# The Bullhorn #211 **URL:** \ **Category:** Newsletter\ **Tags:** meetup, aap, aws, collection-exclusion, collections, galaxy-ng\ **Created:** [December 3, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-211/44905 "2025-12-03T11:52:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anwesha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/anwesha/32/20_2.png) [@anwesha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anwesha)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-211/44905/1 "2025-12-03T11:52:25Z")
![bullhorn-pool.png](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/bfccdf465dbf3994b176735604b2bf4241fa03fa.png) **This week in Ansible Community** _Issue #211, 2025-11-28 ([Past Issues](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/bullhorn/17))_ Welcome to [The Bullhorn](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/bullhorn/17), our newsletter for the Ansible Community. If you have any questions or content you鈥檇 like to share, you鈥檙e 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 馃弳 ### Antsibull [鈫梋(https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull) docs 2.23.0 Tooling for building the `Ansible` package and collection documentation. [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) said > antsibull-docs 2.23.0 ([https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-docs/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v2-23-0](https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-docs/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v2-23-0)) has been released. Its Sphinx extension has two new roles, `:ansoptref:` and `:ansretvalref:` that allow to reference options and return values of modules, plugins, and roles with explicit titles. This can be used in extra docs or the Ansible docsite. ## General news updates 馃攬 ### Unmaintained collection: `netapp.santricity` [mariolenz](https://matrix.to/#/@mariolenz:matrix.org) contributed > It looks like the [netapp.santricity](https://github.com/NetApp/santricity) collection is effectively unmaintained. According to the current [Ansible Community Package Collections Removal Process](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/collection_contributors/collection_package_removal.html#identifying-and-removing-an-unmaintained-collection-that-has-not-been-deprecated-by-its-maintainers), we consider removing it in a future version of the Ansible Community Package. Please see [Unmaintained collection again: netapp.santricity](https://forum.ansible.com/t/44890) for more information or to announce that you鈥檙e interested in taking over the maintenance of (a fork of) `netapp.santricity`. > At least one month after this announcement appears here and in the [collection鈥檚 issue tracker](https://github.com/NetApp/santricity/issues/31), the Ansible Community Steering Committee will vote on whether this collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed, or whether it will be kept. If it will be removed, this will happen earliest in Ansible Community Package 15. Please note that you can still manually install the collection with `ansible-galaxy collection install netapp.santricity` even when it has been removed from Ansible Community Package. ### Unmaintained collection: `netapp.cloudmanage` [mariolenz](https://matrix.to/#/@mariolenz:matrix.org) shared > It looks like the [netapp.cloudmanager](https://github.com/ansible-collections/netapp.cloudmanager) collection is effectively unmaintained. According to the current [Ansible Community Package Collections Removal Process](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/collection_contributors/collection_package_removal.html#identifying-and-removing-an-unmaintained-collection-that-has-not-been-deprecated-by-its-maintainers), we consider removing it in a future version of the Ansible Community Package. Please see [Unmaintained collection: netapp.cloudmanager](https://forum.ansible.com/t/44891) for more information or to announce that you鈥檙e interested in taking over the maintenance of (a fork of) `netapp.cloudmanager`. > At least one month after this announcement appears here and in the [collection鈥檚 issue tracker](https://github.com/ansible-collections/netapp.cloudmanager/issues/12), the Ansible Community Steering Committee will vote on whether this collection is considered unmaintained and will be removed, or whether it will be kept. If it will be removed, this will happen earliest in Ansible Community Package 15. Please note that you can still manually install the collection with `ansible-galaxy collection install netapp.cloudmanager` even when it has been removed from Ansible Community Package. ## Collection updates 馃獎 ### infra.aap\_configuration [Sean Sullivan](https://matrix.to/#/@ssulliva:matrix.org) shared > infra.aap\_configuration 3.9.0 has been released.\ > This Ansible collection allows for easy interaction with Ansible Automation Platform via Ansible roles using the supported collections modules.