Use events instead of sleep for result reading

Instead of creating a one-time use thread for every host/task

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -1,235 +0,0 @@
-trigger:
-  batch: true
-  branches:
-    include:
-      - devel
-      - stable-*
-
-pr:
-  autoCancel: true
-  branches:
-    include:
-      - devel
-      - stable-*
-
-schedules:
-  - cron: 0 7 * * *
-    displayName: Nightly
-    always: true
-    branches:
-      include:
-        - devel
-        - stable-*
-
-variables:
-  - name: checkoutPath
-    value: ansible
-  - name: coverageBranches
-    value: devel
-  - name: entryPoint
-    value: test/utils/shippable/shippable.sh
-  - name: fetchDepth
-    value: 500
-
-resources:
-  containers:
-    - container: default
-      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:3.0.0
-
-pool: Standard
-
-stages:
-  - stage: Sanity
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
-            - test: 5
-  - stage: Units
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: units/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.5
-            - test: 3.6
-            - test: 3.7
-            - test: 3.8
-            - test: 3.9
-            - test: '3.10'
-            - test: 3.11
-  - stage: Windows
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Server {0}
-          testFormat: windows/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2012
-            - test: 2012-R2
-            - test: 2016
-            - test: 2019
-            - test: 2022
-  - stage: Remote
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/target
-        parameters:
-          targets:
-            - name: macOS 12.0
-              test: macos/12.0
-            - name: RHEL 7.9
-              test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: RHEL 8.6 py36
-              test: rhel/8.6@3.6
-            - name: RHEL 8.6 py39
-              test: rhel/8.6@3.9
-            - name: RHEL 9.0
-              test: rhel/9.0
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.3
-              test: freebsd/12.3
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.1
-              test: freebsd/13.1
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/controller
-        parameters:
-          targets:
-            - name: macOS 12.0
-              test: macos/12.0
-            - name: RHEL 8.6
-              test: rhel/8.6
-            - name: RHEL 9.0
-              test: rhel/9.0
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.1
-              test: freebsd/13.1
-          groups:
-            - 3
-            - 4
-            - 5
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/controller (ansible-test container management)
-        parameters:
-          targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3.16
-              test: alpine/3.16
-            - name: Fedora 36
-              test: fedora/36
-            - name: RHEL 8.6
-              test: rhel/8.6
-            - name: RHEL 9.0
-              test: rhel/9.0
-            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
-              test: ubuntu/20.04
-            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-              test: ubuntu/22.04
-          groups:
-            - 6
-  - stage: Docker
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3
-              test: alpine3
-            - name: CentOS 7
-              test: centos7
-            - name: Fedora 36
-              test: fedora36
-            - name: openSUSE 15
-              test: opensuse15
-            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
-              test: ubuntu2004
-            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-              test: ubuntu2204
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3
-              test: alpine3
-            - name: Fedora 36
-              test: fedora36
-            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-              test: ubuntu2204
-          groups:
-            - 3
-            - 4
-            - 5
-  - stage: Galaxy
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: galaxy/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.9
-            - test: '3.10'
-            - test: 3.11
-  - stage: Generic
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: generic/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.9
-            - test: '3.10'
-            - test: 3.11
-  - stage: Incidental_Windows
-    displayName: Incidental Windows
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Server {0}
-          testFormat: i/windows/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 2012
-            - test: 2012-R2
-            - test: 2016
-            - test: 2019
-            - test: 2022
-  - stage: Incidental
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: i/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - name: IOS Python
-              test: ios/csr1000v/
-            - name: VyOS Python
-              test: vyos/1.1.8/
-  - stage: Summary
-    condition: succeededOrFailed()
-    dependsOn:
-      - Sanity
-      - Units
-      - Windows
-      - Remote
-      - Docker
-      - Galaxy
-      - Generic
-      - Incidental_Windows
-      - Incidental
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/coverage.yml

.azure-pipelines/scripts/aggregate-coverage.sh

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Aggregate code coverage results for later processing.
-
-set -o pipefail -eu
-
-agent_temp_directory="$1"
-
-PATH="${PWD}/bin:${PATH}"
-
-mkdir "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/"
-
-options=(--venv --color -v)
-
-ansible-test coverage combine --group-by command --export "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/" "${options[@]}"
-
-if ansible-test coverage analyze targets generate --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    # Only analyze coverage if the installed version of ansible-test supports it.
-    # Doing so allows this script to work unmodified for multiple Ansible versions.
-    ansible-test coverage analyze targets generate "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/coverage-analyze-targets.json" "${options[@]}"
-fi

.azure-pipelines/scripts/combine-coverage.py

@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-"""
-Combine coverage data from multiple jobs, keeping the data only from the most recent attempt from each job.
-Coverage artifacts must be named using the format: "Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) {StableUniqueNameForEachJob}"
-The recommended coverage artifact name format is: Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)
-Keep in mind that Azure Pipelines does not enforce unique job display names (only names).
-It is up to pipeline authors to avoid name collisions when deviating from the recommended format.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-import os
-import re
-import shutil
-import sys
-
-
-def main():
-    """Main program entry point."""
-    source_directory = sys.argv[1]
-
-    if '/ansible_collections/' in os.getcwd():
-        output_path = "tests/output"
-    else:
-        output_path = "test/results"
-
-    destination_directory = os.path.join(output_path, 'coverage')
-
-    if not os.path.exists(destination_directory):
-        os.makedirs(destination_directory)
-
-    jobs = {}
-    count = 0
-
-    for name in os.listdir(source_directory):
-        match = re.search('^Coverage (?P<attempt>[0-9]+) (?P<label>.+)$', name)
-        label = match.group('label')
-        attempt = int(match.group('attempt'))
-        jobs[label] = max(attempt, jobs.get(label, 0))
-
-    for label, attempt in jobs.items():
-        name = 'Coverage {attempt} {label}'.format(label=label, attempt=attempt)
-        source = os.path.join(source_directory, name)
-        source_files = os.listdir(source)
-
-        for source_file in source_files:
-            source_path = os.path.join(source, source_file)
-            destination_path = os.path.join(destination_directory, source_file + '.' + label)
-            print('"%s" -> "%s"' % (source_path, destination_path))
-            shutil.copyfile(source_path, destination_path)
-            count += 1
-
-    print('Coverage file count: %d' % count)
-    print('##vso[task.setVariable variable=coverageFileCount]%d' % count)
-    print('##vso[task.setVariable variable=outputPath]%s' % output_path)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()

.azure-pipelines/scripts/process-results.sh

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Check the test results and set variables for use in later steps.
-
-set -o pipefail -eu
-
-if [[ "$PWD" =~ /ansible_collections/ ]]; then
-    output_path="tests/output"
-else
-    output_path="test/results"
-fi
-
-echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=outputPath]${output_path}"
-
-if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/junit/*.xml' > /dev/null; then
-    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveTestResults]true"
-fi
-
-if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/bot/ansible-test-*' > /dev/null; then
-    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveBotResults]true"
-fi
-
-if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/coverage/*' > /dev/null; then
-    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveCoverageData]true"
-fi

.azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py

@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-"""
-Upload code coverage reports to codecov.io.
-Multiple coverage files from multiple languages are accepted and aggregated after upload.
-Python coverage, as well as PowerShell and Python stubs can all be uploaded.
-"""
-
-import argparse
-import dataclasses
-import pathlib
-import shutil
-import subprocess
-import tempfile
-import typing as t
-import urllib.request
-
-
-@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
-class CoverageFile:
-    name: str
-    path: pathlib.Path
-    flags: t.List[str]
-
-
-@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
-class Args:
-    dry_run: bool
-    path: pathlib.Path
-
-
-def parse_args() -> Args:
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument('-n', '--dry-run', action='store_true')
-    parser.add_argument('path', type=pathlib.Path)
-
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    # Store arguments in a typed dataclass
-    fields = dataclasses.fields(Args)
-    kwargs = {field.name: getattr(args, field.name) for field in fields}
-
-    return Args(**kwargs)
-
-
-def process_files(directory: pathlib.Path) -> t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...]:
-    processed = []
-    for file in directory.joinpath('reports').glob('coverage*.xml'):
-        name = file.stem.replace('coverage=', '')
-
-        # Get flags from name
-        flags = name.replace('-powershell', '').split('=')  # Drop '-powershell' suffix
-        flags = [flag if not flag.startswith('stub') else flag.split('-')[0] for flag in flags]  # Remove "-01" from stub files
-
-        processed.append(CoverageFile(name, file, flags))
-
-    return tuple(processed)
-
-
-def upload_files(codecov_bin: pathlib.Path, files: t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...], dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
-    for file in files:
-        cmd = [
-            str(codecov_bin),
-            '--name', file.name,
-            '--file', str(file.path),
-        ]
-        for flag in file.flags:
-            cmd.extend(['--flags', flag])
-
-        if dry_run:
-            print(f'DRY-RUN: Would run command: {cmd}')
-            continue
-
-        subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
-
-
-def download_file(url: str, dest: pathlib.Path, flags: int, dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
-    if dry_run:
-        print(f'DRY-RUN: Would download {url} to {dest} and set mode to {flags:o}')
-        return
-
-    with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as resp:
-        with dest.open('w+b') as f:
-            # Read data in chunks rather than all at once
-            shutil.copyfileobj(resp, f, 64 * 1024)
-
-    dest.chmod(flags)
-
-
-def main():
-    args = parse_args()
-    url = 'https://ci-files.testing.ansible.com/codecov/linux/codecov'
-    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='codecov-') as tmpdir:
-        codecov_bin = pathlib.Path(tmpdir) / 'codecov'
-        download_file(url, codecov_bin, 0o755, args.dry_run)
-
-        files = process_files(args.path)
-        upload_files(codecov_bin, files, args.dry_run)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()

.azure-pipelines/scripts/report-coverage.sh

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Generate code coverage reports for uploading to Azure Pipelines and codecov.io.
-
-set -o pipefail -eu
-
-PATH="${PWD}/bin:${PATH}"
-
-if ! ansible-test --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    # Install the devel version of ansible-test for generating code coverage reports.
-    # This is only used by Ansible Collections, which are typically tested against multiple Ansible versions (in separate jobs).
-    # Since a version of ansible-test is required that can work the output from multiple older releases, the devel version is used.
-    pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/devel.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
-fi
-
-# Generate stubs using docker (if supported) otherwise fall back to using a virtual environment instead.
-# The use of docker is required when Powershell code is present, but Ansible 2.12 was the first version to support --docker with coverage.
-ansible-test coverage xml --group-by command --stub --docker --color -v || ansible-test coverage xml --group-by command --stub --venv --color -v

.azure-pipelines/scripts/run-tests.sh

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Configure the test environment and run the tests.
-
-set -o pipefail -eu
-
-entry_point="$1"
-test="$2"
-read -r -a coverage_branches <<< "$3"  # space separated list of branches to run code coverage on for scheduled builds
-
-export COMMIT_MESSAGE
-export COMPLETE
-export COVERAGE
-export IS_PULL_REQUEST
-
-if [ "${SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_TARGETBRANCH:-}" ]; then
-    IS_PULL_REQUEST=true
-    COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(git log --format=%B -n 1 HEAD^2)
-else
-    IS_PULL_REQUEST=
-    COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(git log --format=%B -n 1 HEAD)
-fi
-
-COMPLETE=
-COVERAGE=
-
-if [ "${BUILD_REASON}" = "Schedule" ]; then
-    COMPLETE=yes
-
-    if printf '%s\n' "${coverage_branches[@]}" | grep -q "^${BUILD_SOURCEBRANCHNAME}$"; then
-        COVERAGE=yes
-    fi
-fi
-
-"${entry_point}" "${test}" 2>&1 | "$(dirname "$0")/time-command.py"

.azure-pipelines/scripts/time-command.py

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-"""Prepends a relative timestamp to each input line from stdin and writes it to stdout."""
-
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-import sys
-import time
-
-
-def main():
-    """Main program entry point."""
-    start = time.time()
-
-    sys.stdin.reconfigure(errors='surrogateescape')
-    sys.stdout.reconfigure(errors='surrogateescape')
-
-    for line in sys.stdin:
-        seconds = time.time() - start
-        sys.stdout.write('%02d:%02d %s' % (seconds // 60, seconds % 60, line))
-        sys.stdout.flush()
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()

.azure-pipelines/templates/coverage.yml

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# This template adds a job for processing code coverage data.
-# It will upload results to Azure Pipelines and codecov.io.
-# Use it from a job stage that completes after all other jobs have completed.
-# This can be done by placing it in a separate summary stage that runs after the test stage(s) have completed.
-
-jobs:
-  - job: Coverage
-    displayName: Code Coverage
-    container: default
-    workspace:
-      clean: all
-    steps:
-      - checkout: self
-        fetchDepth: $(fetchDepth)
-        path: $(checkoutPath)
-      - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
-        displayName: Download Coverage Data
-        inputs:
-          path: coverage/
-          patterns: "Coverage */*=coverage.combined"
-      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/combine-coverage.py coverage/
-        displayName: Combine Coverage Data
-      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/report-coverage.sh
-        displayName: Generate Coverage Report
-        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
-      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py "$(outputPath)"
-        displayName: Publish to codecov.io
-        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
-        continueOnError: true

.azure-pipelines/templates/matrix.yml

@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# This template uses the provided targets and optional groups to generate a matrix which is then passed to the test template.
-# If this matrix template does not provide the required functionality, consider using the test template directly instead.
-
-parameters:
-  # A required list of dictionaries, one per test target.
-  # Each item in the list must contain a "test" or "name" key.
-  # Both may be provided. If one is omitted, the other will be used.
-  - name: targets
-    type: object
-
-  # An optional list of values which will be used to multiply the targets list into a matrix.
-  # Values can be strings or numbers.
-  - name: groups
-    type: object
-    default: []
-
-  # An optional format string used to generate the job name.
-  # - {0} is the name of an item in the targets list.
-  - name: nameFormat
-    type: string
-    default: "{0}"
-
-  # An optional format string used to generate the test name.
-  # - {0} is the name of an item in the targets list.
-  - name: testFormat
-    type: string
-    default: "{0}"
-
-  # An optional format string used to add the group to the job name.
-  # {0} is the formatted name of an item in the targets list.
-  # {{1}} is the group -- be sure to include the double "{{" and "}}".
-  - name: nameGroupFormat
-    type: string
-    default: "{0} - {{1}}"
-
-  # An optional format string used to add the group to the test name.
-  # {0} is the formatted test of an item in the targets list.
-  # {{1}} is the group -- be sure to include the double "{{" and "}}".
-  - name: testGroupFormat
-    type: string
-    default: "{0}/{{1}}"
-
-jobs:
-  - template: test.yml
-    parameters:
-      jobs:
-        - ${{ if eq(length(parameters.groups), 0) }}:
-          - ${{ each target in parameters.targets }}:
-            - name: ${{ format(parameters.nameFormat, coalesce(target.name, target.test)) }}
-              test: ${{ format(parameters.testFormat, coalesce(target.test, target.name)) }}
-        - ${{ if not(eq(length(parameters.groups), 0)) }}:
-          - ${{ each group in parameters.groups }}:
-            - ${{ each target in parameters.targets }}:
-              - name: ${{ format(format(parameters.nameGroupFormat, parameters.nameFormat), coalesce(target.name, target.test), group) }}
-                test: ${{ format(format(parameters.testGroupFormat, parameters.testFormat), coalesce(target.test, target.name), group) }}

.azure-pipelines/templates/test.yml

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# This template uses the provided list of jobs to create test one or more test jobs.
-# It can be used directly if needed, or through the matrix template.
-
-parameters:
-  # A required list of dictionaries, one per test job.
-  # Each item in the list must contain a "job" and "name" key.
-  - name: jobs
-    type: object
-
-jobs:
-  - ${{ each job in parameters.jobs }}:
-    - job: test_${{ replace(replace(replace(replace(job.test, '/', '_'), '.', '_'), '-', '_'), '@', '_') }}
-      displayName: ${{ job.name }}
-      container: default
-      workspace:
-        clean: all
-      steps:
-        - checkout: self
-          fetchDepth: $(fetchDepth)
-          path: $(checkoutPath)
-        - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/run-tests.sh "$(entryPoint)" "${{ job.test }}" "$(coverageBranches)"
-          displayName: Run Tests
-        - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/process-results.sh
-          condition: succeededOrFailed()
-          displayName: Process Results
-        - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/aggregate-coverage.sh "$(Agent.TempDirectory)"
-          condition: eq(variables.haveCoverageData, 'true')
-          displayName: Aggregate Coverage Data
-        - task: PublishTestResults@2
-          condition: eq(variables.haveTestResults, 'true')
-          inputs:
-            testResultsFiles: "$(outputPath)/junit/*.xml"
-          displayName: Publish Test Results
-        - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
-          condition: eq(variables.haveBotResults, 'true')
-          displayName: Publish Bot Results
-          inputs:
-            targetPath: "$(outputPath)/bot/"
-            artifactName: "Bot $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)"
-        - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
-          condition: eq(variables.haveCoverageData, 'true')
-          displayName: Publish Coverage Data
-          inputs:
-            targetPath: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/coverage/"
-            artifactName: "Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)"

.cherry_picker.toml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-team = "ansible"
-repo = "ansible"
-check_sha = "f31421576b00f0b167cdbe61217c31c21a41ac02"  # the very first commit in repo
-fix_commit_msg = false  # Don't replace "#" with "GH-"
-default_branch = "devel"

.coveragerc

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# This configuration file is used for manual execution of coverage
+# as well as for tests run through ansible-test.
+
+[run]
+branch = True
+
+# Enable concurrency. This also enables parallel mode, which results in
+# multiple coverage files being created. Concurrency allows us to collect
+# results from multiple tests simultaneously, as well as supporting multiple
+# test runs, such as from integration tests.
+concurrency = multiprocessing
+parallel = True
+
+# When running tests through ansible-test, this option is overridden by
+# the COVERAGE_FILE environment variable. This option is present for
+# convenience when running coverage manually from this directory.
+data_file = test/results/coverage/coverage
+
+# Don't collect or report code coverage from files matching these patterns.
+omit =
+    */python*/dist-packages/*
+    */python*/site-packages/*
+    */python*/distutils/*
+    */pyshared/*
+    */pytest

.gitattributes

@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+CHANGELOG.md merge=union
 .github/ export-ignore
+hacking/ export-ignore
+ticket-stubs/ export-ignore

.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Community Code of Conduct
-
-Please see the official [Ansible Community Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html).

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# WELCOME TO ANSIBLE GITHUB
-
-Hi! Nice to see you here!
-
-## QUESTIONS ?
-
-Please see the [Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/index.html) for information on how to ask questions on the [mailing lists](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html#mailing-list-information) and IRC.
-
-The GitHub issue tracker is not the best place for questions for various reasons, but both IRC and the mailing list are very helpful places for those things, as the community page explains best.
-
-## CONTRIBUTING ?
-
-By contributing you agree that these contributions are your own (or approved by your employer) and you grant a full, complete, irrevocable copyright license to all users and developers of the project, present and future, pursuant to the license of the project. You can also read the same [CLA](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/contributor_license_agreement.html) on the Ansible docsite.
-
-Please review the [Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/index.html) for more information on contributing to Ansible.
-
-## BUG TO REPORT ?
-
-First and foremost, also check the [Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/index.html).
-
-You can report bugs or make enhancement requests at the [Ansible GitHub issue page](http://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/new/choose) by filling out the issue template that will be presented.
-
-Also please make sure you are testing on the latest released version of Ansible or the development branch; see the [Installation Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html) for details.
-
-Thanks!

