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.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

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-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: .azure-pipelines/commands/entry-point.sh
-  - name: fetchDepth
-    value: 500
-  - name: defaultContainer
-    value: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:4.0.1
-
-pool: Standard
-
-stages:
-  - stage: Sanity
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-  - stage: Units
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: units/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.6
-            - test: 3.7
-            - test: 3.8
-            - test: 3.9
-            - test: '3.10'
-            - test: 3.11
-            - test: 3.12
-  - stage: Windows
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Server {0}
-          testFormat: windows/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2016
-            - test: 2019
-            - test: 2022
-  - stage: Remote
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/target
-        parameters:
-          targets:
-            - name: macOS 13.2
-              test: macos/13.2
-            - name: RHEL 7.9
-              test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: RHEL 8.8 py36
-              test: rhel/8.8@3.6
-            - name: RHEL 8.8 py311
-              test: rhel/8.8@3.11
-            - name: RHEL 9.2 py39
-              test: rhel/9.2@3.9
-            - name: RHEL 9.2 py311
-              test: rhel/9.2@3.11
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.2
-              test: freebsd/13.2
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/controller
-        parameters:
-          targets:
-            - name: macOS 13.2
-              test: macos/13.2
-            - name: RHEL 8.8
-              test: rhel/8.8
-            - name: RHEL 9.2
-              test: rhel/9.2
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.2
-              test: freebsd/13.2
-          groups:
-            - 3
-            - 4
-            - 5
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml  # context/controller (ansible-test container management)
-        parameters:
-          targets:
-            - name: Alpine 3.18
-              test: alpine/3.18
-            - name: Fedora 38
-              test: fedora/38
-            - name: RHEL 8.8
-              test: rhel/8.8
-            - name: RHEL 9.2
-              test: rhel/9.2
-            - 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 38
-              test: fedora38
-            - 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 38
-              test: fedora38
-            - 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: '3.10'
-            - test: 3.11
-            - test: 3.12
-  - stage: Generic
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: generic/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: '3.10'
-            - test: 3.11
-            - test: 3.12
-  - stage: Incidental_Windows
-    displayName: Incidental Windows
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Server {0}
-          testFormat: i/windows/{0}
-          targets:
-            - 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/commands/alpine.sh

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-remote.sh

.azure-pipelines/commands/cloud.sh

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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -o pipefail -eux
-
-declare -a args
-IFS='/:' read -ra args <<< "$1"
-
-cloud="${args[0]}"
-python="${args[1]}"
-group="${args[2]}"
-
-target="shippable/${cloud}/group${group}/"
-
-stage="${S:-prod}"
-
-changed_all_target="shippable/${cloud}/smoketest/"
-
-if ! ansible-test integration "${changed_all_target}" --list-targets > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-    # no smoketest tests are available for this cloud
-    changed_all_target="none"
-fi
-
-if [ "${group}" == "1" ]; then
-    # only run smoketest tests for group1
-    changed_all_mode="include"
-else
-    # smoketest tests already covered by group1
-    changed_all_mode="exclude"
-fi
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-ansible-test integration --color -v --retry-on-error "${target}" ${COVERAGE:+"$COVERAGE"} ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} \
-    --remote-terminate always --remote-stage "${stage}" \
-    --docker --python "${python}" --changed-all-target "${changed_all_target}" --changed-all-mode "${changed_all_mode}"

