# The Bullhorn #153 **URL:** \ **Category:** Newsletter\ **Tags:** collections, antsibull, ansible-core, ee, galaxy-ng\ **Created:** [September 13, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-153/8496 "2024-09-13T15:19:12Z")\ **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 13, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-153/8496/1 "2024-09-13T15:19:13Z")
![bullhorn-pool.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/bfccdf465dbf3994b176735604b2bf4241fa03fa.png) # This week in Ansible Community _Issue #153, 2024-09-13 ([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-core 2.16 [ansible-announce](https://matrix.to/#/@ansible-announce:matrix.org) said > New Release: ansible-core v2.16.11 - [New Release: ansible-core v2.16.11](http://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-16-11/8377) #### ansible-core 2.17 [ansible-announce](https://matrix.to/#/@ansible-announce:matrix.org) said > New Release: ansible-core v2.17.4 - [New Release: ansible-core v2.17.4](http://forum.ansible.com/t/new-release-ansible-core-v2-17-4/8378) ### Antsibull [↗](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull) Tooling for building the `Ansible` package and collection documentation. #### antsibull-docs [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) shared > antsibull-docs 2.14.0 ([antsibull-docs/CHANGELOG.md at main · ansible-community/antsibull-docs · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-docs/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v2-14-0)) has been released. It now shows deprecation markers next to deprecated modules/plugins/roles in lists, and no longer mentions the ansible-project Google Groups as a support resource for the ansible.builtin collection. #### antsibull-changelog [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) said > antsibull-changelog 0.30.0 ([antsibull-changelog/CHANGELOG.md at 0.30.0 · ansible-community/antsibull-changelog · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-changelog/blob/0.30.0/CHANGELOG.md#v0-30-0)) has been released with new features. Some code has been moved to two new dependencies antsibull-docutils and antsibull-fileutils. When working with collections that are inside a Git repository, antsibull-changelog can now ignore `.gitignore`d files when copying the collection to a temporary directory to compile its plugin cache. Also argument completion is now possible with the `argcomplete` global completion. ### 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. #### Ansible package 9 [gotmax23](https://matrix.to/#/@gotmax:matrix.org) said > Ansible 9.10.0 package is here! ❤ > 🔗[Release announcement: Ansible community package 9.10.0](http://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-9-10-0/8409) > 💽You can install it by running the following command: > > ```auto > python3 -m pip install ansible==9.10.0 --user > > ``` > > ➡ Check [Release Notes 📦🗒](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/9.10.0/9/CHANGELOG-v9.md) and [Ansible 9 Porting Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_9.html) for more details! #### Ansible package 10 [gotmax23](https://matrix.to/#/@gotmax:matrix.org) contributed > Ansible 10.4.0 package is here! ❤ > 🔗[Release announcement: Ansible community package 10.4.0](http://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-package-10-4-0/8408) > 💽You can install it by running the following command: > > ```auto > python3 -m pip install ansible==10.4.0 --user > > ``` > > ➡ Check [Release Notes 📦🗒](https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/10.4.0/10/CHANGELOG-v10.md) and [Ansible 10 Porting Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides/porting_guide_10.html) for more details! #### Community execution environments [anwesha](https://matrix.to/#/@anwesha:ansible.im) shared > We’re happy to announce the release of the > > Ansible Community Execution Environment Base 2.17.4-1 and Ansible Community Execution Environment Minimal 2.17.4-1! > > Get the details of both the images in [the announcement](http://forum.ansible.com/t/release-announcement-ansible-community-execution-environment-base-and-minimal-2-17-4-1/8459) made in the Ansible Forum. > > [Join the Ansible Forum](http://forum.ansible.com/) to know about the future release announcements. > > On behalf of the Ansible community, thank you and happy automating! ## Other new releases 🏆 > See [Ecosystem Releases - Ansible](http://forum.ansible.com/c/news/releases/18) for more of this week’s releases. ## Collection updates 🪄 ### ansible.posix [hsaito](https://matrix.to/#/@saito-hideki:matrix.org) shared > ansible.posix 1.6.0([changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/blob/1.6.0/CHANGELOG.rst#v1-6-0)) has been released. 