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -1 +1,63 @@
-Please raise issues via the [new interface](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/new/choose)
+<!---
+Verify first that your issue/request is not already reported on GitHub.
+Also test if the latest release, and master branch are affected too.
+-->
+
+##### ISSUE TYPE
+<!--- Pick one below and delete the rest: -->
+ - Bug Report
+ - Feature Idea
+ - Documentation Report
+
+##### COMPONENT NAME
+<!--- Name of the module/plugin/task/feature -->
+
+##### ANSIBLE VERSION
+<!--- Paste verbatim output from "ansible --version" between quotes below -->
+```
+
+```
+
+##### CONFIGURATION
+<!---
+If using Ansible 2.4 or above, paste the results of "ansible-config dump --only-changed"
+
+Otherwise, mention any settings you have changed/added/removed in ansible.cfg
+(or using the ANSIBLE_* environment variables).
+
+-->
+
+##### OS / ENVIRONMENT
+<!---
+Mention the OS you are running Ansible from, and the OS you are
+managing, or say "N/A" for anything that is not platform-specific.
+Also mention the specific version of what you are trying to control,
+e.g. if this is a network bug the version of firmware on the network device.
+-->
+
+##### SUMMARY
+<!--- Explain the problem briefly -->
+
+##### STEPS TO REPRODUCE
+<!---
+For bugs, show exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case.
+For new features, show how the feature would be used.
+-->
+
+<!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
+```yaml
+
+```
+
+<!--- You can also paste gist.github.com links for larger files -->
+
+##### EXPECTED RESULTS
+<!--- What did you expect to happen when running the steps above? -->
+
+##### ACTUAL RESULTS
+<!--- What actually happened? If possible run with extra verbosity (-vvvv) -->
+
+<!--- Paste verbatim command output between quotes below -->
+```
+
+```

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----
-name: 🐛 Bug report
-description: Create a report to help us improve
-
-body:
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: >
-      **Thank you for wanting to report a bug in ansible-core!**
-
-
-      ⚠
-      Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on
-      GitHub][issue search] and keep in mind that we may have to keep
-      the current behavior because [every change breaks someone's
-      workflow][XKCD 1172].
-      We try to be mindful about this.
-
-      Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
-
-
-      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please consider
-      [starting a mailing list thread or chatting in IRC][ML||IRC].
-
-
-
-      [ML||IRC]:
-      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--bug_report.yml#mailing-list-information
-
-      [issue search]: ../search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
-
-      [XKCD 1172]: https://xkcd.com/1172/
-
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Summary
-    description: Explain the problem briefly below.
-    placeholder: >-
-      When I try to do X with ansible-core from the devel branch on GitHub, Y
-      breaks in a way Z under the env E. Here are all the details I know
-      about this problem...
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: dropdown
-  attributes:
-    label: Issue Type
-    description: >
-      Please select the single available option in the drop-down.
-
-      <details>
-        <summary>
-          <em>Why?</em>
-        </summary>
-
-        We would do it by ourselves but unfortunatelly, the curent
-        edition of GitHub Issue Forms Alpha does not support this yet 🤷
-
-
-        _We will make it easier in the future, once GitHub
-        supports dropdown defaults. Promise!_
-
-      </details>
-    # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
-    options:
-    - Bug Report
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: input
-  attributes:
-    label: Component Name
-    description: >
-      Write the short name of the rst file, module, plugin, task or
-      feature below, *use your best guess if unsure*.
-
-
-      **Tip:** Cannot find it in this repository? Please be advised that
-      the source for some parts of the documentation are hosted outside
-      of this repository. If the page you are reporting describes
-      modules/plugins/etc that are not officially supported by the
-      Ansible Core Engineering team, there is a good chance that it is
-      coming from one of the [Ansible Collections maintained by the
-      community][collections org]. If this is the case, please make sure
-      to file an issue under the appropriate project there instead.
-
-
-      [collections org]: /ansible-collections
-    placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Ansible Version
-    description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` below, under
-      the prompt line. Please don't wrap it with tripple backticks — your
-      whole input will be turned into a code snippet automatically.
-    render: console
-    value: |
-      $ ansible --version
-    placeholder: |
-      $ ansible --version
-      ansible [core 2.11.0b4.post0]  (detached HEAD ref: refs/) last updated 2021/04/02 00:33:35 (GMT +200)
-        config file = None
-        configured module search path = ['~/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
-        ansible python module location = ~/src/github/ansible/ansible/lib/ansible
-        ansible collection location = ~/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
-        executable location = bin/ansible
-        python version = 3.9.0 (default, Oct 26 2020, 13:08:59) [GCC 10.2.0]
-        jinja version = 2.11.3
-        libyaml = True
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Configuration
-    description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed -t all` below, under the prompt line.
-      (if using a version older than ansible-core 2.12 you should omit the '-t all')
-      Please don't wrap it with tripple backticks — your
-      whole input will be turned into a code snippet automatically.
-    render: console
-    value: |
-      # if using a version older than ansible-core 2.12 you should omit the '-t all'
-      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed -t all
-    placeholder: |
-      # if using a version older than ansible-core 2.12 you should omit the '-t all'
-      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed -t all
-      DEFAULT_GATHERING(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = smart
-      DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['~/src/github/ansible/ansible/hosts']
-      DEFAULT_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ~/src/github/ansible/ansible/vault/print-password.sh
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: OS / Environment
-    description: >-
-      Provide all relevant information below, e.g. target OS versions,
-      network device firmware, etc.
-    placeholder: RHEL 8, CentOS Stream etc.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Steps to Reproduce
-    description: |
-      Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case. It would *really* help us understand your problem if you could also pased any playbooks, configs and commands you used.
-
-      **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
-    value: |
-      <!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
-      ```yaml (paste below)
-
-      ```
-    placeholder: |
-      1. Implement the following playbook:
-
-         ```yaml
-         ---
-         # ping.yml
-         - hosts: all
-           gather_facts: false
-           tasks:
-           - ping:
-         ...
-         ```
-      2. Then run `ANSIBLE_DEBUG=1 ansible-playbook ping.yml -vvvvv`
-      3. An error occurs.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Expected Results
-    description: >-
-      Describe what you expected to happen when running the steps above.
-    placeholder: >-
-      I expected X to happen because I assumed Y and was shocked
-      that it did not.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Actual Results
-    description: |
-      Describe what actually happened. If possible run with extra verbosity (`-vvvv`).
-
-      Paste verbatim command output and don't wrap it with tripple backticks — your
-      whole input will be turned into a code snippet automatically.
-    render: console
-    placeholder: >-
-      Certificate did not match expected hostname: files.pythonhosted.org. Certificate: {'notAfter': 'Apr 28 19:20:25 2021 GMT', 'subjectAltName': ((u'DNS', 'r.ssl.fastly.net'), (u'DNS', '*.catchpoint.com'), (u'DNS', '*.cnn.io'), (u'DNS', '*.dollarshaveclub.com'), (u'DNS', '*.eater.com'), (u'DNS', '*.fastly.picmonkey.com'), (u'DNS', '*.files.saymedia-content.com'), (u'DNS', '*.ft.com'), (u'DNS', '*.meetupstatic.com'), (u'DNS', '*.nfl.com'), (u'DNS', '*.pagar.me'), (u'DNS', '*.picmonkey.com'), (u'DNS', '*.realself.com'), (u'DNS', '*.sbnation.com'), (u'DNS', '*.shakr.com'), (u'DNS', '*.streamable.com'), (u'DNS', '*.surfly.com'), (u'DNS', '*.theverge.com'), (u'DNS', '*.thrillist.com'), (u'DNS', '*.vox-cdn.com'), (u'DNS', '*.vox.com'), (u'DNS', '*.voxmedia.com'), (u'DNS', 'eater.com'), (u'DNS', 'ft.com'), (u'DNS', 'i.gse.io'), (u'DNS', 'picmonkey.com'), (u'DNS', 'realself.com'), (u'DNS', 'static.wixstatic.com'), (u'DNS', 'streamable.com'), (u'DNS', 'surfly.com'), (u'DNS', 'theverge.com'), (u'DNS', 'vox-cdn.com'), (u'DNS', 'vox.com'), (u'DNS', 'www.joyent.com')), 'subject': ((('countryName', u'US'),), (('stateOrProvinceName', u'California'),), (('localityName', u'San Francisco'),), (('organizationName', u'Fastly, Inc'),), (('commonName', u'r.ssl.fastly.net'),))}
-      Exception:
-      Traceback (most recent call last):
-        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main
-          status = self.run(options, args)
-        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 335, in run
-          wb.build(autobuilding=True)
-        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 749, in build
-          self.requirement_set.prepare_files(self.finder)
-        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 380, in prepare_files
-          ignore_dependencies=self.ignore_dependencies))
-        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 620, in _prepare_file
-          session=self.session, hashes=hashes)
-        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 821, in unpack_url
-          hashes=hashes
-        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 659, in unpack_http_url
-          hashes)
-        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 853, in _download_http_url
-          stream=True,
-        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/requests/sessions.py", line 521, in get
-          return self.request('GET', url, **kwargs)
-        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 386, in request
-          return super(PipSession, self).request(method, url, *args, **kwargs)
-        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/requests/sessions.py", line 508, in request
-          resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
-        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/requests/sessions.py", line 618, in send
-          r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
-        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/cachecontrol/adapter.py", line 47, in send
-          resp = super(CacheControlAdapter, self).send(request, **kw)
-        File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/requests/adapters.py", line 506, in send
-          raise SSLError(e, request=request)
-      SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='files.pythonhosted.org', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /packages/ef/ab/aa12712415809bf698e719b307419f953e25344e8f42d557533d7a02b276/netapp_lib-2020.7.16-py2-none-any.whl (Caused by SSLError(CertificateError("hostname 'files.pythonhosted.org' doesn't match either of 'r.ssl.fastly.net', '*.catchpoint.com', '*.cnn.io', '*.dollarshaveclub.com', '*.eater.com', '*.fastly.picmonkey.com', '*.files.saymedia-content.com', '*.ft.com', '*.meetupstatic.com', '*.nfl.com', '*.pagar.me', '*.picmonkey.com', '*.realself.com', '*.sbnation.com', '*.shakr.com', '*.streamable.com', '*.surfly.com', '*.theverge.com', '*.thrillist.com', '*.vox-cdn.com', '*.vox.com', '*.voxmedia.com', 'eater.com', 'ft.com', 'i.gse.io', 'picmonkey.com', 'realself.com', 'static.wixstatic.com', 'streamable.com', 'surfly.com', 'theverge.com', 'vox-cdn.com', 'vox.com', 'www.joyent.com'",),))
-      ERROR: Command "/usr/bin/python2.6 /root/ansible/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/quiet_pip.py install --disable-pip-version-check -r /root/ansible/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/requirements/units.txt -r tests/unit/requirements.txt -c /root/ansible/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/requirements/constraints.txt" returned exit status 2.
-      ERROR: Command "docker exec d47eb360db4ce779c1f690db964655b76e68895c4360ff252c46fe7fe6f5c75a /usr/bin/env ANSIBLE_TEST_CONTENT_ROOT=/root/ansible_collections/netapp/ontap LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python3.6 /root/ansible/bin/ansible-test units --metadata tests/output/.tmp/metadata-9i2qfrcl.json --truncate 200 --redact --color yes --requirements --python default --requirements-mode only" returned exit status 1.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: >
-      *One last thing...*
-
-
-      *Please, complete **all** sections as described, this form
-      is [processed automatically by a robot][ansibot help].*
-
-
-      Thank you for your collaboration!
-
-
-      [ansibot help]:
-      /ansible/ansibullbot/blob/master/ISSUE_HELP.md#for-issue-submitters
-
-
-- type: checkboxes
-  attributes:
-    label: Code of Conduct
-    description: |
-      Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct][CoC] first.
-
-      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--bug_report.yml
-    options:
-    - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
-      required: true
-...

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

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-# Ref: https://help.github.com/en/github/building-a-strong-community/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository#configuring-the-template-chooser
-blank_issues_enabled: false  # default: true
-contact_links:
-- name: 🔐 Security bug report 🔥
-  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser
-  about: |
-    Please learn how to report security vulnerabilities here.
-
-    For all security related bugs, email security@ansible.com
-    instead of using this issue tracker and you will receive
-    a prompt response.
-
-    For more information, see
-    https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html
-- name: 📝 Ansible Code of Conduct
-  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser
-  about: ❤ Be nice to other members of the community. ☮ Behave.
-- name: 💬 Talks to the community
-  url: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser#mailing-list-information
-  about: Please ask and answer usage questions here
-- name: ⚡ Working groups
-  url: https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki
-  about: Interested in improving a specific area? Become a part of a working group!
-- name: 💼 For Enterprise
-  url: https://www.ansible.com/products/engine?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_template_chooser
-  about: Red Hat offers support for the Ansible Automation Platform

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.yml

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----
-name: 📝 Documentation Report
-description: Ask us about docs
-
-body:
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: >
-      **Thank you for wanting to report a problem with ansible-core
-      documentation!**
-
-
-      Please fill out your suggestions below. If the problem seems
-      straightforward, feel free to go ahead and
-      [submit a pull request] instead!
-
-
-      ⚠
-      Verify first that your issue is not [already reported on
-      GitHub][issue search].
-
-      Also test if the latest release and devel branch are affected too.
-
-
-      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please consider
-      [starting a mailing list thread or chatting in IRC][ML||IRC].
-
-
-      [ML||IRC]:
-      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--documentation_report.yml#mailing-list-information
-
-      [issue search]: ../search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
-
-      [submit a pull request]:
-      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/documentation_contributions.html
-
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Summary
-    description: >
-      Explain the problem briefly below, add suggestions to wording
-      or structure.
-
-
-      **HINT:** Did you know the documentation has a `View on GitHub`
-      link on some pages? Feel free to use it to start a pull request
-      right from the GitHub UI!
-    placeholder: >-
-      I was reading the ansible-core documentation of version X and I'm having
-      problems understanding Y. It would be very helpful if that got
-      rephrased as Z.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: dropdown
-  attributes:
-    label: Issue Type
-    description: >
-      Please select the single available option in the drop-down.
-
-      <details>
-        <summary>
-          <em>Why?</em>
-        </summary>
-
-        We would do it by ourselves but unfortunatelly, the curent
-        edition of GitHub Issue Forms Alpha does not support this yet 🤷
-
-
-        _We will make it easier in the future, once GitHub
-        supports dropdown defaults. Promise!_
-
-      </details>
-    # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
-    options:
-    - Documentation Report
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: input
-  attributes:
-    label: Component Name
-    description: >
-      Write the short name of the rst file, module, plugin, task or
-      feature below, *use your best guess if unsure*.
-
-
-      **Tip:** Be advised that the source for some parts of the
-      documentation are hosted outside of this repository. If the page
-      you are reporting describes modules/plugins/etc that are not
-      officially supported by the Ansible Core Engineering team, there
-      is a good chance that it is coming from one of the [Ansible
-      Collections maintained by the community][collections org]. If this
-      is the case, please make sure to file an issue under the
-      appropriate project there instead.
-
-
-      [collections org]: /ansible-collections
-    placeholder: docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/debugging.rst
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Ansible Version
-    description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from `ansible --version` below, under
-      the prompt line. Please don't wrap it with tripple backticks — your
-      whole input will be turned into a code snippet automatically.
-    render: console
-    value: |
-      $ ansible --version
-    placeholder: |
-      $ ansible --version
-      ansible [core 2.11.0b4.post0]  (detached HEAD ref: refs/) last updated 2021/04/02 00:33:35 (GMT +200)
-        config file = None
-        configured module search path = ['~/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
-        ansible python module location = ~/src/github/ansible/ansible/lib/ansible
-        ansible collection location = ~/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
-        executable location = bin/ansible
-        python version = 3.9.0 (default, Oct 26 2020, 13:08:59) [GCC 10.2.0]
-        jinja version = 2.11.3
-        libyaml = True
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Configuration
-    description: >-
-      Paste verbatim output from `ansible-config dump --only-changed -t all` below, under the prompt line.
-      (if using a version older than ansible-core 2.12 you should omit the '-t all')
-      Please don't wrap it with tripple backticks — your
-      whole input will be turned into a code snippet automatically.
-    render: console
-    value: |
-      # if using a version older than ansible-core 2.12 you should omit the '-t all'
-      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed -t all
-    placeholder: |
-      # if using a version older than ansible-core 2.12 you should omit the '-t all'
-      $ ansible-config dump --only-changed -t all
-      DEFAULT_GATHERING(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = smart
-      DEFAULT_HOST_LIST(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ['~/src/github/ansible/ansible/hosts']
-      DEFAULT_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE(~/src/github/ansible/ansible/ansible.cfg) = ~/src/github/ansible/ansible/vault/print-password.sh
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: OS / Environment
-    description: >-
-      Provide all relevant information below, e.g. OS version,
-      browser, etc.
-    placeholder: Fedora 33, Firefox etc.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Additional Information
-    description: |
-      Describe how this improves the documentation, e.g. before/after situation or screenshots.
-
-      **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
-    placeholder: >-
-      When the improvement is applied, it makes it more straightforward
-      to understand X.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: >
-      *One last thing...*
-
-
-      *Please, complete **all** sections as described, this form
-      is [processed automatically by a robot][ansibot help].*
-
-
-      Thank you for your collaboration!
-
-
-      [ansibot help]:
-      /ansible/ansibullbot/blob/master/ISSUE_HELP.md#for-issue-submitters
-
-
-- type: checkboxes
-  attributes:
-    label: Code of Conduct
-    description: |
-      Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct][CoC] first.
-
-      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--documentation_report.yml
-    options:
-    - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
-      required: true
-...

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

@@ -1,192 +0,0 @@
----
-name: ✨ Feature request
-description: Suggest an idea for this project
-
-body:
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: >
-      **Thank you for wanting to suggest a feature for ansible-core!**
-
-
-
-      💡
-      Before you go ahead with your request, please first consider if it
-      would be useful for majority of the ansible-core users. As a
-      general rule of thumb, any feature that is only of interest to a
-      small sub group should be [implemented in a third-party Ansible
-      Collection][contribute to collections] or maybe even just your
-      project alone. Be mindful of the fact that the essential
-      ansible-core features have a broad impact.
-
-      If unsure, consider filing a [new proposal] instead outlining your
-      use-cases, the research and implementation considerations. Then,
-      start a discussion on one of the public [IRC meetings] we have just
-      for this.
-
-
-      <details>
-        <summary>
-          ❗ Every change breaks someone's workflow.
-        </summary>
-
-
-        [![❗ Every change breaks someone's workflow.
-        ](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/workflow.png)
-        ](https://xkcd.com/1172/)
-      </details>
-
-
-      ⚠
-      Verify first that your idea is not [already requested on
-      GitHub][issue search].
-
-      Also test if the devel branch does not already implement this.
-
-
-      **Tip:** If you are seeking community support, please consider
-      [starting a mailing list thread or chatting in IRC][ML||IRC].
-
-
-
-      [contribute to collections]:
-      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/contributing_maintained_collections.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--feature_request.yml
-
-      [IRC meetings]:
-        https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--feature_request.yml#irc-meetings
-
-      [issue search]: ../search?q=is%3Aissue&type=issues
-
-      [ML||IRC]:
-      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/devel/community/communication.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--feature_request.yml#mailing-list-information
-
-      [new proposal]: ../../proposals/issues/new
-
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Summary
-    description: >
-      Describe the new feature/improvement you would like briefly below.
-
-
-      What's the problem this feature will solve?
-
-      What are you trying to do, that you are unable to achieve
-      with ansible-core as it currently stands?
-
-
-      * Provide examples of real-world use cases that this would enable
-      and how it solves the problem you described.
-
-      * How do you solve this now?
-
-      * Have you tried to work around the problem using other tools?
-
-      * Could there be a different approach to solving this issue?
-
-
-      *Know **exactly** what you want?* Consider filing a [new proposal]
-      instead outlining your research and implementation considerations.
-
-
-      [new proposal]: ../../proposals/issues/new
-    placeholder: >-
-      I am trying to do X with ansible-core from the devel branch on GitHub and
-      I think that implementing a feature Y would be very helpful for me and
-      every other user of ansible-core because of Z.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: dropdown
-  attributes:
-    label: Issue Type
-    description: >
-      Please select the single available option in the drop-down.
-
-      <details>
-        <summary>
-          <em>Why?</em>
-        </summary>
-
-        We would do it by ourselves but unfortunatelly, the curent
-        edition of GitHub Issue Forms Alpha does not support this yet 🤷
-
-
-        _We will make it easier in the future, once GitHub
-        supports dropdown defaults. Promise!_
-
-      </details>
-    # FIXME: Once GitHub allows defining the default choice, update this
-    options:
-    - Feature Idea
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: input
-  attributes:
-    label: Component Name
-    description: >
-      Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below,
-      *use your best guess if unsure*.
-
-
-      Be aware that a lot of content that used to reside in this repository
-      previously, is now hosted under [individual collection
-      projects][collections org].
-      If this is the case, please make sure to file an issue under the
-      appropriate project there instead.
-
-
-      [collections org]: /ansible-collections
-    placeholder: dnf, apt, yum, pip, user etc.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-- type: textarea
-  attributes:
-    label: Additional Information
-    description: |
-      Describe how the feature would be used, why it is needed and what it would solve.
-
-      **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
-    value: |
-      <!--- Paste example playbooks or commands between quotes below -->
-      ```yaml (paste below)
-
-      ```
-    placeholder: >-
-      I asked on https://stackoverflow.com/.... and the community
-      advised me to do X, Y and Z.
-  validations:
-    required: true
-
-
-- type: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: >
-      *One last thing...*
-
-
-      *Please, complete **all** sections as described, this form
-      is [processed automatically by a robot][ansibot help].*
-
-
-      Thank you for your collaboration!
-
-
-      [ansibot help]:
-      /ansible/ansibullbot/blob/master/ISSUE_HELP.md#for-issue-submitters
-
-
-- type: checkboxes
-  attributes:
-    label: Code of Conduct
-    description: |
-      Read the [Ansible Code of Conduct][CoC] first.
-
-      [CoC]: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html?utm_medium=github&utm_source=issue_form--feature_request.yml
-    options:
-    - label: I agree to follow the Ansible Code of Conduct
-      required: true
-...