.azure-pipelines/commands/entry-point.sh

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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -o pipefail -eux
-
-declare -a args
-IFS='/:' read -ra args <<< "$1"
-
-script="${args[0]}"
-
-test="$1"
-
-docker images
-docker ps
-
-for container in $(docker ps --format '{{.Image}} {{.ID}}' | grep -v -e '^quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:' | sed 's/^.* //'); do
-    docker rm -f "${container}" || true  # ignore errors
-done
-
-docker ps
-
-export PATH="${PWD}/bin:${PATH}"
-export PYTHONIOENCODING='utf-8'
-
-if [ -n "${COVERAGE:-}" ]; then
-    # on-demand coverage reporting triggered by setting the COVERAGE environment variable to a non-empty value
-    export COVERAGE="--coverage"
-elif [[ "${COMMIT_MESSAGE}" =~ ci_coverage ]]; then
-    # on-demand coverage reporting triggered by having 'ci_coverage' in the latest commit message
-    export COVERAGE="--coverage"
-else
-    # on-demand coverage reporting disabled (default behavior, always-on coverage reporting remains enabled)
-    export COVERAGE="--coverage-check"
-fi
-
-if [ -n "${COMPLETE:-}" ]; then
-    # disable change detection triggered by setting the COMPLETE environment variable to a non-empty value
-    export CHANGED=""
-elif [[ "${COMMIT_MESSAGE}" =~ ci_complete ]]; then
-    # disable change detection triggered by having 'ci_complete' in the latest commit message
-    export CHANGED=""
-else
-    # enable change detection (default behavior)
-    export CHANGED="--changed"
-fi
-
-if [ "${IS_PULL_REQUEST:-}" == "true" ]; then
-    # run unstable tests which are targeted by focused changes on PRs
-    export UNSTABLE="--allow-unstable-changed"
-else
-    # do not run unstable tests outside PRs
-    export UNSTABLE=""
-fi
-
-if [[ "${COVERAGE:-}" == "--coverage" ]]; then
-    timeout=60
-else
-    timeout=50
-fi
-
-ansible-test env --dump --show --timeout "${timeout}" --color -v
-
-".azure-pipelines/commands/${script}.sh" "${test}"

.azure-pipelines/commands/fedora.sh

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-remote.sh

.azure-pipelines/commands/freebsd.sh

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-remote.sh

.azure-pipelines/commands/galaxy.sh

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-cloud.sh

.azure-pipelines/commands/generic.sh

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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -o pipefail -eux
-
-declare -a args
-IFS='/:' read -ra args <<< "$1"
-
-python="${args[1]}"
-
-if [ "${#args[@]}" -gt 2 ]; then
-    target="shippable/generic/group${args[2]}/"
-else
-    target="shippable/generic/"
-fi
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-ansible-test integration --color -v --retry-on-error "${target}" ${COVERAGE:+"$COVERAGE"} ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} \
-    --docker default --python "${python}"

.azure-pipelines/commands/i.sh

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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Temporary script to support side-by-side testing for incidental code coverage.
-# Once collection migration has been completed the incidental tests can be combined with the regular tests.
-
-set -o pipefail -eux
-
-declare -a args
-IFS='/:' read -ra args <<< "$1"
-
-script="${args[1]}"
-
-IFS='/' test="${args[*]:1}"
-
-".azure-pipelines/commands/incidental/${script}.sh" "${test}"

.azure-pipelines/commands/incidental/ios.sh

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-network.sh

.azure-pipelines/commands/incidental/network.sh

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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -o pipefail -eux
-
-declare -a args
-IFS='/:' read -ra args <<< "$1"
-
-platform="${args[0]}"
-version="${args[1]}"
-python_version="${args[2]}"
-
-target="shippable/${platform}/incidental/"
-
-stage="${S:-prod}"
-provider="${P:-default}"
-
-# python versions to test in order
-# all versions run full tests
-IFS=' ' read -r -a python_versions <<< \
-    "$(PYTHONPATH="${PWD}/test/lib" python -c 'from ansible_test._internal import constants; print(" ".join(constants.CONTROLLER_PYTHON_VERSIONS))')"
-
-if [ "${python_version}" ]; then
-    # limit tests to a single python version
-    python_versions=("${python_version}")
-fi
-
-for python_version in "${python_versions[@]}"; do
-    # terminate remote instances on the final python version tested
-    if [ "${python_version}" = "${python_versions[-1]}" ]; then
-        terminate="always"
-    else
-        terminate="never"
-    fi
-
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    ansible-test network-integration --color -v --retry-on-error "${target}" ${COVERAGE:+"$COVERAGE"} ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} \
-        --platform "${platform}/${version}" \
-        --docker default --python "${python_version}" \
-        --remote-terminate "${terminate}" --remote-stage "${stage}" --remote-provider "${provider}"
-done

