Tooling for building the `Ansible` package and collection documentation. #### antsibull-changelog [andersson007\_](https://matrix.to/#/@andersson007_:matrix.org) said > Mindshare: working on a release in collections now and feeling that [antsibull-changelog](https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/antsibull-changelog/) is a really great tool! We shouldn’t take it for granted, so thanks a lot [felixfonteint](https://github.com/felixfontein) for its development and long term maintenance! ### 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. #### Execution environments documentation [Oranod](https://matrix.to/#/@orandon:ansible.im) contributed > We’re planning to move the documentation for community execution environments from [ansible.readthedocs.io](https://ansible.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) back to the [Ansible package docs](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/getting_started_ee/index.html). We’re going to do this so we can have all our content, including the docsite landing pages, hosted on ReadTheDocs. Please check out the [recent forum post](http://forum.ansible.com/t/moving-the-community-ee-content-to-package-docs/8239) for full details about this upcoming change. If you have any questions, concerns, or thoughts, please let us know. Thanks for your patience and continued support! ### ARA records [dmsimard](https://matrix.to/#/@dmsimard:matrix.org) said > ARA Records Ansible 1.7.2 has been tagged and released! > It includes a fix for python 3.13 and will now catch interrupted playbooks to prevent them from staying “running” forever. > Highlights are on [Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@ara/113024652793467936) and the full changelog is available in the [documentation](https://ara.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog-release-notes.html). Enjoy ! ### 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](http://forum.ansible.com/tag/awx). #### AWX operator helm chart [Oranod](https://matrix.to/#/@orandon:ansible.im) shared > Looking for opinions on AWX operator helm chart versioning! If you use the helm chart to deploy AWX operator, we would like to get your input on how to version new releases, whether the same version as AWX operator or an independent version potentially starting from 3.0. Please join us on the forum and share your thoughts by replying to the [AWX operator helm versioning](http://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-operator-helm-versioning/8228) post. ## Collection updates 🪄 ### community.mysql [andersson007\_](https://matrix.to/#/@andersson007_:matrix.org) contributed > The [community.mysql](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/mysql/) collection version [3.10.2](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v3102) has been released! [andersson007\_](https://matrix.to/#/@andersson007_:matrix.org) said > The [community.mysql](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/mysql/) collection version [3.10.1](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v3101) has been released! > Besides a bugfix, it contains an important upcoming breaking-change information and a porting guide. ### amazon.aws [abuzachis](https://matrix.to/#/@aevelina:ansible.im) shared > [amazon.aws 8.2.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/tree/8.2.0) has been released with a number of bugfixes, some new features and improvements. This release also introduces a deprecation for the `amazon.aws.iam_role` module, where support for creating and deleting IAM instance profiles using the `create_instance_profile` and `delete_instance_profile` options has been deprecated and will be removed in a release after 2026-05-01. (see [changelog for details](https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/blob/8.2.0/CHANGELOG.rst#v8-2-0)). ## Proposals - discuss and vote! 🗳 ### Deprecating and removing community.network collection [andersson007\_](https://matrix.to/#/@andersson007_:matrix.org) contributed > Within 2 weeks, the Community Steering Committee is goint to start a poll on deprecating and removing the `community.network` collection from the `ansible` community package due to the lack of active maintenance by the community. Any users, contributors, or other interested community members are still welcome to [join the discussion](http://forum.ansible.com/t/should-we-remove-community-network-from-the-ansible-community-package/8030). ## Community events and meetups 📅 ### Birthday celebration for the Ansible Forum! [samccann](https://matrix.to/#/@samccann:ansible.im) said > Tuesday, Sept 11th is the one-year birthday for the [Ansible Forum](http://forum.ansible.com/)! Head on over to the [social category](http://forum.ansible.com/c/chat/4) on that day and help us celebrate! (virtual) cake will be provided 🍰. ### Other events > See the [Events - Ansible](http://forum.ansible.com/c/events/8) category for more upcoming Ansible community events. ## 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!