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -1,23 +1,37 @@
 ##### SUMMARY
-<!--- Describe the change below, including rationale and design decisions -->
+<!--- Describe the change, including rationale and design decisions -->
 
-<!--- HINT: Include "Fixes #nnn" if you are fixing an existing issue -->
+<!---
+If you are fixing an existing issue, please include "Fixes #nnn" in your
+commit message and your description; but you should still explain what
+the change does.
+-->
 
 ##### ISSUE TYPE
-<!--- Pick one below and delete the rest -->
-- Bugfix Pull Request
-- Docs Pull Request
-- Feature Pull Request
-- Test Pull Request
+<!--- Pick one below and delete the rest: -->
+ - Feature Pull Request
+ - New Module Pull Request
+ - Bugfix Pull Request
+ - Docs Pull Request
 
 ##### COMPONENT NAME
-<!--- Write the short name of the module, plugin, task or feature below -->
+<!--- Name of the module/plugin/module/task -->
 
-##### ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-<!--- Include additional information to help people understand the change here -->
-<!--- A step-by-step reproduction of the problem is helpful if there is no related issue -->
-
-<!--- Paste verbatim command output below, e.g. before and after your change -->
-```paste below
+##### ANSIBLE VERSION
+<!--- Paste verbatim output from "ansible --version" between quotes below -->
+```
+
+```
+
+
+##### ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
+<!---
+Include additional information to help people understand the change here.
+For bugs that don't have a linked bug report, a step-by-step reproduction
+of the problem is helpful.
+  -->
+
+<!--- Paste verbatim command output below, e.g. before and after your change -->
+```
 
 ```

.github/RELEASE_NAMES.yml

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
----
-- 2.14.0  C'mon Everybody
-- 2.13.0  Nobody's Fault but Mine
-- 2.12.0  Dazed and Confused
-- 2.11.0  Hey Hey, What Can I Do
-- 2.10.0  When the Levee Breaks
-- 2.9.0   Immigrant Song
-- 2.8.0   How Many More Times
-- 2.7.0   In the Light
-- 2.6.0   Heartbreaker
-- 2.5.0   Kashmir
-- 2.4.0   Dancing Days
-- 2.3.0   Ramble On
-- 2.2.0   The Battle of Evermore
-- 2.1.0   The Song Remains the Same
-- 2.0.0   Over the Hills and Far Away

.github/SECURITY.md

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# Security Policy
-
-## Supported Versions
-
-Ansible applies security fixes according to the 3-versions-back support
-policy. Please find more information in [our docs](
-https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#release-status
-).
-
-## Reporting a Vulnerability
-
-We encourage responsible disclosure practices for security
-vulnerabilities. Please read our [policies for reporting bugs](
-https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/reporting_bugs_and_features.html#reporting-a-bug
-) if you want to report a security issue that might affect Ansible.

.gitignore

@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ rpm-build
 .idea
 #IntelliJ IDEA stuff..
 *.iml
-#VSCode stuff..
-.vscode/
 # Mac OS X stuff...
 .DS_Store
 # manpage build stuff...
@@ -29,87 +27,70 @@ docs/man/man3/*
 *.sublime-project
 *.sublime-workspace
 # docsite stuff...
-docs/docsite/_build
+docs/api/_build/
+docs/api/rst/
 docs/docsite/*.html
-docs/docsite/htmlout
-docs/docsite/rst/conf.py
-docs/docsite/rst/index.rst
-docs/docsite/rst/cli/ansible-*.rst
-docs/docsite/rst/cli/ansible.rst
-docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/collections_galaxy_meta.rst
-docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing/sanity/index.rst.new
-docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/index.rst
-docs/docsite/rst/modules/*.rst
-docs/docsite/rst/collections/*.rst
-!docs/docsite/rst/collections/all_plugins.rst
-docs/docsite/rst/collections/*/*.rst
-docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_directives.rst
-docs/docsite/rst/plugins_by_category.rst
-docs/docsite/rst/plugins/*/*.rst
-docs/docsite/rst/reference_appendices/config.rst
-docs/docsite/rst/reference_appendices/playbooks_keywords.rst
-docs/docsite/rst_warnings
-docs/docsite/searchindex.js
+docs/docsite/_build
 docs/docsite/_static/*.gif
 docs/docsite/_static/*.png
 docs/docsite/_static/websupport.js
+docs/docsite/htmlout
+docs/docsite/searchindex.js
+docs/docsite/rst_warnings
+docs/docsite/rst/*_module.rst
+docs/docsite/rst/ansible.rst
+docs/docsite/rst/ansible-*.rst
+docs/docsite/rst/community_maintained.rst
+docs/docsite/rst/config.rst
+docs/docsite/rst/core_maintained.rst
+docs/docsite/rst/list_of_*.rst
+docs/docsite/rst/modules_by_category.rst
+docs/docsite/rst/network_maintained.rst
+docs/docsite/rst/plugins_by_category.rst
+docs/docsite/rst/partner_maintained.rst
+docs/docsite/rst/playbook_keywords.rst
+docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_directives.rst
+docs/docsite/rst/plugins/*/*.rst
+# deb building stuff...
+/debian/
+deb-build
 # Vim swap files
 *.swp
 *.swo
-[._]*.un~
 credentials.yml
 # test output
 *.retry
 *.out
-.pytest_cache/
 .tox
 .cache
-.pytest_cache
 results.xml
 coverage.xml
 /test/units/cover-html
-/test/integration/inventory
 /test/integration/targets/*/backup/
-/test/cache/*
 # Development
 /test/develop
-# Environments
-.env
-.venv
-env/
-venv/
-ENV/
-env.bak/
-venv.bak/
 venv
-env
 Vagrantfile
 .vagrant
-# Backwards compatibility with `stable-2.9` and earlier branches.
-# Also used in the `devel` branch during early Ansible 2.10 development.
-/lib/ansible.egg-info/
-# First used in the `devel` branch during Ansible 2.10 development.
-/lib/ansible_base.egg-info/
-# First used in the `devel` branch during Ansible 2.11 development.
-/lib/ansible_core.egg-info/
-# vendored lib dir
-lib/ansible/_vendor/*
-!lib/ansible/_vendor/__init__.py
-# test stuff
+ansible.egg-info/
+/shippable/
 /test/integration/cloud-config-*.*
 !/test/integration/cloud-config-*.*.template
-.python-version
-/hacking/tests/selinux/*.mod
-/hacking/tests/selinux/*.pp
 # Release directory
 packaging/release/ansible_release
 /.cache/
-/test/results/
-/test/integration/cloud-config-aws.yml
+/test/results/coverage/*=coverage.*
+/test/results/coverage/coverage*
+/test/results/reports/coverage*.xml
+/test/results/reports/coverage*/
+/test/results/bot/*.json
+/test/results/junit/*.xml
+/test/results/logs/*.log
+/test/results/data/*.json
+/test/integration/inventory.remote
 /test/integration/inventory.networking
 /test/integration/inventory.winrm
 /test/integration/cloud-config-aws.yml
-/test/integration/cloud-config-cs.ini
 # python 'rope' stuff
 .ropeproject
 # local 'ack' config files
@@ -121,6 +102,3 @@ htmlcov/
 # ansible-test coverage results
 test/units/.coverage.*
 /test/integration/cloud-config-azure.yml
-/SYMLINK_CACHE.json
-changelogs/.plugin-cache.yaml
-.ansible-test-timeout.json

.mailmap

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com> <michael@ansibleworks.com>
-Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com> Michael DeHaan <michael@ansibleworks.com>
+Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com> Michael DeHaan <Michael DeHaan michael@ansibleworks.com>
 Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com> <michael@ansible.com>
 <bcoca@ansible.com> <brian.coca+git@gmail.com>
 <bcoca@ansible.com> <briancoca+ansible@gmail.com>

CODING_GUIDELINES.md

@@ -0,0 +1,316 @@
+Coding Guidelines
+=================
+
+Hi!  Thanks for interest in contributing to Ansible.
+
+Here are some guidelines for contributing code.  The purpose of this document are to establish what we're looking for in code contributions, and to make sure
+new contributions know some of the conventions that we've been using.
+
+We don't think much of this should be too strange to readers familiar with contributing to Python projects, though it helps if we all get on the same page.
+
+Language
+========
+
+  * While not all components of Ansible must be in Python, core contributions to the Ansible repo must be written in Python.  This is to maximize the ability of everyone to contribute.
+  * If you want to write non-Python ansible modules or inventory scripts, that's fine, but they are not going to get merged in most likely.  Sorry!!  
+
+PEP 8 and basic style checks
+===========================
+
+  * [PEP 8](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/) is a great Python style guide, which you should read.
+  * PEP 8 must not be strictly followed in all aspects, but most of it is good advice
+  * In particular, we don't really care about line lengths.  Buy a bigger monitor!
+  * To run checks for things we care about, use [ansible-test](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/dev_guide/testing_pep8.html#running-locally).
+  * Similarly, additional checks can be made with "make pyflakes"
+  * There is no need to submit code changes for PEP 8 and pyflakes fixes, as these break attribution history.  Project leadership will make these periodically.
+  * Do not submit pull requests that simply adjust whitespace in the code
+
+Testing
+=======
+
+  * Much of ansible's testing needs are in integration, not unit tests.  Add module tests there.
+  * That being said, there are unit tests too!
+  * Code written must absolutely pass tests (i.e. "make tests")
+  * You should anticipate any error paths in your code and test down those error paths.
+  * Additions to tests for core code is welcome, but not always possible.  Be sure things are at least well tested manually in that case.
+
+Whitespace
+==========
+
+  * Four space indent is strictly required
+  * Include meaningful whitespace between lines of code
+
+Shebang Lines
+=============
+ 
+  * /usr/bin/scripts should start with '/usr/bin/env python'
+  * module code should still use '/usr/bin/python' as this is replaced automatically by 'ansible_python_interpreter', see the FAQ in the docs for more info.
+
+Comments
+========
+
+  * Readability is one of the most important goals for this project
+  * Comment any non-trivial code where someone might not know why you are doing something in a particular way
+  * Though if something should be commented, that's often a sign someone should write a function
+  * All new functions must have a basic docstring comment
+  * Commenting above a line is preferable to commenting at the end of a line
+
+Classes
+=======
+
+  * With the exception of module code (where inline is better), it is desirable to see classes in their own files.
+  * Classes should generally not cause side effects as soon as they are instantiated, move meaningful behavior to methods rather than constructors.
+ 
+Functions and Methods
+=====================
+
+  * In general, functions should not be 'too long' and should describe a meaningful amount of work
+  * When code gets too nested, that's usually the sign the loop body could benefit from being a function
+  * Parts of our existing code are not the best examples of this at times. 
+  * Functions should have names that describe what they do, along with docstrings
+  * Functions should be named with_underscores
+  * "Don't repeat yourself" is generally a good philosophy
+
+Variables
+=========
+
+  * Use descriptive variable names instead of variables like 'x', unless x is a obvious loop index
+  * Ansible python code uses identifiers like 'ClassesLikeThis and variables_like_this
+  * Module parameters should also use_underscores and not runtogether
+
+Module Security
+===============
+
+  * Modules must take steps to avoid passing user input from the shell and always check return codes
+  * always use module.run_command instead of subprocess or Popen or os.system -- this is mandatory
+  * if you use need the shell you must pass use_unsafe_shell=True to module.run_command
+  * if you do not need the shell, avoid using the shell
+  * any variables that can come from the user input with use_unsafe_shell=True must be wrapped by pipes.quote(x)
+  * downloads of https:// resource urls must import module_utils.urls and use the fetch_url method
+
+Misc Preferences
+================
+
+Use the dict constructor where possible when allocating dictionaries:
+
+    # not this:
+    foo = {
+       'a' : 12,
+       'b' : 34
+    }
+
+    # this:
+    foo = dict(
+       a=12,
+       b=34,
+    )
+
+Do not line up variables
+
+    # not this
+    a        = 12
+    foosball = 34
+    xyz      = 'dog'
+
+    # this
+    a = 12
+    foosball = 34
+    xyz = 'dog'
+
+Don't use line continuations:
+
+    # no
+    if (this_is_a_very_long_line and foo and \
+       i_am_going_to_continue_it):
+          bar()
+
+    # better:
+    if (this_is_a_very_long_line and foo and i_am_going_to_continue_it):
+       bar()
+
+Spacing:
+
+    # no
+    x = [1,2,3]
+
+    # no
+    x = [ 1, 2, 3 ]
+
+    # yes
+    x = [1, 2, 3]
+
+Spacing continued:
+
+    # no
+    x=foo(12)
+
+    # no
+    x = foo( 12 )
+
+    # yes
+    x = foo(12)
+
+Licenses
+========
+
+Every file should have a license header, including the copyright of the original author.  Major additions to the module are allowed
+to add an additional copyright line, and this is especially true of rewrites, but original authorship copyright messages should be preserved.
+
+All contributions to the core repo should preserve original licenses and new contributions must include the GPLv3 header.
+
+Module Documentation
+====================
+
+All module pull requests must include a DOCUMENTATION docstring (YAML format, 
+see other modules for examples) as well as an EXAMPLES docstring, which is free form.  
+
+When adding new modules, any new parameter must have a "version_added" attribute.  
+When submitting a new module, the module should have a "version_added" attribute in the 
+pull request as well, set to the current development version.
+
+Be sure to check grammar and spelling.
+
+It's frequently the case that modules get submitted with YAML that isn't valid, 
+so you can run "make webdocs" from the checkout to preview your module's documentation. 
+If it fails to build, take a look at your DOCUMENTATION string 
+or you might have a Python syntax error in there too.
+
+Python Imports
+==============
+
+To make it clear what a module is importing, imports should not be sprinkled throughout the code. 
+
+Python Imports should happen at the top of the file, exempting code from module_utils.
+
+When a conditional runtime import is required, do so something like this instead:
+
+    HAS_FOO = False
+    try:
+       import foo
+       HAS_FOO = True
+    except ImportError:
+       pass
+
+    ...
+
+    if not HAS_FOO:
+       raise Exception("the foo library is required")
+
+This makes it clear what optional dependencies are but allows this to be deferred until runtime.   In the case of module code, the raising of the Exception will be replaced
+with a "module.exit_json" call.
+
+Exceptions
+==========
+
+In the main body of the code, use typed exceptions where possible:
+    
+    # not this
+    raise Exception("panic!")
+
+    # this
+    from ansible import errors
+    ...
+    raise errors.AnsibleError("panic!")
+
+Similarly, exception checking should be fine grained:
+
+    # not this
+    try:
+       foo()
+    except:
+       bar()
+
+    # but this
+    try:
+       foo()
+    except SomeTypedException:
+       bar()
+
+List Comprehensions
+===================
+
+In general list comprehensions are always preferred to map() and filter() calls.
+
+However, they can be abused.  Optimize for readability, and avoid nesting them too deeply.
+
+Regexes
+=======
+
+There is a time and place for them, but here's an illustrative joke.
+
+"A developer had a problem, and used a regular expression to solve it.  Now the developer had two problems".
+
+Often regexes are difficult to maintain, and a trusty call to other string operations can be a great solution, faster,
+and more readable.
+
+File Conventions
+================
+
+If a piece of code looks for a named YAML file in a directory, it should assume it can take no extension, or an extension of '.yml' or '.yaml'.
+This should be true against all code that loads files.
+
+Any code that uses directories should consider the possibility that the directory may be symlink.
+
+New Ansible language parameters
+===============================
+
+If adding a new parameter, like 'can_fizzbuzz: True/False' be sure the value of the parameter is templated somewhere in the Runner code, as if anything can be parameterized in Ansible,
+there is a user that will try to parameterize it.
+
+String Find
+===========
+
+Use 'in':
+
+    # not this:
+    if x.find('foo') != -1:
+
+    # this: 
+    if 'foo' in x:
+
+String checks
+=============
+
+To test if something is a string, consider that it may be unicode.
+
+    # no
+    if type(x) == str:
+
+    # yes
+    from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
+    if isinstance(x, string_types):
+
+Cleverness
+==========
+
+Ansible's code is intended to be read by as many people as possible, so we don't particularly encourage clever or heavily idiomatic code.
+
+In particular, metaclasses are probably not appropriate, however entertaining they may be to add.
+
+Git Practices
+=============
+
+Pull requests cannot be accepted that contain merge commits.
+
+Always do "git pull --rebase" and "git rebase" vs "git pull" or "git merge".
+
+Always create a new branch for each pull request to avoid intertwingling different features or fixes on the same branch.
+
+   
+Python Version Compliance
+=========================
+
+All code in Ansible core must support a minimum version of Python 2.6.
+
+Module code must support a minimum of Python 2.4, with occasional exception for modules that require code that themselves require 2.6 and later.
+
+A quick reminder is that list comprehensions in Python 2.4 are not as fully fleshed out, there are no 'dict' comprehensions, and there is no 'with' statement.
+But otherwise it's pretty much all the same.
+
+The End
+=======
+
+This was not meant to be a scary document, so we hope it wasn't, but we also hope this helps you write code that is easier to maintain by others in the future.
+If you have questions about this document, please ask on the ansible-devel mailing list.
+
+Thank you!

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# WELCOME TO ANSIBLE GITHUB
+
+Hi! Nice to see you here!
+
+
+## QUESTIONS ?
+
+Please see the [community page](http://docs.ansible.com/community.html) for information on how to ask questions on the [mailing lists](http://docs.ansible.com/community.html#mailing-list-information) and IRC.
+
+The GitHub issue tracker is not the best place for questions for various reasons, but both IRC and the mailing list are very helpful places for those things, as the community page explains best.
+
+
+## CONTRIBUTING ?
+
+Please see the [community page](http://docs.ansible.com/community.html) for information regarding the contribution process. Important license agreement information is also included on that page.
+
+
+## BUG TO REPORT ?
+
+First and foremost, also check the [community page](http://docs.ansible.com/community.html).
+
+You can report bugs or make enhancement requests at the [Ansible GitHub issue page](http://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/new) by filling out the issue template that will be presented.
+
+Also please make sure you are testing on the latest released version of Ansible or the development branch. You can find the latest releases and development branch at:
+
+- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/releases
+- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/devel.tar.gz
+
+Thanks!

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,54 +1,21 @@
-include README.rst
-include COPYING
+prune ticket_stubs
+prune hacking
+include README.md COPYING
 include SYMLINK_CACHE.json
 include requirements.txt
-recursive-include docs *
-include docs/docsite/rst/collections/all_plugins.rst
-exclude docs/docsite/rst_warnings
-exclude docs/docsite/rst/conf.py
-exclude docs/docsite/rst/index.rst
-exclude docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/index.rst
-exclude docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing/sanity/bin-symlinks.rst
-exclude docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing/sanity/botmeta.rst
-exclude docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing/sanity/integration-aliases.rst
-exclude docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing/sanity/release-names.rst
-recursive-exclude docs/docsite/_build *
-recursive-exclude docs/docsite/_extensions *.pyc *.pyo
+include .coveragerc
+include .yamllint
 include examples/hosts
 include examples/ansible.cfg
-include examples/scripts/ConfigureRemotingForAnsible.ps1
-include examples/scripts/upgrade_to_ps3.ps1
-include lib/ansible/keyword_desc.yml
-recursive-include lib/ansible/executor/powershell *.ps1
-recursive-include lib/ansible/module_utils/csharp *.cs
-recursive-include lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell *.psm1
-recursive-include lib/ansible/modules/windows *.ps1
-recursive-include lib/ansible/galaxy/data *.yml *.j2 README.md ansible.cfg inventory .git_keep
-recursive-include lib/ansible/config *.yml
-recursive-include lib/ansible/modules *.yml
-recursive-include lib/ansible/plugins/test *.yml
-recursive-include lib/ansible/plugins/filter *.yml
-recursive-include licenses *.txt
+recursive-include lib/ansible/module_utils/powershell *
+recursive-include lib/ansible/modules *
+recursive-include lib/ansible/galaxy/data *
+recursive-include docs *
 recursive-include packaging *
-recursive-include test/ansible_test *.py Makefile
-recursive-include test/integration *
-recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/config *.yml *.template
-recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/_data *.cfg *.in *.ini *.ps1 *.txt *.yml coveragerc
-recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/_util *.cfg *.ini *.json *.ps1 *.psd1 *.py *.sh *.txt *.yml
-recursive-include test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/validate-modules validate-modules
-recursive-include test/sanity *.in *.json *.py *.txt
-recursive-include test/support *.py *.ps1 *.psm1 *.cs
-exclude test/sanity/code-smell/botmeta.*
-exclude test/sanity/code-smell/release-names.*
-exclude test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/sanity/bin_symlinks.py
-exclude test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/sanity/integration_aliases.py
-recursive-include test/units *
+recursive-include test *
 include Makefile
+include VERSION
 include MANIFEST.in
-include changelogs/CHANGELOG*.rst
-include changelogs/changelog.yaml
-recursive-include hacking/build_library *.py
-include hacking/build-ansible.py
-include hacking/test-module.py
-include hacking/update-sanity-requirements.py
-include bin/*
+include CHANGELOG.md
+include contrib/README.md
+recursive-include contrib/inventory *

MODULE_GUIDELINES.md

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# Module Maintainer Guidelines
+
+Thank you for being a maintainer of one Ansible's community modules! This guide provides module maintainers an overview of their responsibilities, resources for additional information, and links to helpful tools.
+
+In addition to the information below, module maintainers should be familiar with:
+* General Ansible community development practices (http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/community.html)
+* Documentation on module development (http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/developing_modules.html)
+* Any namespace-specific module guidelines (identified as GUIDELINES.md in the appropriate file tree).
+
+***
+