.azure-pipelines/commands/incidental/vyos.sh

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-network.sh

.azure-pipelines/commands/incidental/windows.sh

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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -o pipefail -eux
-
-declare -a args
-IFS='/:' read -ra args <<< "$1"
-
-version="${args[1]}"
-
-target="shippable/windows/incidental/"
-
-stage="${S:-prod}"
-provider="${P:-default}"
-
-# python version to run full tests on while other versions run minimal tests
-python_default="$(PYTHONPATH="${PWD}/test/lib" python -c 'from ansible_test._internal import constants; print(constants.CONTROLLER_MIN_PYTHON_VERSION)')"
-
-# version to test when only testing a single version
-single_version=2022
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-ansible-test windows-integration --list-targets -v ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} > /tmp/explain.txt 2>&1 || { cat /tmp/explain.txt && false; }
-{ grep ' windows-integration: .* (targeted)$' /tmp/explain.txt || true; } > /tmp/windows.txt
-
-if [ -s /tmp/windows.txt ] || [ "${CHANGED:+$CHANGED}" == "" ]; then
-    echo "Detected changes requiring integration tests specific to Windows:"
-    cat /tmp/windows.txt
-
-    echo "Running Windows integration tests for multiple versions concurrently."
-
-    platforms=(
-        --windows "${version}"
-    )
-else
-    echo "No changes requiring integration tests specific to Windows were detected."
-    echo "Running Windows integration tests for a single version only: ${single_version}"
-
-    if [ "${version}" != "${single_version}" ]; then
-        echo "Skipping this job since it is for: ${version}"
-        exit 0
-    fi
-
-    platforms=(
-        --windows "${version}"
-    )
-fi
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-ansible-test windows-integration --color -v --retry-on-error "${target}" ${COVERAGE:+"$COVERAGE"} ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} \
-    "${platforms[@]}" \
-    --docker default --python "${python_default}" \
-    --remote-terminate always --remote-stage "${stage}" --remote-provider "${provider}"

.azure-pipelines/commands/linux.sh

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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -o pipefail -eux
-
-declare -a args
-IFS='/:' read -ra args <<< "$1"
-
-image="${args[1]}"
-
-if [ "${#args[@]}" -gt 2 ]; then
-    target="shippable/posix/group${args[2]}/"
-else
-    target="shippable/posix/"
-fi
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-ansible-test integration --color -v --retry-on-error "${target}" ${COVERAGE:+"$COVERAGE"} ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} \
-    --docker "${image}"

.azure-pipelines/commands/macos.sh

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-remote.sh

.azure-pipelines/commands/remote.sh

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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -o pipefail -eux
-
-declare -a args
-IFS='/:' read -ra args <<< "$1"
-
-platform="${args[0]}"
-version="${args[1]}"
-pyver=default
-
-# check for explicit python version like 8.3@3.8
-declare -a splitversion
-IFS='@' read -ra splitversion <<< "$version"
-
-if [ "${#splitversion[@]}" -gt 1 ]; then
-    version="${splitversion[0]}"
-    pyver="${splitversion[1]}"
-fi
-
-if [ "${#args[@]}" -gt 2 ]; then
-    target="shippable/posix/group${args[2]}/"
-else
-    target="shippable/posix/"
-fi
-
-stage="${S:-prod}"
-provider="${P:-default}"
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-ansible-test integration --color -v --retry-on-error "${target}" ${COVERAGE:+"$COVERAGE"} ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} \
-    --python "${pyver}" --remote "${platform}/${version}" --remote-terminate always --remote-stage "${stage}" --remote-provider "${provider}" \

.azure-pipelines/commands/rhel.sh

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-remote.sh

.azure-pipelines/commands/sanity.sh

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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -o pipefail -eux
-
-declare -a args
-IFS='/:' read -ra args <<< "$1"
-
-group="${args[1]}"
-
-group2_include=(
-    ansible-doc
-    changelog
-    package-data
-    pep8
-    pylint
-    validate-modules
-)
-
-group1_exclude=(
-    "${group2_include[@]}"
-)
-
-options=()
-
-case "${group}" in
-    1)
-        for name in "${group1_exclude[@]}"; do
-            options+=(--skip-test "${name}")
-        done
-        ;;
-    2)
-        for name in "${group2_include[@]}"; do
-            options+=(--test "${name}")
-        done
-        ;;
-esac
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-ansible-test sanity --color -v --junit ${COVERAGE:+"$COVERAGE"} ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} \
-    --docker \
-    "${options[@]}" --allow-disabled