\ > Visit [GitHub - redhat-cop/infra.aap\_configuration: A collection of roles to manage Ansible Automation Platform 2.5+ with code](https://github.com/redhat-cop/aap_configuration/) For more information and updates. ### community.general [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) contributed > community.general 12.1.0 ([community.general/CHANGELOG.md at stable-12 路 ansible-collections/community.general 路 GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-12/CHANGELOG.md#v12-1-0)) and community.general 11.4.2 ([community.general/CHANGELOG.md at stable-11 路 ansible-collections/community.general 路 GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-11/CHANGELOG.md#v11-4-2)) have been released with bugfixes, new features, and new modules (the latter two in 12.1.0 only). In 12.1.0, the work on modernizing the code-base has been proceeding since Python 2 and 3.6 support was dropped in 12.0.0. ### community.clickhouse [fako1024](https://matrix.to/#/@fako1024:matrix.org) said > The [community.clickhouse](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/clickhouse/) collection version [1.0.0](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.clickhouse/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v1-0-0) has been released! ### community.routeros [Felix Fontein](https://matrix.to/#/@felixfontein:matrix.org) said > community.routeros 3.14.0 ([community.routeros/CHANGELOG.md at main 路 ansible-collections/community.routeros 路 GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v3-14-0)) has been released with several new features and bugfixes for the API modules. ### Certified Collections [anwesha](https://matrix.to/#/@anwesha:ansible.im) said #### Certified collections updated this week - [os\_migrate.vmware\_migration\_kit:2.1.3](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/os_migrate/vmware_migration_kit?sc_cid=RHCTE0250000461626) - [redhat.artifact\_signer:1.3.1](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/redhat/artifact_signer?sc_cid=RHCTE0250000461626) - [hitachivantara.vspone\_object:1.1.1](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/hitachivantara/vspone_object?sc_cid=RHCTE0250000461626) - [redhat.trusted\_profile\_analyzer:2.2.0](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/collection/redhat/trusted_profile_analyzer?sc_cid=RHCTE0250000461626) ## Help wanted 馃檹 ### Review Ansible Meetup Strategy [anwesha](https://matrix.to/#/@anwesha:ansible.im) contributed > The core message is that Ansible meetups are crucial for the ecosystem鈥檚 strength and community building. > Because of the recent migration to [Meetup Pro](https://www.meetup.com/pro/ansible), which enhances global visibility, it is now time to finalize a comprehensive strategy. This new strategy will establish clear guidelines and rules to better support and grow the meetup initiative worldwide. > The community is asked to review the [proposed strategy PR and provide feedback directly there](https://github.com/ansible-community/meetup/pull/17). ## Community events and meetups 馃搮 - 2025-12-01, [Ansible @ AWS: re:invent - December 2025](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-aws-re-invent-december-2025/44263) - 2025-12-04, [AAP Config as Code Office Hours - First Thursday of Every Month](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aap-config-as-code-office-hours-first-thursday-of-every-month/398) - 2025-12-16, [Announcing Our Official Code Freeze Schedule & Process](https://forum.ansible.com/t/announcing-our-official-code-freeze-schedule-process/44176) - 2025-12-18, [Ansible-Minneapolis: Automating with Ansible Localhost](https://www.meetup.com/ansible-minneapolis/events/311874047/?eventOrigin=network_page) - 2025-12-25, [AWS Community Meeting](https://forum.ansible.com/t/aws-community-meeting/1848) - 2026-02-02, [CfgMgmtCamp 2026](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cfgmgmtcamp-2026/44250) - Every Tuesday @11AM ET, [Documentation Working Group](https://forum.ansible.com/t/documentation-wg-weekly-meeting/7229) - Every Thursday @13:00 UTC, [Network Working Group](https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-automation-working-group-agenda/2539) ## Other events and releases Use the Ansible Forum to see [other events](https://forum.ansible.com/c/events/8) and [releases](https://forum.ansible.com/c/news/releases/18). ## Join the Ansible community Looking for ways to get involved? See [how can I help](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/how_can_I_help.html#how-can-i-help) for some ideas! You can find easy issues in [collections](https://github.com/search?q=user:ansible-collections+label:easyfix,%22good+first+issue%22+state:open&type=Issues) and [other projects](https://github.com/search?q=user:ansible+user:ansible-community+label:easyfix,%22good+first+issue%22+state:open&type=Issues) for code or documentation contributions. ## That鈥檚 all for now! Have any questions you鈥檇 like to ask, or issues you鈥檇 like to see covered? Please ask in [#social:ansible.com](https://matrix.to/#/#social:ansible.com)! See you next time!"