+# Maintainer Responsibilities
+
+When you contribute a new module to the [ansible/ansible](https://github.com/ansible/ansible) repository, you become the maintainer for that module once it has been merged. Maintainership empowers you with the authority to accept, reject, or request revisions to pull requests on your module -- but as they say, "with great power comes great responsibility."
+
+Maintainers of Ansible modules are expected to provide feedback, responses, or actions on pull requests or issues to the module(s) they maintain in a reasonably timely manner.
+
+It is also recommended that you occasionally revisit the [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/CONTRIBUTING.md), as they are continually refined. Occasionally, you may be requested to update your module to move it closer to the general accepted standard requirements. We hope for this to be infrequent, and will always be a request with a fair amount of lead time (ie: not by tomorrow!).
+
+Finally, following the [ansible-devel](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ansible-devel) mailing list can be a great way to participate in the broader Ansible community, and a place where you can influence the overall direction, quality, and goals of Ansible and its modules. If you're not on this relatively low-volume list, please join us here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ansible-devel
+
+The Ansible community hopes that you will find that maintaining your module is as rewarding for you as having the module is for the wider community.
+
+***
+
+# Pull Requests, Issues, and Workflow
+
+## Pull Requests
+
+Module pull requests are located in the [main Ansible repository](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pulls).
+
+Because of the high volume of pull requests, notification of PRs to specific modules are routed by an automated bot to the appropriate maintainer for handling. It is recommended that you set an appropriate notification process to receive notifications which mention your GitHub ID.
+
+## Issues
+
+Issues for modules, including bug reports, documentation bug reports, and feature requests, are tracked in the [ansible repository](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues).
+
+ Issues for modules are routed to their maintainers via an automated process. This process is still being refined, and currently depends upon the issue creator to provide adequate details (specifically, providing the proper module name) in order to route it correctly. If you are a maintainer of a specific module, it is recommended that you periodically search module issues for issues which mention your module's name (or some variation on that name), as well as setting an appropriate notification process for receiving notification of mentions of your GitHub ID.
+
+## PR Workflow
+
+Automated routing of pull requests is handled by a tool called [Ansibullbot](https://github.com/ansible/ansibullbot). (You could say that he moooo-ves things around.)
+
+Being moderately familiar with how the workflow behind the bot operates can be helpful to you, and -- should things go awry -- your feedback can be helpful to the folks that continually help Ansibullbot to evolve.
+
+A detailed explanation of the PR workflow can be seen here: https://github.com/ansible/community/blob/master/PR-FLOW.md
+
+***
+
+# Maintainers list
+
+The full list of maintainers for modules is located here: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/.github/BOTMETA.yml
+
+## Changing Maintainership
+
+Communities change over time, and no one maintains a module forever. If you'd like to propose an additional maintainer for your module, please submit a PR to the maintainers file with the Github username of the new maintainer.
+
+If you'd like to step down as a maintainer, please submit a PR to the maintainers file removing your Github ID from the module in question. If that would leave the module with no maintainers, put "ansible" as the maintainer.  This will indicate that the module is temporarily without a maintainer, and the Ansible community team will search for a new maintainer.
+
+***
+
+# Tools and other Resources
+
+## Useful tools
+* https://ansible.sivel.net/pr/byfile.html -- a full list of all open Pull Requests, organized by file.
+
+## Other Resources
+
+* Ansibullbot: https://github.com/ansible/ansibullbot
+* Triage / pull request workflow and information, including definitions for Labels in GitHub: https://github.com/ansible/community/blob/master/PR-FLOW.md

Makefile

@@ -3,40 +3,109 @@
 # Makefile for Ansible
 #
 # useful targets:
-#   make clean ---------------- clean up
 #   make sdist ---------------- produce a tarball
-#   make tests ---------------- run the tests (see https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/testing_units.html for requirements)
+#   make srpm ----------------- produce a SRPM
+#   make rpm  ----------------- produce RPMs
+#   make deb-src -------------- produce a DEB source
+#   make deb ------------------ produce a DEB
+#   make docs ----------------- rebuild the manpages (results are checked in)
+#   make tests ---------------- run the tests (see https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/dev_guide/testing_units.html for requirements)
+#   make pyflakes, make pep8 -- source code checks
 
 ########################################################
 # variable section
 
-NAME = ansible-core
+NAME = ansible
 OS = $(shell uname -s)
-PREFIX ?= '/usr/local'
-SDIST_DIR ?= 'dist'
 
+# Manpages are currently built with asciidoc -- would like to move to markdown
 # This doesn't evaluate until it's called. The -D argument is the
 # directory of the target file ($@), kinda like `dirname`.
-MANPAGES ?= $(patsubst %.rst.in,%,$(wildcard ./docs/man/man1/ansible*.1.rst.in))
-ifneq ($(shell command -v rst2man 2>/dev/null),)
-ASCII2MAN = rst2man $< $@
-else ifneq ($(shell command -v rst2man.py 2>/dev/null),)
-ASCII2MAN = rst2man.py $< $@
+
+MANPAGES ?= $(patsubst %.asciidoc.in,%,$(wildcard ./docs/man/man1/ansible*.1.asciidoc.in))
+ifneq ($(shell which a2x 2>/dev/null),)
+ASCII2MAN = a2x -L -D $(dir $@) -d manpage -f manpage $<
+ASCII2HTMLMAN = a2x -L -D docs/html/man/ -d manpage -f xhtml
 else
-ASCII2MAN = @echo "ERROR: rst2man from docutils command is not installed but is required to build $(MANPAGES)" && exit 1
+ASCII2MAN = @echo "ERROR: AsciiDoc 'a2x' command is not installed but is required to build $(MANPAGES)" && exit 1
+endif
+GENERATE_CLI = docs/bin/generate_man.py
+
+PYTHON=python
+SITELIB = $(shell $(PYTHON) -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")
+
+# VERSION file provides one place to update the software version
+VERSION := $(shell cat VERSION | cut -f1 -d' ')
+RELEASE := $(shell cat VERSION | cut -f2 -d' ')
+
+# Get the branch information from git
+ifneq ($(shell which git),)
+GIT_DATE := $(shell git log -n 1 --format="%ai")
+GIT_HASH := $(shell git log -n 1 --format="%h")
+GIT_BRANCH := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | sed 's/[-_.\/]//g')
+GITINFO = .$(GIT_HASH).$(GIT_BRANCH)
+else
+GITINFO = ""
 endif
 
-PYTHON ?= python
-GENERATE_CLI = hacking/build-ansible.py generate-man
-
-# fetch version from project release.py as single source-of-truth
-VERSION := $(shell $(PYTHON) packaging/release/versionhelper/version_helper.py --raw || echo error)
-ifeq ($(findstring error,$(VERSION)), error)
-$(error "version_helper failed")
+ifeq ($(shell echo $(OS) | egrep -c 'Darwin|FreeBSD|OpenBSD|DragonFly'),1)
+DATE := $(shell date -j -r $(shell git log -n 1 --format="%at") +%Y%m%d%H%M)
+CPUS ?= $(shell sysctl hw.ncpu|awk '{print $$2}')
+else
+DATE := $(shell date --utc --date="$(GIT_DATE)" +%Y%m%d%H%M)
+CPUS ?= $(shell nproc)
 endif
 
+# DEB build parameters
+DEBUILD_BIN ?= debuild
+DEBUILD_OPTS = --source-option="-I"
+DPUT_BIN ?= dput
+DPUT_OPTS ?=
+DEB_DATE := $(shell LC_TIME=C date +"%a, %d %b %Y %T %z")
+ifeq ($(OFFICIAL),yes)
+    DEB_RELEASE = $(RELEASE)ppa
+    # Sign OFFICIAL builds using 'DEBSIGN_KEYID'
+    # DEBSIGN_KEYID is required when signing
+    ifneq ($(DEBSIGN_KEYID),)
+        DEBUILD_OPTS += -k$(DEBSIGN_KEYID)
+    endif
+else
+    DEB_RELEASE = 100.git$(DATE)$(GITINFO)
+    # Do not sign unofficial builds
+    DEBUILD_OPTS += -uc -us
+    DPUT_OPTS += -u
+endif
+DEBUILD = $(DEBUILD_BIN) $(DEBUILD_OPTS)
+DEB_PPA ?= ppa
+# Choose the desired Ubuntu release: lucid precise saucy trusty
+DEB_DIST ?= unstable
+
+# pbuilder parameters
+PBUILDER_ARCH ?= amd64
+PBUILDER_CACHE_DIR = /var/cache/pbuilder
+PBUILDER_BIN ?= pbuilder
+PBUILDER_OPTS ?= --debootstrapopts --variant=buildd --architecture $(PBUILDER_ARCH) --debbuildopts -b
+
+# RPM build parameters
+RPMSPECDIR= packaging/rpm
+RPMSPEC = $(RPMSPECDIR)/ansible.spec
+RPMDIST = $(shell rpm --eval '%{?dist}')
+RPMRELEASE = $(RELEASE)
+ifneq ($(OFFICIAL),yes)
+    RPMRELEASE = 100.git$(DATE)$(GITINFO)
+endif
+ifeq ($(PUBLISH),nightly)
+    # https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Versioning#Snapshots
+    RPMRELEASE = $(RELEASE).$(DATE)git.$(GIT_HASH)
+endif
+RPMNVR = "$(NAME)-$(VERSION)-$(RPMRELEASE)$(RPMDIST)"
+
+# MOCK build parameters
+MOCK_BIN ?= mock
+MOCK_CFG ?=
+
 # ansible-test parameters
-ANSIBLE_TEST ?= bin/ansible-test
+ANSIBLE_TEST ?= test/runner/ansible-test
 TEST_FLAGS ?=
 
 # ansible-test units parameters (make test / make test-py3)
@@ -60,27 +129,46 @@ tests:
 tests-py3:
 	$(ANSIBLE_TEST) units -v --python $(PYTHON3_VERSION) $(TEST_FLAGS)
 
+.PHONY: tests-nonet
+tests-nonet:
+	$(ANSIBLE_TEST) units -v --python $(PYTHON_VERSION) $(TEST_FLAGS)  --exclude test/units/modules/network/
+
 .PHONY: integration
 integration:
 	$(ANSIBLE_TEST) integration -v --docker $(IMAGE) $(TARGET) $(TEST_FLAGS)
 
-# Regenerate %.1.rst if %.1.rst.in has been modified more
-# recently than %.1.rst.
-%.1.rst: %.1.rst.in
-	sed "s/%VERSION%/$(VERSION)/" $< > $@
-	rm $<
+.PHONY: authors
+authors:
+	sh hacking/authors.sh
 
-# Regenerate %.1 if %.1.rst or release.py has been modified more
-# recently than %.1. (Implicitly runs the %.1.rst recipe)
-%.1: %.1.rst lib/ansible/release.py
+# Regenerate %.1.asciidoc if %.1.asciidoc.in has been modified more
+# recently than %.1.asciidoc.
+%.1.asciidoc: %.1.asciidoc.in
+	sed "s/%VERSION%/$(VERSION)/" $< > $@
+
+# Regenerate %.1 if %.1.asciidoc or VERSION has been modified more
+# recently than %.1. (Implicitly runs the %.1.asciidoc recipe)
+%.1: %.1.asciidoc VERSION
 	$(ASCII2MAN)
 
+.PHONY: loc
+loc:
+	sloccount lib library bin
+
+.PHONY: pep8
+pep8:
+	$(ANSIBLE_TEST) sanity --test pep8 --python $(PYTHON_VERSION) $(TEST_FLAGS)
+
+.PHONY: pyflakes
+pyflakes:
+	pyflakes lib/ansible/*.py lib/ansible/*/*.py bin/*
+
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	@echo "Cleaning up distutils stuff"
 	rm -rf build
 	rm -rf dist
-	rm -rf lib/ansible*.egg-info/
+	rm -rf lib/ansible.egg-info/
 	@echo "Cleaning up byte compiled python stuff"
 	find . -type f -regex ".*\.py[co]$$" -delete
 	find . -type d -name "__pycache__" -delete
@@ -89,22 +177,29 @@ clean:
 	find . -type f \( -name "*.swp" \) -delete
 	@echo "Cleaning up manpage stuff"
 	find ./docs/man -type f -name "*.xml" -delete
-	find ./docs/man -type f -name "*.rst" -delete
+	find ./docs/man -type f -name "*.asciidoc" -delete
 	find ./docs/man/man3 -type f -name "*.3" -delete
 	rm -f ./docs/man/man1/*
 	@echo "Cleaning up output from test runs"
 	rm -rf test/test_data
+	rm -rf shippable/
 	rm -rf logs/
 	rm -rf .cache/
 	rm -f test/units/.coverage*
 	rm -rf test/results/*/*
 	find test/ -type f -name '*.retry' -delete
-	@echo "Cleaning up symlink cache"
-	rm -f SYMLINK_CACHE.json
+	@echo "Cleaning up RPM building stuff"
+	rm -rf MANIFEST rpm-build
+	@echo "Cleaning up Debian building stuff"
+	rm -rf debian
+	rm -rf deb-build
 	rm -rf docs/json
 	rm -rf docs/js
+	@echo "Cleaning up authors file"
+	rm -f AUTHORS.TXT
 	@echo "Cleaning up docsite"
 	$(MAKE) -C docs/docsite clean
+	$(MAKE) -C docs/api clean
 
 .PHONY: python
 python:
@@ -114,44 +209,151 @@ python:
 install:
 	$(PYTHON) setup.py install
 
-.PHONY: install_manpages
-install_manpages:
-	gzip -9 $(wildcard ./docs/man/man1/ansible*.1)
-	cp $(wildcard ./docs/man/man1/ansible*.1.gz) $(PREFIX)/man/man1/
-
-.PHONY: sdist_check
-sdist_check:
-	$(PYTHON) -c 'import setuptools, sys; sys.exit(int(not (tuple(map(int, setuptools.__version__.split("."))) > (39, 2, 0))))'
-	$(PYTHON) packaging/sdist/check-link-behavior.py
-
 .PHONY: sdist
-sdist: sdist_check clean docs
-	_ANSIBLE_SDIST_FROM_MAKEFILE=1 $(PYTHON) setup.py sdist --dist-dir=$(SDIST_DIR)
-
-# Official releases generate the changelog as the last commit before the release.
-# Snapshots shouldn't result in new checkins so the changelog is generated as
-# part of creating the tarball.
-.PHONY: snapshot
-snapshot: sdist_check clean docs changelog
-	_ANSIBLE_SDIST_FROM_MAKEFILE=1 $(PYTHON) setup.py sdist --dist-dir=$(SDIST_DIR)
+sdist: clean docs
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py sdist
 
 .PHONY: sdist_upload
 sdist_upload: clean docs
 	$(PYTHON) setup.py sdist upload 2>&1 |tee upload.log
 
-.PHONY: changelog
-changelog:
-	PYTHONPATH=./lib antsibull-changelog release -vv --use-ansible-doc && PYTHONPATH=./lib antsibull-changelog generate -vv --use-ansible-doc
+.PHONY: rpmcommon
+rpmcommon: sdist
+	@mkdir -p rpm-build
+	@cp dist/*.gz rpm-build/
+	@sed -e 's#^Version:.*#Version: $(VERSION)#' -e 's#^Release:.*#Release: $(RPMRELEASE)%{?dist}$(REPOTAG)#' $(RPMSPEC) >rpm-build/$(NAME).spec
 
-.PHONY: generate_rst
-generate_rst: lib/ansible/cli/*.py
+.PHONY: mock-srpm
+mock-srpm: /etc/mock/$(MOCK_CFG).cfg rpmcommon
+	$(MOCK_BIN) -r $(MOCK_CFG) $(MOCK_ARGS) --resultdir rpm-build/  --buildsrpm --spec rpm-build/$(NAME).spec --sources rpm-build/
+	@echo "#############################################"
+	@echo "Ansible SRPM is built:"
+	@echo rpm-build/*.src.rpm
+	@echo "#############################################"
+
+.PHONY: mock-rpm
+mock-rpm: /etc/mock/$(MOCK_CFG).cfg mock-srpm
+	$(MOCK_BIN) -r $(MOCK_CFG) $(MOCK_ARGS) --resultdir rpm-build/ --rebuild rpm-build/$(NAME)-*.src.rpm
+	@echo "#############################################"
+	@echo "Ansible RPM is built:"
+	@echo rpm-build/*.noarch.rpm
+	@echo "#############################################"
+
+.PHONY: srpm
+srpm: rpmcommon
+	@rpmbuild --define "_topdir %(pwd)/rpm-build" \
+	--define "_builddir %{_topdir}" \
+	--define "_rpmdir %{_topdir}" \
+	--define "_srcrpmdir %{_topdir}" \
+	--define "_specdir $(RPMSPECDIR)" \
+	--define "_sourcedir %{_topdir}" \
+	-bs rpm-build/$(NAME).spec
+	@rm -f rpm-build/$(NAME).spec
+	@echo "#############################################"
+	@echo "Ansible SRPM is built:"
+	@echo "    rpm-build/$(RPMNVR).src.rpm"
+	@echo "#############################################"
+
+.PHONY: rpm
+rpm: rpmcommon
+	@rpmbuild --define "_topdir %(pwd)/rpm-build" \
+	--define "_builddir %{_topdir}" \
+	--define "_rpmdir %{_topdir}" \
+	--define "_srcrpmdir %{_topdir}" \
+	--define "_specdir $(RPMSPECDIR)" \
+	--define "_sourcedir %{_topdir}" \
+	--define "_rpmfilename %%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.%%{ARCH}.rpm" \
+	--define "__python `which $(PYTHON)`" \
+	-ba rpm-build/$(NAME).spec
+	@rm -f rpm-build/$(NAME).spec
+	@echo "#############################################"
+	@echo "Ansible RPM is built:"
+	@echo "    rpm-build/$(RPMNVR).noarch.rpm"
+	@echo "#############################################"
+
+.PHONY: debian
+debian: sdist
+	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
+	    mkdir -p deb-build/$${DIST} ; \
+	    tar -C deb-build/$${DIST} -xvf dist/$(NAME)-$(VERSION).tar.gz ; \
+	    cp -a packaging/debian deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)-$(VERSION)/ ; \
+        sed -ie "s|%VERSION%|$(VERSION)|g;s|%RELEASE%|$(DEB_RELEASE)|;s|%DIST%|$${DIST}|g;s|%DATE%|$(DEB_DATE)|g" deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)-$(VERSION)/debian/changelog ; \
+	done
+
+.PHONY: deb
+deb: deb-src
+	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
+	    PBUILDER_OPTS="$(PBUILDER_OPTS) --distribution $${DIST} --basetgz $(PBUILDER_CACHE_DIR)/$${DIST}-$(PBUILDER_ARCH)-base.tgz --buildresult $(CURDIR)/deb-build/$${DIST}" ; \
+	    $(PBUILDER_BIN) create $${PBUILDER_OPTS} --othermirror "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu $${DIST} universe" ; \
+	    $(PBUILDER_BIN) update $${PBUILDER_OPTS} ; \
+	    $(PBUILDER_BIN) build $${PBUILDER_OPTS} deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}.dsc ; \
+	done
+	@echo "#############################################"
+	@echo "Ansible DEB artifacts:"
+	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
+	    echo deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}_amd64.changes ; \
+	done
+	@echo "#############################################"
+
+# Build package outside of pbuilder, with locally installed dependencies.
+# Install BuildRequires as noted in packaging/debian/control.
+.PHONY: local_deb
+local_deb: debian
+	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
+	    (cd deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)-$(VERSION)/ && $(DEBUILD) -b) ; \
+	done
+	@echo "#############################################"
+	@echo "Ansible DEB artifacts:"
+	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
+	    echo deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}_amd64.changes ; \
+	done
+	@echo "#############################################"
+
+.PHONY: deb-src
+deb-src: debian
+	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
+	    (cd deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)-$(VERSION)/ && $(DEBUILD) -S) ; \
+	done
+	@echo "#############################################"
+	@echo "Ansible DEB artifacts:"
+	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
+	    echo deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}_source.changes ; \
+	done
+	@echo "#############################################"
+
+.PHONY: deb-upload
+deb-upload: deb
+	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
+	    $(DPUT_BIN) $(DPUT_OPTS) $(DEB_PPA) deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}_amd64.changes ; \
+	done
+
+.PHONY: deb-src-upload
+deb-src-upload: deb-src
+	@for DIST in $(DEB_DIST) ; do \
+	    $(DPUT_BIN) $(DPUT_OPTS) $(DEB_PPA) deb-build/$${DIST}/$(NAME)_$(VERSION)-$(DEB_RELEASE)~$${DIST}_source.changes ; \
+	done
+
+.PHONY: epub
+epub:
+	(cd docs/docsite/; CPUS=$(CPUS) make epub)
+
+# for arch or gentoo, read instructions in the appropriate 'packaging' subdirectory directory
+.PHONY: webdocs
+webdocs:
+	(cd docs/docsite/; CPUS=$(CPUS) make docs)
+
+.PHONY: generate_asciidoc
+generate_asciidoc: lib/ansible/cli/*.py
 	mkdir -p ./docs/man/man1/ ; \
-	$(PYTHON) $(GENERATE_CLI) --template-file=docs/templates/man.j2 --output-dir=docs/man/man1/ --output-format man lib/ansible/cli/*.py
+	PYTHONPATH=./lib $(GENERATE_CLI) --template-file=docs/templates/man.j2 --output-dir=docs/man/man1/ --output-format man lib/ansible/cli/*.py
 
-.PHONY: docs
-docs: generate_rst
-	$(MAKE) $(MANPAGES)
 
-.PHONY: version
+docs: generate_asciidoc
+	make $(MANPAGES)
+
+.PHONY: alldocs
+alldocs: docs webdocs
+
 version:
 	@echo $(VERSION)
+

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+[![PyPI version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/ansible.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ansible)
+[![Build Status](https://api.shippable.com/projects/573f79d02a8192902e20e34b/badge?branch=devel)](https://app.shippable.com/projects/573f79d02a8192902e20e34b)
+
+
+Ansible
+=======
+
+Ansible is a radically simple IT automation system.  It handles configuration-management, application deployment, cloud provisioning, ad-hoc task-execution, and multinode orchestration - including trivializing things like zero downtime rolling updates with load balancers.
+
+Read the documentation and more at https://ansible.com/
+
+You can find installation instructions [here](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_installation.html) for a variety of platforms. Most users should probably install a released version of Ansible from `pip`, a package manager or our [release repository](https://releases.ansible.com/ansible/). [Officially supported](https://www.ansible.com/ansible-engine) builds of Ansible are also available. Some power users run directly from the development branch - while significant efforts are made to ensure that `devel` is reasonably stable, you're more likely to encounter breaking changes when running Ansible this way.
+
+Design Principles
+=================
+
+   * Have a dead simple setup process and a minimal learning curve
+   * Manage machines very quickly and in parallel
+   * Avoid custom-agents and additional open ports, be agentless by leveraging the existing SSH daemon
+   * Describe infrastructure in a language that is both machine and human friendly
+   * Focus on security and easy auditability/review/rewriting of content
+   * Manage new remote machines instantly, without bootstrapping any software
+   * Allow module development in any dynamic language, not just Python
+   * Be usable as non-root
+   * Be the easiest IT automation system to use, ever.
+
+Get Involved
+============
+
+   * Read [Community Information](https://docs.ansible.com/community.html) for all kinds of ways to contribute to and interact with the project, including mailing list information and how to submit bug reports and code to Ansible.
+   * All code submissions are done through pull requests.  Take care to make sure no merge commits are in the submission, and use `git rebase` vs `git merge` for this reason.  If submitting a large code change (other than modules), it's probably a good idea to join ansible-devel and talk about what you would like to do or add first and to avoid duplicate efforts.  This not only helps everyone know what's going on, it also helps save time and effort if we decide some changes are needed.
+   * Users list: [ansible-project](https://groups.google.com/group/ansible-project)
+   * Development list: [ansible-devel](https://groups.google.com/group/ansible-devel)
+   * Announcement list: [ansible-announce](https://groups.google.com/group/ansible-announce) - read only
+   * irc.freenode.net: #ansible
+
+Branch Info
+===========
+
+   * Releases are named after Led Zeppelin songs. (Releases prior to 2.0 were named after Van Halen songs.)
+   * The devel branch corresponds to the release actively under development.
+   * Various release-X.Y branches exist for previous releases.
+   * We'd love to have your contributions, read [Community Information](https://docs.ansible.com/community.html) for notes on how to get started.
+
+Authors
+=======
+
+Ansible was created by [Michael DeHaan](https://github.com/mpdehaan) (michael.dehaan/gmail/com) and has contributions from over 1000 users (and growing).  Thanks everyone!
+
+Ansible is sponsored by [Ansible, Inc](https://ansible.com)
+
+License
+=======
+GNU General Public License v3.0
+
+See [COPYING](COPYING) to see the full text.

README.rst

@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-|PyPI version| |Docs badge| |Chat badge| |Build Status| |Code Of Conduct| |Mailing Lists| |License| |CII Best Practices|
-
-*******
-Ansible
-*******
-
-Ansible is a radically simple IT automation system. It handles
-configuration management, application deployment, cloud provisioning,
-ad-hoc task execution, network automation, and multi-node orchestration. Ansible makes complex
-changes like zero-downtime rolling updates with load balancers easy. More information on the Ansible `website <https://ansible.com/>`_.
-
-Design Principles
-=================
-
-*  Have an extremely simple setup process with a minimal learning curve.