🙂 ### community.crypto [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) said > community.crypto 2.22.0 ([community.crypto/CHANGELOG.md at main · ansible-collections/community.crypto · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v2-22-0)) has been released with an improvement for creating passphrase-protected private keys with `community.crypto.openssl_privatekey` and `community.crypto.openssl_privatekey_pipe`. From now on, the `cipher` parameter now longer has to be provided when using passphrases (its only valid value was `auto` anyway, which is now it’s default). ### community.general [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) said > community.general 9.4.0 ([community.general/CHANGELOG.md at stable-9 · ansible-collections/community.general · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-9/CHANGELOG.md#v9-4-0)) and community.general 8.6.4 ([community.general/CHANGELOG.md at stable-8 · ansible-collections/community.general · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-8/CHANGELOG.md#v8-6-5)) have been released with new features, modules (9.4.0 only), and bugfixes (both). Please note that the next planned releases in four weeks, 9.5.0 and 8.6.5, will mark the last 9.x.y release with new features and the last 8.x.y release with regular bugfixes. The `main` branch of the repository will prepare for 10.0.0 after these releases, to be released for Ansible 11’s feature freeze. ### community.mysql [andersson007\_](https://matrix.to/#/@andersson007_:matrix.org) contributed > The [community.mysql](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/mysql/) collection version [3.10.3](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v3103) has been released! ### community.routeros [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) shared > community.routeros 2.19.0 ([community.routeros/CHANGELOG.md at main · ansible-collections/community.routeros · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v2-19-0)) has been released with more and improved paths for the API modules. ### community.sops [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) contributed > community.sops 1.9.0 ([community.sops/CHANGELOG.md at 1.9.0 · ansible-collections/community.sops · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.sops/blob/1.9.0/CHANGELOG.md#v1-9-0)) has been released. It is now possible to provide an argument to `--extract` for the lookup plugin, and `ini` can be used for input and output type for the lookup and the decrypt filter plugin. ### Collection deprecations #### cyberark.conjur deprecation [gotmax23](https://matrix.to/#/@gotmax:matrix.org) contributed > As per [Collections Removal Process — Collections not satisfying the Collection requirements](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/collection_contributors/collection_package_removal.html#collections-not-satisfying-the-collection-requirements), cyberark.conjur is subject to removal from Ansible 12 after failing to address policy violations. See [the post on the forum](http://forum.ansible.com/t/collection-removal-cyberark-conjur/8381) to discuss further. #### sensu.sensu\_go deprecation [gotmax23](https://matrix.to/#/@gotmax:matrix.org) contributed > As per [Collections Removal Process — Collections not satisfying the Collection requirements](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/collection_contributors/collection_package_removal.html#collections-not-satisfying-the-collection-requirements), sensu.sensu\_go is subject to removal from Ansible 12 after failing to address policy violations. See [the post on the forum](http://forum.ansible.com/t/collection-removal-sensu-sensu-go/8380) to discuss further. ## Proposals - discuss and vote! 🗳 ### Consolidating Ansible discussion platforms [andersson007\_](https://matrix.to/#/@andersson007_:matrix.org) shared > As a part of the [Consolidating Ansible discussion platforms proposal](http://forum.ansible.com/t/proposal-consolidating-ansible-discussion-platforms/6812/30), we would appreciate your feedback on using specific platforms. Please share with the community what you think in [the polls](http://forum.ansible.com/t/proposal-consolidating-ansible-discussion-platforms/6812/30). ### Hacktoberfest ideas [samccann](https://matrix.to/#/@samccann:ansible.im) contributed > Hacktoberfest is coming up! Let’s brainstorm ideas on how Ansible projects/collections can participate tin this October event - [Do we have hacktoberfest ideas for contributions?](http://forum.ansible.com/t/do-we-have-hacktoberfest-ideas-for-contributions/8397) ## 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!