-*  Manage machines quickly and in parallel.
-*  Avoid custom-agents and additional open ports, be agentless by
-   leveraging the existing SSH daemon.
-*  Describe infrastructure in a language that is both machine and human
-   friendly.
-*  Focus on security and easy auditability/review/rewriting of content.
-*  Manage new remote machines instantly, without bootstrapping any
-   software.
-*  Allow module development in any dynamic language, not just Python.
-*  Be usable as non-root.
-*  Be the easiest IT automation system to use, ever.
-
-Use Ansible
-===========
-
-You can install a released version of Ansible with ``pip`` or a package manager. See our
-`installation guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html>`_ for details on installing Ansible
-on a variety of platforms.
-
-Power users and developers can run the ``devel`` branch, which has the latest
-features and fixes, directly. Although it is reasonably stable, you are more likely to encounter
-breaking changes when running the ``devel`` branch. We recommend getting involved
-in the Ansible community if you want to run the ``devel`` branch.
-
-Get Involved
-============
-
-*  Read `Community
-   Information <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community>`_ for all
-   kinds of ways to contribute to and interact with the project,
-   including mailing list information and how to submit bug reports and
-   code to Ansible.
-*  Join a `Working Group
-   <https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki>`_, an organized community devoted to a specific technology domain or platform.
-*  Submit a proposed code update through a pull request to the ``devel`` branch.
-*  Talk to us before making larger changes
-   to avoid duplicate efforts. This not only helps everyone
-   know what is going on, but it also helps save time and effort if we decide
-   some changes are needed.
-*  For a list of email lists, IRC channels and Working Groups, see the
-   `Communication page <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html>`_
-
-Coding Guidelines
-=================
-
-We document our Coding Guidelines in the `Developer Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/>`_. We particularly suggest you review:
-
-* `Contributing your module to Ansible <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_checklist.html>`_
-* `Conventions, tips, and pitfalls <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_best_practices.html>`_
-
-Branch Info
-===========
-
-*  The ``devel`` branch corresponds to the release actively under development.
-*  The ``stable-2.X`` branches correspond to stable releases.
-*  Create a branch based on ``devel`` and set up a `dev environment <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_modules_general.html#common-environment-setup>`_ if you want to open a PR.
-*  See the `Ansible release and maintenance <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html>`_ page for information about active branches.
-
-Roadmap
-=======
-
-Based on team and community feedback, an initial roadmap will be published for a major or minor version (ex: 2.7, 2.8).
-The `Ansible Roadmap page <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/>`_ details what is planned and how to influence the roadmap.
-
-Authors
-=======
-
-Ansible was created by `Michael DeHaan <https://github.com/mpdehaan>`_
-and has contributions from over 5000 users (and growing). Thanks everyone!
-
-`Ansible <https://www.ansible.com>`_ is sponsored by `Red Hat, Inc.
-<https://www.redhat.com>`_
-
-License
-=======
-
-GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
-
-See `COPYING <COPYING>`_ to see the full text.
-
-.. |PyPI version| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/ansible-core.svg
-   :target: https://pypi.org/project/ansible-core
-.. |Docs badge| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-latest-brightgreen.svg
-   :target: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/
-.. |Build Status| image:: https://dev.azure.com/ansible/ansible/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=devel
-   :target: https://dev.azure.com/ansible/ansible/_build/latest?definitionId=20&branchName=devel
-.. |Chat badge| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/chat-IRC-brightgreen.svg
-   :target: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html
-.. |Code Of Conduct| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20of%20conduct-Ansible-silver.svg
-   :target: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html
-   :alt: Ansible Code of Conduct
-.. |Mailing Lists| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/mailing%20lists-Ansible-orange.svg
-   :target: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html#mailing-list-information
-   :alt: Ansible mailing lists
-.. |License| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL%20v3.0-brightgreen.svg
-   :target: COPYING
-   :alt: Repository License
-.. |CII Best Practices| image:: https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/2372/badge
-   :target: https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/2372
-   :alt: Ansible CII Best Practices certification

RELEASES.txt

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+Ansible Releases at a Glance
+============================
+
+VERSION  RELEASE     CODE NAME
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+2.4.0    TBD         "Dancing Days"
+2.3.2    2017-08-04  "Ramble On"
+2.3.1    2017-06-01  "Ramble On"
+2.3.0    2017-04-12  "Ramble On"
+2.2.3    2017-05-09  "The Battle of Evermore"
+2.2.2    2017-03-27  "The Battle of Evermore"
+2.2.1    2017-01-16  "The Battle of Evermore"
+2.2.0    2016-11-01  "The Battle of Evermore"
+2.1.6    2017-06-01  "The Song Remains the Same"
+2.1.5    2017-03-27  "The Song Remains the Same"
+2.1.4    2017-01-16  "The Song Remains the Same"
+2.1.3    2016-11-04  "The Song Remains the Same"
+2.1.2    2016-09-29  "The Song Remains the Same"
+2.1.1    2016-07-28  "The Song Remains the Same"
+2.1.0    2016-05-25  "The Song Remains the Same"
+2.0.2    2016-04-19  "Over the Hills and Far Away"
+2.0.1    2016-02-24  "Over the Hills and Far Away"
+2.0.0    2016-01-12  "Over the Hills and Far Away"
+1.9.6    2016-04-15  "Dancing In the Streets"
+1.9.5    2016-03-21  "Dancing In the Streets"
+1.9.4    2015-10-09  "Dancing In the Streets"
+1.9.3    2015-09-03  "Dancing In the Streets"
+1.9.2    2015-06-24  "Dancing In the Streets"
+1.9.1    2015-04-27  "Dancing In the Streets"
+1.9.0    2015-03-25  "Dancing In the Streets"
+1.8.4    2015-02-19  "You Really Got Me"
+1.8.3    2015-02-17  "You Really Got Me"
+1.8.2    2014-12-04  "You Really Got Me"
+1.8.1    2014-11-26  "You Really Got Me"
+1.8.0    2014-11-25  "You Really Got Me"
+1.7.2    2014-09-24  "Summer Nights"
+1.7.1    2014-08-14  "Summer Nights"
+1.7.0    2014-08-06  "Summer Nights"
+1.6.10   2014-07-25  "The Cradle Will Rock"
+1.6.9    2014-07-24  "The Cradle Will Rock"
+1.6.8    2014-07-22  "The Cradle Will Rock"
+1.6.7    2014-07-21  "The Cradle Will Rock"
+1.6.6    2014-07-01  "The Cradle Will Rock"
+1.6.5    2014-06-25  "The Cradle Will Rock"
+1.6.4    2014-06-25  "The Cradle Will Rock"
+1.6.3    2014-06-09  "The Cradle Will Rock"
+1.6.2    2014-05-23  "The Cradle Will Rock"
+1.6.1    2014-05-07  "The Cradle Will Rock"
+1.6.0    2014-05-05  "The Cradle Will Rock"
+1.5.5    2014-04-18  "Love Walks In"
+1.5.4    2014-04-01  "Love Walks In"
+1.5.3    2014-03-13  "Love Walks In"
+1.5.2    2014-03-11  "Love Walks In"
+1.5.1    2014-03-10  "Love Walks In"
+1.5.0    2014-02-28  "Love Walks In"
+1.4.5    2014-02-12  "Could This Be Magic?"
+1.4.4    2014-01-06  "Could This Be Magic?"
+1.4.3    2013-12-20  "Could This Be Magic?"
+1.4.2    2013-12-18  "Could This Be Magic?"
+1.4.1    2013-11-27  "Could This Be Magic?"
+1.4.0    2013-11-21  "Could This Be Magic?"
+1.3.4    2013-10-29  "Top of the World"
+1.3.3    2013-10-09  "Top of the World"
+1.3.2    2013-09-19  "Top of the World"
+1.3.1    2013-09-16  "Top of the World"
+1.3.0    2013-09-13  "Top of the World"
+1.2.3    2013-08-21  "Right Now"
+1.2.2    2013-07-05  "Right Now"
+1.2.1    2013-07-04  "Right Now"
+1.2.0    2013-06-10  "Right Now"
+1.1.0    2013-04-02  "Mean Street"
+1.0.0    2013-02-01  "Eruption"
+0.9.0    2012-11-30  "Dreams"
+0.8.0    2012-10-19  "Cathedral"
+0.7.0    2012-09-06  "Panama"
+0.6.0    2012-08-06  "Cabo"
+0.5.0    2012-07-04  "Amsterdam"
+0.4.0    2012-05-23  "Unchained"
+0.3.0    2012-04-23  "Baluchitherium"
+0.2.0    ?           "Untitled"
+0.1.0    ?           "Untitled"
+0.0.2    ?           "Untitled"
+0.0.1    ?           "Untitled"

ROADMAP.rst

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+*******************************
+Roadmap For Ansible by Red Hat
+*******************************
+This document is now the location for published Ansible Core roadmaps.
+
+The roadmap will be updated by version. Based on team and community feedback, an initial roadmap will be published for a major or minor version (2.0, 2.1).  Subminor versions will generally not have roadmaps published.
+
+2.1 was the first time Ansible has published this and asked for feedback in this manner.  So feedback on the roadmap and the new process is quite welcome.  The team is aiming for further transparency and better inclusion of both community desires and submissions.
+
+These roadmaps are the team's *best guess* roadmaps based on the Ansible team's experience and are also based on requests and feedback from the community.  There are things that may not make it on due to time constraints, lack of community maintainers, etc.  And there may be things that got missed, so each roadmap is published both as an idea of what is upcoming in Ansible, and as a medium for seeking further feedback from the community. Here are the good places for you to submit feedback:
+
+- Add to the agenda of a `Core IRC Meetings <https://github.com/ansible/community/blob/master/meetings/README.md>`_ (preferred)
+- Ansible's google-group: ansible-devel
+- AnsibleFest conferences.
+- IRC freenode channel: #ansible-devel (this one may have things lost in lots of conversation, so a caution).
+
+=======================================
+Current 2.4 Roadmap is open for comment
+=======================================
+We are starting to build the 2.4 Roadmap. We are seeking community feedback! That document is here:
+ - `2.4 Roadmap Document <docs/docsite/rst/roadmap/ROADMAP_2_4.rst>`_
+
+
+
+**Old Roadmaps are found here:**
+ - `2.3 Roadmap Document <docs/docsite/rst/roadmap/ROADMAP_2_3.rst>`_
+ - `2.2 Roadmap Document <docs/docsite/rst/roadmap/ROADMAP_2_2.rst>`_
+ - `2.1 Roadmap Document <docs/docsite/rst/roadmap/ROADMAP_2_1.rst>`_

VERSION

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.5.0 0.0.devel

bin/ansible

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/ansible/cli/adhoc.py

bin/ansible

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# (c) 2012, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+########################################################
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+__requires__ = ['ansible']
+try:
+    import pkg_resources
+except Exception:
+    # Use pkg_resources to find the correct versions of libraries and set
+    # sys.path appropriately when there are multiversion installs.  But we
+    # have code that better expresses the errors in the places where the code
+    # is actually used (the deps are optional for many code paths) so we don't
+    # want to fail here.
+    pass
+
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+import traceback
+
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleOptionsError, AnsibleParserError
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
+
+
+class LastResort(object):
+    # OUTPUT OF LAST RESORT
+    def display(self, msg, log_only=None):
+        print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
+
+    def error(self, msg, wrap_text=None):
+        print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    display = LastResort()
+
+    try:  # bad ANSIBLE_CONFIG or config options can force ugly stacktrace
+        import ansible.constants as C
+        from ansible.utils.display import Display
+    except AnsibleOptionsError as e:
+        display.error(to_text(e), wrap_text=False)
+        sys.exit(5)
+
+    cli = None
+    me = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
+
+    try:
+        display = Display()
+        display.debug("starting run")
+
+        sub = None
+        target = me.split('-')
+        if target[-1][0].isdigit():
+            # Remove any version or python version info as downstreams
+            # sometimes add that
+            target = target[:-1]
+
+        if len(target) > 1:
+            sub = target[1]
+            myclass = "%sCLI" % sub.capitalize()
+        elif target[0] == 'ansible':
+            sub = 'adhoc'
+            myclass = 'AdHocCLI'
+        else:
+            raise AnsibleError("Unknown Ansible alias: %s" % me)
+
+        try:
+            mycli = getattr(__import__("ansible.cli.%s" % sub, fromlist=[myclass]), myclass)
+        except ImportError as e:
+            # ImportError members have changed in py3
+            if 'msg' in dir(e):
+                msg = e.msg
+            else:
+                msg = e.message
+            if msg.endswith(' %s' % sub):
+                raise AnsibleError("Ansible sub-program not implemented: %s" % me)
+            else:
+                raise
+
+        try:
+            args = [to_text(a, errors='surrogate_or_strict') for a in sys.argv]
+        except UnicodeError:
+            display.error('Command line args are not in utf-8, unable to continue.  Ansible currently only understands utf-8')
+            display.display(u"The full traceback was:\n\n%s" % to_text(traceback.format_exc()))
+            exit_code = 6
+        else:
+            cli = mycli(args)
+            cli.parse()
+            exit_code = cli.run()
+
+    except AnsibleOptionsError as e:
+        cli.parser.print_help()
+        display.error(to_text(e), wrap_text=False)
+        exit_code = 5
+    except AnsibleParserError as e:
+        display.error(to_text(e), wrap_text=False)
+        exit_code = 4
+# TQM takes care of these, but leaving comment to reserve the exit codes
+#    except AnsibleHostUnreachable as e:
+#        display.error(str(e))
+#        exit_code = 3
+#    except AnsibleHostFailed as e:
+#        display.error(str(e))
+#        exit_code = 2
+    except AnsibleError as e:
+        display.error(to_text(e), wrap_text=False)
+        exit_code = 1
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        display.error("User interrupted execution")
+        exit_code = 99
+    except Exception as e:
+        have_cli_options = cli is not None and cli.options is not None
+        display.error("Unexpected Exception, this is probably a bug: %s" % to_text(e), wrap_text=False)
+        if not have_cli_options or have_cli_options and cli.options.verbosity > 2:
+            log_only = False
+        else:
+            display.display("to see the full traceback, use -vvv")
+            log_only = True
+        display.display(u"the full traceback was:\n\n%s" % to_text(traceback.format_exc()), log_only=log_only)
+        exit_code = 250
+    finally:
+        # Remove ansible tempdir
+        shutil.rmtree(C.DEFAULT_LOCAL_TMP, True)
+
+    sys.exit(exit_code)

bin/ansible-config

@@ -1 +1 @@
-../lib/ansible/cli/config.py
+ansible

bin/ansible-connection

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../lib/ansible/cli/scripts/ansible_connection_cli_stub.py

bin/ansible-connection

@@ -0,0 +1,389 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# (c) 2017, Ansible, Inc. <support@ansible.com>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+########################################################
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+__requires__ = ['ansible']
+
+try:
+    import pkg_resources
+except Exception:
+    pass
+
+import fcntl
+import os
+import shlex
+import signal
+import socket
+import sys
+import time
+import traceback
+import datetime
+import errno
+
+from ansible import constants as C
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.six import PY3
+from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import cPickle
+from ansible.module_utils.connection import send_data, recv_data
+from ansible.playbook.play_context import PlayContext
+from ansible.plugins.loader import connection_loader
+from ansible.utils.path import unfrackpath, makedirs_safe
+from ansible.errors import AnsibleConnectionFailure
+from ansible.utils.display import Display
+
+
+def do_fork():
+    '''
+    Does the required double fork for a daemon process. Based on
+    http://code.activestate.com/recipes/66012-fork-a-daemon-process-on-unix/
+    '''
+    try:
+        pid = os.fork()
+        if pid > 0:
+            return pid
+        # This is done as a 'good practice' for daemons, but we need to keep the cwd
+        # leaving it here as a note that we KNOW its good practice but are not doing it on purpose.
+        # os.chdir("/")
+        os.setsid()
+        os.umask(0)
+
+        try:
+            pid = os.fork()
+            if pid > 0:
+                sys.exit(0)
+
+            if C.DEFAULT_LOG_PATH != '':
+                out_file = open(C.DEFAULT_LOG_PATH, 'ab+')
+                err_file = open(C.DEFAULT_LOG_PATH, 'ab+', 0)
+            else:
+                out_file = open('/dev/null', 'ab+')
+                err_file = open('/dev/null', 'ab+', 0)
+
+            os.dup2(out_file.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
+            os.dup2(err_file.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())
+            os.close(sys.stdin.fileno())
+
+            return pid
+        except OSError as e:
+            sys.exit(1)
+    except OSError as e:
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+class Server():
+
+    def __init__(self, socket_path, play_context):
+        self.socket_path = socket_path
+        self.play_context = play_context
+
+        display.display(
+            'creating new control socket for host %s:%s as user %s' %
+            (play_context.remote_addr, play_context.port, play_context.remote_user),
+            log_only=True
+        )
+
+        display.display('control socket path is %s' % socket_path, log_only=True)
+        display.display('current working directory is %s' % os.getcwd(), log_only=True)
+
+        self._start_time = datetime.datetime.now()
+
+        display.display("using connection plugin %s" % self.play_context.connection, log_only=True)
+
+        self.connection = connection_loader.get(play_context.connection, play_context, sys.stdin)
+        self.connection._connect()
+
+        if not self.connection.connected:
+            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure('unable to connect to remote host %s' % self._play_context.remote_addr)
+
+        connection_time = datetime.datetime.now() - self._start_time
+        display.display('connection established to %s in %s' % (play_context.remote_addr, connection_time), log_only=True)
+
+        self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self.socket.bind(self.socket_path)
+        self.socket.listen(1)
+        display.display('local socket is set to listening', log_only=True)
+
+    def run(self):
+        try:
+            while True:
+                signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, self.connect_timeout)
+                signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self.handler)
+                signal.alarm(C.PERSISTENT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT)
+
+                (s, addr) = self.socket.accept()
+                display.display('incoming request accepted on persistent socket', log_only=True)
+                signal.alarm(0)
+
+                while True:
+                    data = recv_data(s)
+                    if not data:
+                        break
+
+                    signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, self.command_timeout)
+                    signal.alarm(self.play_context.timeout)
+
+                    op = to_text(data.split(b':')[0])
+                    display.display('socket operation is %s' % op, log_only=True)
+
+                    method = getattr(self, 'do_%s' % op, None)
+
+                    rc = 255
+                    stdout = stderr = ''
+
+                    if not method:
+                        stderr = 'Invalid action specified'
+                    else:
+                        rc, stdout, stderr = method(data)
+
+                    signal.alarm(0)
+
+                    display.display('socket operation completed with rc %s' % rc, log_only=True)
+
+                    send_data(s, to_bytes(rc))
+                    send_data(s, to_bytes(stdout))
+                    send_data(s, to_bytes(stderr))
+
+                s.close()
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            # socket.accept() will raise EINTR if the socket.close() is called
+            if e.errno != errno.EINTR:
+                display.display(traceback.format_exc(), log_only=True)
+
+        finally:
+            # when done, close the connection properly and cleanup
+            # the socket file so it can be recreated
+            self.shutdown()
+            end_time = datetime.datetime.now()
+            delta = end_time - self._start_time
+            display.display('shutdown local socket, connection was active for %s secs' % delta, log_only=True)
+
+    def connect_timeout(self, signum, frame):
+        display.display('persistent connection idle timeout triggered, timeout value is %s secs' % C.PERSISTENT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, log_only=True)
+        self.shutdown()
+
+    def command_timeout(self, signum, frame):
+        display.display('command timeout triggered, timeout value is %s secs' % self.play_context.timeout, log_only=True)
+        self.shutdown()
+
+    def handler(self, signum, frame):
+        display.display('signal handler called with signal %s' % signum, log_only=True)
+        self.shutdown()
+
+    def shutdown(self):
+        display.display('shutdown persistent connection requested', log_only=True)
+
+        if not os.path.exists(self.socket_path):
+            display.display('persistent connection is not active', log_only=True)
+            return
+
+        try:
+            if self.socket:
+                display.display('closing local listener', log_only=True)
+                self.socket.close()
+            if self.connection:
+                display.display('closing the connection', log_only=True)
+                self.connection.close()
+        except:
+            pass
+        finally:
+            if os.path.exists(self.socket_path):
+                display.display('removing the local control socket', log_only=True)
+                os.remove(self.socket_path)
+
+        display.display('shutdown complete', log_only=True)
+
+    def do_EXEC(self, data):
+        cmd = data.split(b'EXEC: ')[1]
+        display.display('Command executed: %s' % cmd, log_only=True)
+        return self.connection.exec_command(cmd)
+
+    def do_PUT(self, data):
+        (op, src, dst) = shlex.split(to_native(data))
+        return self.connection.fetch_file(src, dst)
+
+    def do_FETCH(self, data):
+        (op, src, dst) = shlex.split(to_native(data))
+        return self.connection.put_file(src, dst)
+
+    def do_CONTEXT(self, data):
+        pc_data = data.split(b'CONTEXT: ', 1)[1]
+
+        if PY3:
+            pc_data = cPickle.loads(pc_data, encoding='bytes')
+        else:
+            pc_data = cPickle.loads(pc_data)
+
+        pc = PlayContext()
+        pc.deserialize(pc_data)
+
+        try:
+            self.connection.update_play_context(pc)
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+
+        return (0, 'ok', '')
+
+    def do_RUN(self, data):
+        timeout = self.play_context.timeout
+        while bool(timeout):
+            if os.path.exists(self.socket_path):
+                break
+            time.sleep(1)
+            timeout -= 1
+        socket_bytes = to_bytes(self.socket_path, errors='surrogate_or_strict')
+        return 0, b'\n#SOCKET_PATH#: %s\n' % socket_bytes, ''
+
+
+def communicate(sock, data):
+    send_data(sock, data)
+    rc = int(recv_data(sock), 10)
+    stdout = recv_data(sock)
+    stderr = recv_data(sock)
+    return (rc, stdout, stderr)
+
+
+def main():
+    # Need stdin as a byte stream
+    if PY3:
+        stdin = sys.stdin.buffer
+    else:
+        stdin = sys.stdin
+
+    try:
+        # read the play context data via stdin, which means depickling it
+        # FIXME: as noted above, we will probably need to deserialize the
+        #        connection loader here as well at some point, otherwise this
+        #        won't find role- or playbook-based connection plugins
+        cur_line = stdin.readline()
+        init_data = b''
+        while cur_line.strip() != b'#END_INIT#':
+            if cur_line == b'':
+                raise Exception("EOF found before init data was complete")
+            init_data += cur_line
+            cur_line = stdin.readline()
+        if PY3:
+            pc_data = cPickle.loads(init_data, encoding='bytes')
+        else:
+            pc_data = cPickle.loads(init_data)
+
+        pc = PlayContext()
+        pc.deserialize(pc_data)
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        # FIXME: better error message/handling/logging
+        sys.stderr.write(traceback.format_exc())
+        sys.exit("FAIL: %s" % e)
+
+    ssh = connection_loader.get('ssh', class_only=True)
+    cp = ssh._create_control_path(pc.remote_addr, pc.port, pc.remote_user, pc.connection)
+
+    # create the persistent connection dir if need be and create the paths
+    # which we will be using later
+    tmp_path = unfrackpath(C.PERSISTENT_CONTROL_PATH_DIR)
+    makedirs_safe(tmp_path)
+    lock_path = unfrackpath("%s/.ansible_pc_lock" % tmp_path)
+    socket_path = unfrackpath(cp % dict(directory=tmp_path))
+
+    # if the socket file doesn't exist, spin up the daemon process
+    lock_fd = os.open(lock_path, os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREAT, 0o600)
+    fcntl.lockf(lock_fd, fcntl.LOCK_EX)
+
+    if not os.path.exists(socket_path):
+        pid = do_fork()
+        if pid == 0:
+            rc = 0
+            try:
+                server = Server(socket_path, pc)
+            except AnsibleConnectionFailure as exc:
+                display.display('connecting to host %s returned an error' % pc.remote_addr, log_only=True)
+                display.display(str(exc), log_only=True)
+                rc = 1
+            except Exception as exc:
+                display.display('failed to create control socket for host %s' % pc.remote_addr, log_only=True)
+                display.display(traceback.format_exc(), log_only=True)
+                rc = 1
+            fcntl.lockf(lock_fd, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
+            os.close(lock_fd)
+            if rc == 0:
+                server.run()
+            sys.exit(rc)
+    else:
+        display.display('re-using existing socket for %s@%s:%s' % (pc.remote_user, pc.remote_addr, pc.port), log_only=True)
+
+    fcntl.lockf(lock_fd, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
+    os.close(lock_fd)
+
+    timeout = pc.timeout
+    while bool(timeout):
+        if os.path.exists(socket_path):
+            display.vvvv('connected to local socket in %s' % (pc.timeout - timeout), pc.remote_addr)
+            break
+        time.sleep(1)
+        timeout -= 1
+    else:
+        raise AnsibleConnectionFailure('timeout waiting for local socket', pc.remote_addr)
+
+    # now connect to the daemon process
+    # FIXME: if the socket file existed but the daemonized process was killed,
+    #        the connection will timeout here. Need to make this more resilient.
+    while True:
+        data = stdin.readline()
+        if data == b'':
+            break
+        if data.strip() == b'':
+            continue
+
+        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+
+        connect_retry_timeout = C.PERSISTENT_CONNECT_RETRY_TIMEOUT
+        while bool(connect_retry_timeout):
+            try:
+                sock.connect(socket_path)
+                break
+            except socket.error:
+                time.sleep(1)
+                connect_retry_timeout -= 1
+        else:
+            display.display('connect retry timeout expired, unable to connect to control socket', pc.remote_addr, pc.remote_user, log_only=True)
+            display.display('persistent_connect_retry_timeout is %s secs' % (C.PERSISTENT_CONNECT_RETRY_TIMEOUT), pc.remote_addr, pc.remote_user, log_only=True)
+            sys.stderr.write('failed to connect to control socket')
+            sys.exit(255)
+
+        # send the play_context back into the connection so the connection
+        # can handle any privilege escalation activities
+        pc_data = b'CONTEXT: %s' % init_data
+        communicate(sock, pc_data)
+
+        rc, stdout, stderr = communicate(sock, data.strip())
+
+        sys.stdout.write(to_native(stdout))
+        sys.stderr.write(to_native(stderr))
+
+        sock.close()
+        break
+
+    sys.exit(rc)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    display = Display()
+    main()

bin/ansible-console

@@ -1 +1 @@
-../lib/ansible/cli/console.py
+ansible

bin/ansible-doc

@@ -1 +1 @@
-../lib/ansible/cli/doc.py
+ansible

bin/ansible-galaxy

@@ -1 +1 @@
-../lib/ansible/cli/galaxy.py
+ansible

bin/ansible-inventory

@@ -1 +1 @@
-../lib/ansible/cli/inventory.py
+ansible

bin/ansible-playbook

@@ -1 +1 @@
-../lib/ansible/cli/playbook.py
+ansible

bin/ansible-pull

@@ -1 +1 @@
-../lib/ansible/cli/pull.py
+ansible

bin/ansible-test

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../test/lib/ansible_test/_util/target/cli/ansible_test_cli_stub.py

bin/ansible-vault

@@ -1 +1 @@
-../lib/ansible/cli/vault.py
+ansible

changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.14.rst

@@ -1,523 +0,0 @@
-=================================================
-ansible-core 2.14 "C'mon Everybody" Release Notes
-=================================================
-
-.. contents:: Topics
-
-
-v2.14.3
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2023-02-27
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
-
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- Make using blocks as handlers a parser error (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79968)
-- ansible-test - Specify the configuration file location required by test plugins when the config file is not found. This resolves issue: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79411
-- ansible-test - Update error handling code to use Python 3.x constructs, avoiding direct use of ``errno``.
-- ansible-test acme test container - update version to update used Pebble version, underlying Python and Go base containers, and Python requirements (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79783).
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Ansible.Basic.cs - Ignore compiler warning (reported as an error) when running under PowerShell 7.3.x.
-- Fix conditionally notifying ``include_tasks` handlers when ``force_handlers`` is used (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79776)
-- TaskExecutor - don't ignore templated _raw_params that k=v parser failed to parse (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79862)
-- ansible-galaxy - fix installing collections in git repositories/directories which contain a MANIFEST.json file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79796).
-- ansible-test - Support Podman 4.4.0+ by adding the ``SYS_CHROOT`` capability when running containers.
-- ansible-test - fix warning message about failing to run an image to include the image name
-- strategy plugins now correctly identify bad registered variables, even on skip.
-
-v2.14.2
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2023-01-30
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
-
-
-Major Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-test - Docker Desktop on WSL2 is now supported (additional configuration required).
-- ansible-test - Docker and Podman are now supported on hosts with cgroup v2 unified. Previously only cgroup v1 and cgroup v2 hybrid were supported.
-- ansible-test - Podman now works on container hosts without systemd. Previously only some containers worked, while others required rootfull or rootless Podman, but would not work with both. Some containers did not work at all.
-- ansible-test - Podman on WSL2 is now supported.
-- ansible-test - When additional cgroup setup is required on the container host, this will be automatically detected. Instructions on how to configure the host will be provided in the error message shown.
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-test - A new ``audit`` option is available when running custom containers. This option can be used to indicate whether a container requires the AUDIT_WRITE capability. The default is ``required``, which most containers will need when using Podman. If necessary, the ``none`` option can be used to opt-out of the capability. This has no effect on Docker, which always provides the capability.
-- ansible-test - A new ``cgroup`` option is available when running custom containers. This option can be used to indicate a container requires cgroup v1 or that it does not use cgroup. The default behavior assumes the container works with cgroup v2 (as well as v1).
-- ansible-test - Additional log details are shown when containers fail to start or SSH connections to containers fail.
-- ansible-test - Connection failures to remote provisioned hosts now show failure details as a warning.
-- ansible-test - Containers included with ansible-test no longer disable seccomp by default.
-- ansible-test - Failure to connect to a container over SSH now results in a clear error. Previously tests would be attempted even after initial connection attempts failed.
-- ansible-test - Integration tests can be excluded from retries triggered by the ``--retry-on-error`` option by adding the ``retry/never`` alias. This is useful for tests that cannot pass on a retry or are too slow to make retries useful.
-- ansible-test - More details are provided about an instance when provisioning fails.
-- ansible-test - Reduce the polling limit for SSHD startup in containers from 60 retries to 10. The one second delay between retries remains in place.
-- ansible-test - SSH connections from OpenSSH 8.8+ to CentOS 6 containers now work without additional configuration. However, clients older than OpenSSH 7.0 can no longer connect to CentOS 6 containers as a result. The container must have ``centos6`` in the image name for this work-around to be applied.
-- ansible-test - SSH shell connections from OpenSSH 8.8+ to ansible-test provisioned network instances now work without additional configuration. However, clients older than OpenSSH 7.0 can no longer open shell sessions for ansible-test provisioned network instances as a result.
-- ansible-test - The ``ansible-test env`` command now detects and reports the container ID if running in a container.
-- ansible-test - Unit tests now support network disconnect by default when running under Podman. Previously this feature only worked by default under Docker.
-- ansible-test - Use ``stop --time 0`` followed by ``rm`` to remove ephemeral containers instead of ``rm -f``. This speeds up teardown of ephemeral containers.
-- ansible-test - Warnings are now shown when using containers that were built with VOLUME instructions.
-- ansible-test - When setting the max open files for containers, the container host's limit will be checked. If the host limit is lower than the preferred value, it will be used and a warning will be shown.
-- ansible-test - When using Podman, ansible-test will detect if the loginuid used in containers is incorrect. When this occurs a warning is displayed and the container is run with the AUDIT_CONTROL capability. Previously containers would fail under this situation, with no useful warnings or errors given.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Correctly count rescued tasks in play recap (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79711)
-- Fix traceback when using the ``template`` module and running with ``ANSIBLE_DEBUG=1`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79763)
-- Fix using ``GALAXY_IGNORE_CERTS`` in conjunction with collections in requirements files which specify a specific ``source`` that isn't in the configured servers.
-- Fix using ``GALAXY_IGNORE_CERTS`` when downloading tarballs from Galaxy servers (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79557).
-- Module and role argument validation - include the valid suboption choices in the error when an invalid suboption is provided.
-- ansible-doc now will correctly display short descriptions on listing filters/tests no matter the directory sorting.
-- ansible-inventory will not explicitly sort groups/hosts anymore, giving a chance (depending on output format) to match the order in the input sources.
-- ansible-test - Added a work-around for a traceback under Python 3.11 when completing certain command line options.
-- ansible-test - Avoid using ``exec`` after container startup when possible. This improves container startup performance and avoids intermittent startup issues with some old containers.
-- ansible-test - Connection attempts to managed remote instances no longer abort on ``Permission denied`` errors.
-- ansible-test - Detection for running in a Podman or Docker container has been fixed to detect more scenarios. The new detection relies on ``/proc/self/mountinfo`` instead of ``/proc/self/cpuset``. Detection now works with custom cgroups and private cgroup namespaces.
-- ansible-test - Fix validate-modules error when retrieving PowerShell argspec when retrieved inside a Cmdlet
-- ansible-test - Handle server errors when executing the ``docker info`` command.
-- ansible-test - Multiple containers now work under Podman without specifying the ``--docker-network`` option.
-- ansible-test - Pass the ``XDG_RUNTIME_DIR`` environment variable through to container commands.
-- ansible-test - Perform PyPI proxy configuration after instances are ready and bootstrapping has been completed. Only target instances are affected, as controller instances were already handled this way. This avoids proxy configuration errors when target instances are not yet ready for use.
-- ansible-test - Prevent concurrent / repeat inspections of the same container image.
-- ansible-test - Prevent concurrent / repeat pulls of the same container image.
-- ansible-test - Prevent concurrent execution of cached methods.
-- ansible-test - Show the exception type when reporting errors during instance provisioning.
-- ansible-test sanity - correctly report invalid YAML in validate-modules (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75837).
-- argument spec validation - again report deprecated parameters for Python-based modules. This was accidentally removed in ansible-core 2.11 when argument spec validation was refactored (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79680, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79681).
-- argument spec validation - ensure that deprecated aliases in suboptions are also reported (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79740).
-- argument spec validation - fix warning message when two aliases of the same option are used for suboptions to also mention the option's name they are in (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79740).
-- connection local now avoids traceback on invalid user being used to execuet ansible (valid in host, but not in container).
-- file - touch action in check mode was always returning ok. Fix now evaluates the different conditions and returns the appropriate changed status. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79360)
-- get_url - Ensure we are passing ciphers to all url_get calls (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79717)
-- plugin filter now works with rejectlist as documented (still falls back to blacklist if used).
-- uri - improve JSON content type detection
-
-Known Issues
-------------
-
-- ansible-test - Additional configuration may be required for certain container host and container combinations. Further details are available in the testing documentation.
-- ansible-test - Custom containers with ``VOLUME`` instructions may be unable to start, when previously the containers started correctly. Remove the ``VOLUME`` instructions to resolve the issue. Containers with this condition will cause ``ansible-test`` to emit a warning.
-- ansible-test - Systems with Podman networking issues may be unable to run containers, when previously the issue went unreported. Correct the networking issues to continue using ``ansible-test`` with Podman.
-- ansible-test - Using Docker on systems with SELinux may require setting SELinux to permissive mode. Podman should work with SELinux in enforcing mode.
-
-v2.14.1
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2022-12-06
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
-
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- ansible-test - Improve consistency of executed ``pylint`` commands by making the plugins ordered.
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fixes leftover _valid_attrs usage.
-- ansible-galaxy - make initial call to Galaxy server on-demand only when installing, getting info about, and listing roles.
-- copy module will no longer move 'non files' set as src when remote_src=true.
-- display - reduce risk of post-fork output deadlocks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79522)
-- jinja2_native: preserve quotes in strings (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79083)
-- updated error messages to include 'acl' and not just mode changes when failing to set required permissions on remote.
-
-v2.14.0
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2022-11-07
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/porting_guides.html>`__
-
-
-Major Changes
--------------
-
-- Move handler processing into new ``PlayIterator`` phase to use the configured strategy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/65067)
-- ansible - At startup the filesystem encoding and locale are checked to verify they are UTF-8. If not, the process exits with an error reporting the errant encoding.
-- ansible - Increase minimum Python requirement to Python 3.9 for CLI utilities and controller code
-- ansible-test - At startup the filesystem encoding is checked to verify it is UTF-8. If not, the process exits with an error reporting the errant encoding.
-- ansible-test - At startup the locale is configured as ``en_US.UTF-8``, with a fallback to ``C.UTF-8``. If neither encoding is available the process exits with an error. If the fallback is used, a warning is displayed. In previous versions the ``en_US.UTF-8`` locale was always requested. However, no startup checking was performed to verify the locale was successfully configured.
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- Add a new "INVENTORY_UNPARSED_WARNING" flag add to hide the "No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available" warning
-- Add an 'action_plugin' field for modules in runtime.yml plugin_routing.
-
-  This fixes module_defaults by supporting modules-as-redirected-actions
-  without redirecting module_defaults entries to the common action.
-
-  .. code: yaml
-
-     plugin_routing:
-       action:
-         facts:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos
-         command:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos
-       modules:
-         facts:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos_facts
-         command:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos_command
-
-  With the runtime.yml above for ns.coll, a task such as
-
-  .. code: yaml
-
-     - hosts: all
-       module_defaults:
-         ns.coll.eos_facts: {'valid_for_eos_facts': 'value'}
-         ns.coll.eos_command: {'not_valid_for_eos_facts': 'value'}
-       tasks:
-         - ns.coll.facts:
-
-  will end up with defaults for eos_facts and eos_command
-  since both modules redirect to the same action.
-
-  To select an action plugin for a module without merging
-  module_defaults, define an action_plugin field for the resolved
-  module in the runtime.yml.
-
-  .. code: yaml
-
-     plugin_routing:
-       modules:
-         facts:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos_facts
-           action_plugin: ns.coll.eos
-         command:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos_command
-           action_plugin: ns.coll.eos
-
-  The action_plugin field can be a redirected action plugin, as
-  it is resolved normally.
-
-  Using the modified runtime.yml, the example task will only use
-  the ns.coll.eos_facts defaults.
-- Add support for parsing ``-a`` module options as JSON and not just key=value arguments - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78112
-- Added Kylin Linux Advanced Server OS in RedHat OS Family.
-- Allow ``when`` conditionals to be used on ``flush_handlers`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77616)
-- Allow meta tasks to be used as handlers.
-- Display - The display class will now proxy calls to Display.display via the queue from forks/workers to be handled by the parent process for actual display. This reduces some reliance on the fork start method and improves reliability of displaying messages.
-- Jinja version test - Add pep440 version_type for version test. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78288)
-- Loops - Add new ``loop_control.extended_allitems`` to allow users to disable tracking all loop items for each loop (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75216)
-- NetBSD - Add uptime_seconds fact
-- Provide a `utc` option for strftime to show time in UTC rather than local time
-- Raise a proper error when ``include_role`` or ``import_role`` is used as a handler.
-- Remove the ``AnsibleContext.resolve`` method as its override is not necessary. Furthermore the ability to override the ``resolve`` method was deprecated in Jinja 3.0.0 and removed in Jinja 3.1.0.
-- Utilize @classmethod and @property together to form classproperty (Python 3.9) to access field attributes of a class
-- ``LoopControl`` is now templated through standard ``post_validate`` method (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75715)
-- ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` - add an ``--offline`` option to prevent querying distribution servers (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77443).
-- ansible - Add support for Python 3.11 to Python interpreter discovery.
-- ansible - At startup the stdin/stdout/stderr file handles are checked to verify they are using blocking IO. If not, the process exits with an error reporting which file handle(s) are using non-blocking IO.
-- ansible-config adds JSON and YAML output formats for list and dump actions.
-- ansible-connection now supports verbosity directly on cli
-- ansible-console added 'collections' command to match playbook keyword.
-- ansible-doc - remove some of the manual formatting, and use YAML more uniformly. This in particular means that ``true`` and ``false`` are used for boolean values, instead of ``True`` and ``False`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/78668).
-- ansible-galaxy - Support resolvelib versions 0.6.x, 0.7.x, and 0.8.x. The full range of supported versions is now >= 0.5.3, < 0.9.0.
-- ansible-galaxy now supports a user defined timeout,  instead of existing hardcoded 60s (now the default).
-- ansible-test - Add FreeBSD 13.1 remote support.
-- ansible-test - Add RHEL 9.0 remote support.
-- ansible-test - Add support for Python 3.11.
-- ansible-test - Add support for RHEL 8.6 remotes.
-- ansible-test - Add support for Ubuntu VMs using the ``--remote`` option.
-- ansible-test - Add support for exporting inventory with ``ansible-test shell --export {path}``.
-- ansible-test - Add support for multi-arch remotes.
-- ansible-test - Add support for provisioning Alpine 3.16 remote instances.
-- ansible-test - Add support for provisioning Fedora 36 remote instances.
-- ansible-test - Add support for provisioning Ubuntu 20.04 remote instances.
-- ansible-test - Add support for provisioning remotes which require ``doas`` for become.
-- ansible-test - Add support for running non-interactive commands with ``ansible-test shell``.
-- ansible-test - Alpine remotes now use ``sudo`` for tests, using ``doas`` only for bootstrapping.
-- ansible-test - An improved error message is shown when the download of a pip bootstrap script fails. The download now uses ``urllib2`` instead of ``urllib`` on Python 2.
-- ansible-test - Avoid using the ``mock_use_standalone_module`` setting for unit tests running on Python 3.8 or later.
-- ansible-test - Become support for remote instance provisioning is no longer tied to a fixed list of platforms.
-- ansible-test - Blocking mode is now enforced for stdin, stdout and stderr. If any of these are non-blocking then ansible-test will exit during startup with an error.
-- ansible-test - Distribution specific test containers are now multi-arch, supporting both x86_64 and aarch64.
-- ansible-test - Distribution specific test containers no longer contain a ``/etc/ansible/hosts`` file.
-- ansible-test - Enable loading of ``coverage`` data files created by older supported ansible-test releases.
-- ansible-test - Fedora 36 has been added as a test container.
-- ansible-test - FreeBSD remotes now use ``sudo`` for tests, using ``su`` only for bootstrapping.
-- ansible-test - Improve consistency of output messages by using stdout or stderr for most output, but not both.
-- ansible-test - Improve consistency of version specific documentation links.
-- ansible-test - Remote Alpine instances now have the ``acl`` package installed.
-- ansible-test - Remote Fedora instances now have the ``acl`` package installed.
-- ansible-test - Remote FreeBSD instances now have ACLs enabled on the root filesystem.
-- ansible-test - Remote Ubuntu instances now have the ``acl`` package installed.
-- ansible-test - Remove Fedora 34 test container.
-- ansible-test - Remove Fedora 35 test container.
-- ansible-test - Remove FreeBSD 13.0 remote support.
-- ansible-test - Remove RHEL 8.5 remote support.
-- ansible-test - Remove Ubuntu 18.04 test container.
-- ansible-test - Remove support for Python 2.7 on provisioned FreeBSD instances.
-- ansible-test - Remove support for Python 3.8 on the controller.
-- ansible-test - Remove the ``opensuse15py2`` container.
-- ansible-test - Support multiple pinned versions of the ``coverage`` module. The version used now depends on the Python version in use.
-- ansible-test - Test containers have been updated to remove the ``VOLUME`` instruction.
-- ansible-test - The Alpine 3 test container has been updated to Alpine 3.16.0.
-- ansible-test - The ``http-test-container`` container is now multi-arch, supporting both x86_64 and aarch64.
-- ansible-test - The ``pypi-test-container`` container is now multi-arch, supporting both x86_64 and aarch64.
-- ansible-test - The ``shell`` command can be used outside a collection if no controller delegation is required.
-- ansible-test - The openSUSE test container has been updated to openSUSE Leap 15.4.
-- ansible-test - Ubuntu 22.04 has been added as a test container.
-- ansible-test - Update ``base`` and ``default`` containers to include Python 3.11.0.
-- ansible-test - Update ``default`` containers to include new ``docs-build`` sanity test requirements.
-- ansible-test - Update pinned sanity test requirements for all tests.
-- ansible-test - Update the ``base`` container to 3.4.0.
-- ansible-test - Update the ``default`` containers to 6.6.0.
-- ansible-test validate-modules - Added support for validating module documentation stored in a sidecar file alongside the module (``{module}.yml`` or ``{module}.yaml``). Previously these files were ignored and documentation had to be placed in ``{module}.py``.
-- apt_repository remove dependency on apt-key and use gpg + /usr/share/keyrings directly instead
-- apt_repository will use the trust repo directories in order of preference (more appropriate to less) as they exist on the target.
-- blockinfile - The presence of the multiline flag (?m) in the regular expression for insertafter opr insertbefore controls whether the match is done line by line or with multiple lines (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75090).
-- calls to listify_lookup_plugin_terms in core do not pass in loader/dataloader anymore.
-- collections - ``ansible-galaxy collection build`` can now utilize ``MANIFEST.in`` style directives from ``galaxy.yml`` instead of ``build_ignore`` effectively inverting the logic from include by default, to exclude by default. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/78422)
-- config manager, move templating into main query function in config instead of constants
-- config manager, remove updates to configdata as it is mostly unused
-- configuration entry INTERPRETER_PYTHON_DISTRO_MAP is now 'private' and won't show up in normal configuration queries and docs, since it is not 'settable' this avoids user confusion.
-- distribution - add distribution_minor_version for Debian Distro (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/74481).
-- documentation construction now gives more information on error.
-- facts - add OSMC to Debian os_family mapping
-- get_url - permit to pass to parameter ``checksum`` an URL pointing to a file containing only a checksum (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54390).
-- new tests url, uri and urn will verify string as such, but they don't check existance of the resource
-- plugin loader - add ansible_name and ansible_aliases attributes to plugin objects/classes.
-- systemd is now systemd_service to better reflect the scope of the module, systemd is kept as an alias for backwards compatibility.
-- templating - removed internal template cache
-- uri - cleanup write_file method, remove overkill safety checks and report any exception, change shutilcopyfile to use module.atomic_move
-- urls - Add support to specify SSL/TLS ciphers to use during a request (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78633)
-- validate-modules - Allow ``type: raw`` on a module return type definition for values that have a dynamic type
-- version output now includes the path to the python executable that Ansible is running under
-- yum_repository - do not give the ``async`` parameter a default value anymore, since this option is deprecated in RHEL 8. This means that ``async = 1`` won't be added to repository files if omitted, but it can still be set explicitly if needed.
-
-Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
---------------------------------
-
-- Allow for lazy evaluation of Jinja2 expressions (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56017)
-- The default ansible-galaxy role skeletons no longer contain .travis.yml files. You can configure ansible-galaxy to use a custom role skeleton that contains a .travis.yml file to continue using Galaxy's integration with Travis CI.
-- ansible - At startup the filesystem encoding and locale are checked to verify they are UTF-8. If not, the process exits with an error reporting the errant encoding.
-- ansible - Increase minimum Python requirement to Python 3.9 for CLI utilities and controller code
-- ansible-test - At startup the filesystem encoding is checked to verify it is UTF-8. If not, the process exits with an error reporting the errant encoding.
-- ansible-test - At startup the locale is configured as ``en_US.UTF-8``, with a fallback to ``C.UTF-8``. If neither encoding is available the process exits with an error. If the fallback is used, a warning is displayed. In previous versions the ``en_US.UTF-8`` locale was always requested. However, no startup checking was performed to verify the locale was successfully configured.
-- ansible-test validate-modules - Removed the ``missing-python-doc`` error code in validate modules, ``missing-documentation`` is used instead for missing PowerShell module documentation.
-- strategy plugins - Make ``ignore_unreachable`` to increase ``ignored`` and ``ok`` and  counter, not ``skipped`` and ``unreachable``. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77690)
-
-Deprecated Features
--------------------
-
-- Deprecate ability of lookup plugins to return arbitrary data. Lookup plugins must return lists, failing to do so will be an error in 2.18. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77788)
-- Encryption - Deprecate use of the Python crypt module due to it's impending removal from Python 3.13
-- PlayContext.verbosity is deprecated and will be removed in 2.18. Use ansible.utils.display.Display().verbosity as the single source of truth.
-- ``DEFAULT_FACT_PATH``, ``DEFAULT_GATHER_SUBSET`` and ``DEFAULT_GATHER_TIMEOUT`` are deprecated and will be removed in 2.18. Use ``module_defaults`` keyword instead.
-- ``PlayIterator`` - deprecate ``cache_block_tasks`` and ``get_original_task`` which are noop and unused.
-- ``Templar`` - deprecate ``shared_loader_obj`` option which is unused. ``ansible.plugins.loader`` is used directly instead.
-- listify_lookup_plugin_terms, deprecate 'loader/dataloader' parameter as it not used.
-- vars plugins - determining whether or not to run ansible.legacy vars plugins with the class attribute REQUIRES_WHITELIST is deprecated, set REQUIRES_ENABLED instead.
-
-Removed Features (previously deprecated)
-----------------------------------------
-
-- PlayIterator - remove deprecated ``PlayIterator.ITERATING_*`` and ``PlayIterator.FAILED_*``
-- Remove deprecated ``ALLOW_WORLD_READABLE_TMPFILES`` configuration option (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77393)
-- Remove deprecated ``COMMAND_WARNINGS`` configuration option (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77394)
-- Remove deprecated ``DISPLAY_SKIPPED_HOSTS`` environment variable (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77396)
-- Remove deprecated ``LIBVIRT_LXC_NOSECLABEL`` environment variable (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77395)
-- Remove deprecated ``NETWORK_GROUP_MODULES`` environment variable (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77397)
-- Remove deprecated ``UnsafeProxy``
-- Remove deprecated ``plugin_filters_cfg`` config option from ``default`` section (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77398)
-- Remove deprecated functionality that allows loading cache plugins directly without using ``cache_loader``.
-- Remove deprecated functionality that allows subclassing ``DefaultCallback`` without the corresponding ``doc_fragment``.
-- Remove deprecated powershell functions ``Load-CommandUtils`` and ``Import-PrivilegeUtil``
-- apt_key - remove deprecated ``key`` module param
-- command/shell - remove deprecated ``warn`` module param
-- get_url - remove deprecated ``sha256sum`` module param
-- import_playbook - remove deprecated functionality that allows providing additional parameters in free form
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- "meta: refresh_inventory" does not clobber entries added by add_host/group_by anymore.
-- Add PyYAML >= 5.1 as a dependency of ansible-core to be compatible with Python 3.8+.
-- Avoid 'unreachable' error when chmod on AIX has 255 as return code.
-- BSD network facts - Do not assume column indexes, look for ``netmask`` and ``broadcast`` for determining the correct columns when parsing ``inet`` line (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79117)
-- Bug fix for when handlers were ran on failed hosts after an ``always`` section was executed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/52561)
-- Do not allow handlers from dynamic includes to be notified (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/78399)
-- Do not crash when templating an expression with a test or filter that is not a valid Ansible filter name (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78912, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/78913).
-- Ensure handlers observe ``any_errors_fatal`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46447)
-- Ensure syntax check errors include playbook filenames
-- Ensure the correct ``environment_class`` is set on ``AnsibleJ2Template``
-- Error for collection redirects that do not use fully qualified collection names, as the redirect would be determined by the ``collections`` keyword.
-- Fix PluginLoader to mimic Python import machinery by adding module to sys.modules before exec
-- Fix ``-vv`` output for meta tasks to not have an empty message when skipped, print the skip reason instead. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77315)
-- Fix an issue where ``ansible_play_hosts`` and ``ansible_play_batch`` were not properly updated when a failure occured in an explicit block inside the rescue section (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78612)
-- Fix dnf module documentation to indicate that comparison operators for package version require spaces around them (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78295)
-- Fix for linear strategy when tasks were executed in incorrect order or even removed from execution. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64611, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/64999, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72725, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/72781)
-- Fix for network_cli not getting all relevant connection options
-- Fix handlers execution with ``serial`` in the ``linear`` strategy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54991)
-- Fix potential, but unlikely, cases of variable use before definition.
-- Fix reusing a connection in a task loop that uses a redirected or aliased name - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78425
-- Fix setting become activation in a task loop - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78425
-- Fix traceback when installing a collection from a git repository and git is not installed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77479).
-- GALAXY_IGNORE_CERTS reworked to allow each server entry to override
-- More gracefully handle separator errors in jinja2 template overrides (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77495).
-- Move undefined check from concat to finalize (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78156)
-- Prevent losing unsafe on results returned from lookups (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77535)
-- Propagate ``ansible_failed_task`` and ``ansible_failed_result`` to an outer rescue (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/43191)
-- Properly execute rescue section when an include task fails in all loop iterations (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/23161)
-- Properly send a skipped message when a list in a ``loop`` is empty and comes from a template (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77934)
-- Support colons in jinja2 template override values (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77495).
-- ``ansible-galaxy`` - remove extra server api call during dependency resolution for requirements and dependencies that are already satisfied (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77443).
-- `ansible-config init -f vars` will now use shorthand format
-- action plugins now pass cannonical info to modules instead of 'temporary' info from play_context
-- ansible - Exclude Python 2.6 from Python interpreter discovery.
-- ansible-config dump - Only display plugin type headers when plugin options are changed if --only-changed is specified.
-- ansible-config limit shorthand format to assigned values
-- ansible-configi init should now skip internal reserved config entries
-- ansible-connection - decrypt vaulted parameters before sending over the socket, as vault secrets are not available on the other side.
-- ansible-console - Renamed the first argument of ``ConsoleCLI.default`` from ``arg`` to ``line`` to match the first argument of the same method on the base class ``Cmd``.
-- ansible-console commands now all have a help entry.
-- ansible-console fixed to load modules via fqcn, short names and handle redirects.
-- ansible-console now shows installed collection modules.
-- ansible-doc - fix listing plugins.
-- ansible-doc will not add 'website for' in ":ref:" substitutions as it made them confusing.
-- ansible-doc will not again warn and skip when missing docs, always show the doc file (for edit on github) and match legacy plugins.
-- ansible-doc will not traceback when legacy plugins don't have docs nor adjacent file with docs
-- ansible-doc will now also display until as an 'implicit' templating keyword.
-- ansible-doc will now not display version_added_collection under same conditions it does not display version_added.
-- ansible-galaxy - Fix detection of ``--role-file`` in arguments for implicit role invocation (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78204)
-- ansible-galaxy - Fix exit codes for role search and delete (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78516)
-- ansible-galaxy - Fix loading boolean server options so False doesn't become a truthy string (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77416).
-- ansible-galaxy - Fix reinitializing the whole collection directory with ``ansible-galaxy collection init ns.coll --force``. Now directories and files that are not included in the collection skeleton will be removed.
-- ansible-galaxy - Fix unhandled traceback if a role's dependencies in meta/main.yml or meta/requirements.yml are not lists.
-- ansible-galaxy - do not require mandatory keys in the ``galaxy.yml`` of source collections when listing them (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70180).
-- ansible-galaxy - fix installing collections that have dependencies in the metadata set to null instead of an empty dictionary (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77560).
-- ansible-galaxy - fix listing collections that contains metadata but the namespace or name are not strings.
-- ansible-galaxy - fix missing meta/runtime.yml in default galaxy skeleton used for ansible-galaxy collection init
-- ansible-galaxy - fix setting the cache for paginated responses from Galaxy NG/AH (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77911).
-- ansible-galaxy - handle unsupported versions of resolvelib gracefully.
-- ansible-galaxy --ignore-certs now has proper precedence over configuration
-- ansible-test - Add ``wheel < 0.38.0`` constraint for Python 3.6 and earlier.
-- ansible-test - Allow disabled, unsupported, unstable and destructive integration test targets to be selected using their respective prefixes.
-- ansible-test - Allow unstable tests to run when targeted changes are made and the ``--allow-unstable-changed`` option is specified (resolves https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/74213).
-- ansible-test - Always remove containers after failing to create/run them. This avoids leaving behind created containers when using podman.
-- ansible-test - Correctly detect when running as the ``root`` user (UID 0) on the origin host. The result of the detection was incorrectly being inverted.
-- ansible-test - Delegation for commands which generate output for programmatic consumption no longer redirect all output to stdout. The affected commands and options are ``shell``, ``sanity --lint``, ``sanity --list-tests``, ``integration --list-targets``, ``coverage analyze``
-- ansible-test - Delegation now properly handles arguments given after ``--`` on the command line.
-- ansible-test - Don't fail if network cannot be disconnected (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77472)
-- ansible-test - Fix bootstrapping of Python 3.9 on Ubuntu 20.04 remotes.
-- ansible-test - Fix broken documentation link for ``aws`` test plugin error messages.
-- ansible-test - Fix change detection for ansible-test's own integration tests.
-- ansible-test - Fix internal validation of remote completion configuration.
-- ansible-test - Fix skipping of tests marked ``needs/python`` on the origin host.
-- ansible-test - Fix skipping of tests marked ``needs/root`` on the origin host.
-- ansible-test - Prevent ``--target-`` prefixed options for the ``shell`` command from being combined with legacy environment options.
-- ansible-test - Sanity test output with the ``--lint`` option is no longer mixed in with bootstrapping output.
-- ansible-test - Subprocesses are now isolated from the stdin, stdout and stderr of ansible-test. This avoids issues with subprocesses tampering with the file descriptors, such as SSH making them non-blocking. As a result of this change, subprocess output from unit and integration tests on stderr now go to stdout.
-- ansible-test - Subprocesses no longer have access to the TTY ansible-test is connected to, if any. This maintains consistent behavior between local testing and CI systems, which typically do not provide a TTY. Tests which require a TTY should use pexpect or another mechanism to create a PTY.
-- ansible-test - Temporary executables are now verified as executable after creation. Without this check, path injected scripts may not be found, typically on systems with ``/tmp`` mounted using the "noexec" option. This can manifest as a missing Python interpreter, or use of the wrong Python interpreter, as well as other error conditions.
-- ansible-test - Test configuration for collections is now parsed only once, prior to delegation. Fixes issue: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78334
-- ansible-test - Test containers are now run with the ``--tmpfs`` option for ``/tmp``, ``/run`` and ``/run/lock``. This allows use of containers built without the ``VOLUME`` instruction. Additionally, containers with those volumes defined no longer create anonymous volumes for them. This avoids leaving behind volumes on the container host after the container is stopped and deleted.
-- ansible-test - The ``shell`` command no longer redirects all output to stdout when running a provided command. Any command output written to stderr will be mixed with the stderr output from ansible-test.
-- ansible-test - The ``shell`` command no longer requests a TTY when using delegation unless an interactive shell is being used. An interactive shell is the default behavior when no command is given to pass to the shell.
-- ansible-test - Update the ``pylint`` sanity test requirements to resolve crashes on Python 3.11. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78882)
-- ansible-test - Update the ``pylint`` sanity test to use version 2.15.4.
-- ansible-test - Update the ``pylint`` sanity test to use version 2.15.5.
-- ansible-test - ansible-doc sanity test - Correctly determine the fully-qualified collection name for plugins in subdirectories, resolving https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78490.
-- ansible-test - validate-modules - Documentation-only modules, used for documenting actions, are now allowed to have docstrings (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77972).
-- ansible-test compile sanity test - do not crash if a column could not be determined for an error (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77465).
-- apt - Fix module failure when a package is not installed and only_upgrade=True. Skip that package and check the remaining requested packages for upgrades. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78762)
-- apt - don't actually update the cache in check mode with update_cache=true.
-- apt - don't mark existing packages as manually installed in check mode (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/66413).
-- apt - fix package selection to include /etc/apt/preferences(.d) (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77969)
-- apt module now correctly handles virtual packages.
-- apt module should not traceback on invalid type given as package. issue 78663.
-- arg_spec - Fix incorrect ``no_log`` warning when a parameter alias is used (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77576)
-- callback plugins - do not crash when ``exception`` passed from a module is not a string (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75726, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77781).
-- cli now emits clearer error on no hosts selected
-- config, ensure that pulling values from configmanager are templated if possible.
-- display itself should be single source of 'verbosity' level to the engine.
-- dnf - Condense a few internal boolean returns.
-- dnf - The ``nobest`` option now also works for ``state=latest``.
-- dnf - The ``skip_broken`` option is now used in installs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73072).
-- dnf - fix output parsing on systems with ``LANGUAGE`` set to a language other than English (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78193)
-- facts - fix IP address discovery for specific interface names (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77792).
-- facts - fix processor facts on AIX: correctly detect number of cores and threads, turn ``processor`` into a list (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/78223).
-- fetch_file - Ensure we only use the filename when calculating a tempfile, and do not incude the query string (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/29680)
-- fetch_file - properly split files with multiple file extensions (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75257)
-- file - setting attributes of symbolic links or files that are hard linked no longer fails when the link target is unspecified (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76142).
-- file backed cache plugins now handle concurrent access by making atomic updates to the files.
-- git module fix docs and proper use of ssh wrapper script and GIT_SSH_COMMAND depending on version.
-- handlers - fix an issue where the ``flush_handlers`` meta task could not be used with FQCN: ``ansible.builtin.meta`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79023)
-- if a config setting prevents running ansible it should at least show it's "origin".
-- include module - add docs url to include deprecation message (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76684).
-- items2dict - Handle error if an item is not a dictionary or is missing the required keys (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70337).
-- keyword inheritance - Ensure that we do not squash keywords in validate (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79021)
-- known_hosts - do not return changed status when a non-existing key is removed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78598)
-- local facts - if a local fact in the facts directory cannot be stated, store an error message as the fact value and emit a warning just as if just as if the facts execution has failed. The stat can fail e.g. on dangling symlinks.
-- lookup plugin - catch KeyError when lookup returns dictionary (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77789).
-- module_utils - Make distro.id() report newer versions of OpenSuSE (at least >=15) also report as ``opensuse``. They report themselves as ``opensuse-leap``.
-- module_utils.service - daemonize - Avoid modifying the list of file descriptors while iterating over it.
-- null_representation config entry changed to 'raw' as it must allow 'none/null' and empty string.
-- omit on keywords was resetting to default value, ignoring inheritance.
-- paramiko - Add a new option to allow paramiko >= 2.9 to easily work with all devices now that rsa-sha2 support was added to paramiko, which prevented communication with numerous platforms. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76737)
-- paramiko - Add back support for ``ssh_args``, ``ssh_common_args``, and ``ssh_extra_args`` for parsing the ``ProxyCommand`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78750)
-- password lookup does not ignore k=v arguments anymore.
-- pause module will now report proper 'echo' vs always being true.
-- pip - fix cases where resolution of pip Python module fails when importlib.util has not already been imported
-- plugin loader - Sort results when fuzzy matching plugin names (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77966).
-- plugin loader will now load config data for plugin by name instead of by file to avoid issues with the same file being loaded under different names (fqcn + short name).
-- plugin loader, fix detection for existing configuration before initializing for a plugin
-- plugin loader, now when skipping a plugin due to an abstract method error we provide that in 'verbose' mode instead of totally obscuring the error. The current implementation assumed only the base classes would trigger this and failed to consider 'in development' plugins.
-- prevent lusermod from using group name instead of group id (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77914)
-- prevent type annotation shim failures from causing runtime failures (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77860)
-- psrp connection now handles default to inventory_hostname correctly.
-- roles, fixed issue with roles loading paths not contained in the role itself when using the `_from` options.
-- service_facts - Use python re to parse service output instead of grep (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78541)
-- setup - Adds a default value to ``lvm_facts`` when lvm or lvm2 is not installed on linux (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/17393)
-- shell plugins now give a more user friendly error when fed the wrong type of data.
-- template module/lookup - fix ``convert_data`` option that was effectively always set to True for Jinja macros (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78141)
-- unarchive - if unzip is available but zipinfo is not, use unzip -Z instead of zipinfo (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76959).
-- uri - properly use uri parameter use_proxy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58632)
-- uri module - failed status when Authentication Bearer used with netrc, because Basic authentication was by default. Fix now allows to ignore netrc by changing use_netrc=False (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/74397).
-- urls - Guard imports of ``urllib3`` by catching ``Exception`` instead of ``ImportError`` to prevent exceptions in the import process of optional dependencies from preventing use of ``urls.py`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78648)
-- user - Fix error "Permission denied" in user module while generating SSH keys (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78017).
-- user - fix creating a local user if the user group already exists (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75042)
-- user module - Replace uses of the deprecated ``spwd`` python module with ctypes (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/78050)
-- validate-modules - fix validating version_added for new options.
-- variablemanager, more efficient read of vars files
-- vault secrets file now executes in the correct context when it is a symlink (not resolved to canonical file).
-- wait_for - Read file and perform comparisons using bytes to avoid decode errors (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78214)
-- winrm - Ensure ``kinit`` is run with the same ``PATH`` env var as the Ansible process
-- winrm connection now handles default to inventory_hostname correctly.
-- yaml inventory plugin - fix the error message for non-string hostnames (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77519).
-- yum - fix traceback when ``releasever`` is specified with ``latest`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78058)
-
-New Plugins
------------
-
-Test
-~~~~
-
-- uri - is the string a valid URI
-- url - is the string a valid URL
-- urn - is the string a valid URN

changelogs/CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-Placeholder changelog
-=====================
-
-This file is a placeholder; a version-specific ``CHANGELOG-vX.Y.rst`` will be generated during releases from fragments
-under changelogs/fragments. On release branches once a release has been created, consult the branch's version-specific
-file for changes that have occurred in that branch.

changelogs/config.yaml

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
----
-title: ansible-core
-release_tag_re: '(v(?:[\d.ab\-]|rc)+)'
-pre_release_tag_re: '(?P<pre_release>(?:[ab]|rc)+\d*)$'
-changes_file: changelog.yaml
-changes_format: combined
-keep_fragments: true
-always_refresh: true
-ignore_other_fragment_extensions: true
-mention_ancestor: false
-notesdir: fragments
-prelude_section_name: release_summary
-new_plugins_after_name: removed_features
-sections:
-- ['major_changes', 'Major Changes']
-- ['minor_changes', 'Minor Changes']
-- ['breaking_changes', 'Breaking Changes / Porting Guide']
-- ['deprecated_features', 'Deprecated Features']
-- ['removed_features', 'Removed Features (previously deprecated)']
-- ['security_fixes', 'Security Fixes']
-- ['bugfixes', 'Bugfixes']
-- ['known_issues', 'Known Issues']

changelogs/fragments/17393-fix_silently_failing_lvm_facts.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - setup - Adds a default value to ``lvm_facts`` when lvm or lvm2 is not installed on linux (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/17393)

changelogs/fragments/23161-includes-loops-rescue.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "Properly execute rescue section when an include task fails in all loop iterations (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/23161)"

changelogs/fragments/29680-fetch-file-file-name-too-long.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- fetch_file - Ensure we only use the filename when calculating a tempfile, and do not incude the query string
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/29680)

changelogs/fragments/43191-72638-ansible_failed_task-fixes.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Propagate ``ansible_failed_task`` and ``ansible_failed_result`` to an outer rescue (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/43191)

changelogs/fragments/56017-allow-lazy-eval-on-jinja2-expr.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-breaking_changes:
-  - Allow for lazy evaluation of Jinja2 expressions (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56017)

changelogs/fragments/58632-uri-include_use_proxy.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - uri - properly use uri parameter use_proxy (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/58632)

changelogs/fragments/61965-user-module-fails-to-change-primary-group.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- prevent lusermod from using group name instead of group id (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77914)

changelogs/fragments/64612-fetch_file-multi-part-extension.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - fetch_file - properly split files with multiple file extensions (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75257)

changelogs/fragments/65499-no_inventory_parsed.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- Add a new "INVENTORY_UNPARSED_WARNING" flag add to hide the "No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available" warning

changelogs/fragments/70180-collection-list-more-robust.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-galaxy - do not require mandatory keys in the ``galaxy.yml`` of source collections when listing them (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70180).

changelogs/fragments/73072-dnf-skip-broken.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - dnf - The ``skip_broken`` option is now used in installs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73072).
-  - dnf - The ``nobest`` option now also works for ``state=latest``.
-  - dnf - Condense a few internal boolean returns.

changelogs/fragments/74446-network-conn-options.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - Fix for network_cli not getting all relevant connection options

changelogs/fragments/74481_debian_minor_version.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- distribution - add distribution_minor_version for Debian Distro (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/74481).

changelogs/fragments/75042-lowercase-dash-n-with-luseradd-on-all-distros.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - user - fix creating a local user if the user group already exists (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75042)

changelogs/fragments/75090-multiline-flag-support-for-blockinfile.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - blockinfile - The presence of the multiline flag (?m) in the regular expression for insertafter opr insertbefore controls whether the match is done line by line or with multiple lines (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75090).

changelogs/fragments/75216-loop-control-extended-allitems.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- Loops - Add new ``loop_control.extended_allitems`` to allow users to disable tracking all loop items for each loop
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75216)

changelogs/fragments/75364-yum-repository-async.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- yum_repository - do not give the ``async`` parameter a default value anymore, since this option is deprecated in RHEL 8. This means that ``async = 1`` won't be added to repository files if omitted, but it can still be set explicitly if needed.

changelogs/fragments/75431-Add-uptime-fact-for-NetBSD.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- NetBSD - Add uptime_seconds fact

changelogs/fragments/75715-post_validate-LoopControl.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "``LoopControl`` is now templated through standard ``post_validate`` method (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/75715)"

changelogs/fragments/75740-remove-travis-file-from-role-skeletons.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-breaking_changes:
-  - The default ansible-galaxy role skeletons no longer contain .travis.yml files.
-    You can configure ansible-galaxy to use a custom role skeleton that contains a .travis.yml file
-    to continue using Galaxy's integration with Travis CI.

changelogs/fragments/75837-validate-modules-invalid-yaml.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-test sanity - correctly report invalid YAML in validate-modules (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75837).

changelogs/fragments/76167-update-attributes-of-files-that-are-links.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes: 
-  - file - setting attributes of symbolic links or files that are hard linked no longer fails when the link target is unspecified (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76142).

changelogs/fragments/76578-fix-role-argspec-suboptions-error.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Module and role argument validation - include the valid suboption choices in the error when an invalid suboption is provided.

changelogs/fragments/76737-paramiko-rsa-sha2.yml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- paramiko - Add a new option to allow paramiko >= 2.9 to easily work with
-  all devices now that rsa-sha2 support was added to paramiko, which
-  prevented communication with numerous platforms.
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76737)

changelogs/fragments/76971-unarchive-remove-unnecessary-zipinfo-dependency.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - unarchive - if unzip is available but zipinfo is not, use unzip -Z instead of zipinfo (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76959).

changelogs/fragments/77014-ansible-galaxy-list-fix-null-metadata-namespace-name.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-galaxy - fix listing collections that contains metadata but the namespace or name are not strings.

changelogs/fragments/77265-module_defaults-with-modules-as-redirected-actions.yaml

@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- |
-  Add an 'action_plugin' field for modules in runtime.yml plugin_routing.
-
-  This fixes module_defaults by supporting modules-as-redirected-actions
-  without redirecting module_defaults entries to the common action.
-
-  .. code: yaml
-
-     plugin_routing:
-       action:
-         facts:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos
-         command:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos
-       modules:
-         facts:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos_facts
-         command:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos_command
-
-  With the runtime.yml above for ns.coll, a task such as
-
-  .. code: yaml
-
-     - hosts: all
-       module_defaults:
-         ns.coll.eos_facts: {'valid_for_eos_facts': 'value'}
-         ns.coll.eos_command: {'not_valid_for_eos_facts': 'value'}
-       tasks:
-         - ns.coll.facts:
-
-  will end up with defaults for eos_facts and eos_command
-  since both modules redirect to the same action.
-
-  To select an action plugin for a module without merging
-  module_defaults, define an action_plugin field for the resolved
-  module in the runtime.yml.
-
-  .. code: yaml
-
-     plugin_routing:
-       modules:
-         facts:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos_facts
-           action_plugin: ns.coll.eos
-         command:
-           redirect: ns.coll.eos_command
-           action_plugin: ns.coll.eos
-
-  The action_plugin field can be a redirected action plugin, as
-  it is resolved normally.
-
-  Using the modified runtime.yml, the example task will only use
-  the ns.coll.eos_facts defaults.

changelogs/fragments/77315-fix-meta-vv-header.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Fix ``-vv`` output for meta tasks to not have an empty message when skipped, print the skip reason instead. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77315)

changelogs/fragments/77393-remove-allow_world_readable_tmpfiles.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-removed_features:
-  - Remove deprecated ``ALLOW_WORLD_READABLE_TMPFILES`` configuration option (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77393)

changelogs/fragments/77394-remove-command_warnings.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-removed_features:
-  - Remove deprecated ``COMMAND_WARNINGS`` configuration option (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77394)
-  - command/shell - remove deprecated ``warn`` module param

changelogs/fragments/77395-remove-libvirt_lxc_noseclabel.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-removed_features:
-  - Remove deprecated ``LIBVIRT_LXC_NOSECLABEL`` environment variable (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77395)

changelogs/fragments/77396-remove-display_skipped_hosts.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-removed_features:
-  - Remove deprecated ``DISPLAY_SKIPPED_HOSTS`` environment variable (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77396)

changelogs/fragments/77397-remove-network_group_modules.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-removed_features:
-  - Remove deprecated ``NETWORK_GROUP_MODULES`` environment variable (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77397)

changelogs/fragments/77398-remove-plugin_filters_cfg-default.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-removed_features:
-  - Remove deprecated ``plugin_filters_cfg`` config option from ``default`` section (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77398)

changelogs/fragments/77418-ansible-galaxy-init-include-meta-runtime.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-galaxy - fix missing meta/runtime.yml in default galaxy skeleton used for ansible-galaxy collection init 

changelogs/fragments/77424-fix-False-ansible-galaxy-server-config-options.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ansible-galaxy - Fix loading boolean server options so False doesn't become a truthy string (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77416).

changelogs/fragments/77465-ansible-test-compile-crash.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "ansible-test compile sanity test - do not crash if a column could not be determined for an error (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77465)."

changelogs/fragments/77468-ansible-galaxy-remove-unnecessary-api-call.yml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- >-
-  ``ansible-galaxy`` - remove extra server api call during dependency resolution
-  for requirements and dependencies that are already satisfied
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77443).

changelogs/fragments/77472-ansible-test-network-disconnect-warning.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- ansible-test - Don't fail if network cannot be disconnected
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/77472)

changelogs/fragments/77493-ansible-galaxy-find-git-executable-before-using.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Fix traceback when installing a collection from a git repository and git is not installed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77479).

changelogs/fragments/77507-deprecate-pc-verbosity.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - PlayContext.verbosity is deprecated and will be removed in 2.18. Use ansible.utils.display.Display().verbosity as the single source of truth.

changelogs/fragments/77535-prevent-losing-unsafe-lookups.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Prevent losing unsafe on results returned from lookups (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77535)