.azure-pipelines/commands/ubuntu.sh

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-remote.sh

.azure-pipelines/commands/units.sh

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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -o pipefail -eux
-
-declare -a args
-IFS='/:' read -ra args <<< "$1"
-
-version="${args[1]}"
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-ansible-test units --color -v --docker default --python "${version}" ${COVERAGE:+"$COVERAGE"} ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} \

.azure-pipelines/commands/windows.sh

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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -o pipefail -eux
-
-declare -a args
-IFS='/:' read -ra args <<< "$1"
-
-version="${args[1]}"
-group="${args[2]}"
-
-target="shippable/windows/group${group}/"
-
-stage="${S:-prod}"
-provider="${P:-default}"
-
-# python versions to test in order
-IFS=' ' read -r -a python_versions <<< \
-    "$(PYTHONPATH="${PWD}/test/lib" python -c 'from ansible_test._internal import constants; print(" ".join(constants.CONTROLLER_PYTHON_VERSIONS))')"
-
-# python version to run full tests on while other versions run minimal tests
-python_default="$(PYTHONPATH="${PWD}/test/lib" python -c 'from ansible_test._internal import constants; print(constants.CONTROLLER_MIN_PYTHON_VERSION)')"
-
-# version to test when only testing a single version
-single_version=2022
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-ansible-test windows-integration --list-targets -v ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} > /tmp/explain.txt 2>&1 || { cat /tmp/explain.txt && false; }
-{ grep ' windows-integration: .* (targeted)$' /tmp/explain.txt || true; } > /tmp/windows.txt
-
-if [ -s /tmp/windows.txt ] || [ "${CHANGED:+$CHANGED}" == "" ]; then
-    echo "Detected changes requiring integration tests specific to Windows:"
-    cat /tmp/windows.txt
-
-    echo "Running Windows integration tests for multiple versions concurrently."
-
-    platforms=(
-        --windows "${version}"
-    )
-else
-    echo "No changes requiring integration tests specific to Windows were detected."
-    echo "Running Windows integration tests for a single version only: ${single_version}"
-
-    if [ "${version}" != "${single_version}" ]; then
-        echo "Skipping this job since it is for: ${version}"
-        exit 0
-    fi
-
-    platforms=(
-        --windows "${version}"
-    )
-fi
-
-for version in "${python_versions[@]}"; do
-    changed_all_target="all"
-    changed_all_mode="default"
-
-    if [ "${version}" == "${python_default}" ]; then
-        # smoketest tests
-        if [ "${CHANGED}" ]; then
-            # with change detection enabled run tests for anything changed
-            # use the smoketest tests for any change that triggers all tests
-            ci="${target}"
-            changed_all_target="shippable/windows/smoketest/"
-            if [ "${target}" == "shippable/windows/group1/" ]; then
-                # only run smoketest tests for group1
-                changed_all_mode="include"
-            else
-                # smoketest tests already covered by group1
-                changed_all_mode="exclude"
-            fi
-        else
-            # without change detection enabled run entire test group
-            ci="${target}"
-        fi
-    else
-        # only run minimal tests for group1
-        if [ "${target}" != "shippable/windows/group1/" ]; then continue; fi
-        # minimal tests for other python versions
-        ci="shippable/windows/minimal/"
-    fi
-
-    # terminate remote instances on the final python version tested
-    if [ "${version}" = "${python_versions[-1]}" ]; then
-        terminate="always"
-    else
-        terminate="never"
-    fi
-
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    ansible-test windows-integration --color -v --retry-on-error "${ci}" ${COVERAGE:+"$COVERAGE"} ${CHANGED:+"$CHANGED"} ${UNSTABLE:+"$UNSTABLE"} \
-        "${platforms[@]}" --changed-all-target "${changed_all_target}" --changed-all-mode "${changed_all_mode}" \
-        --docker default --python "${version}" \
-        --remote-terminate "${terminate}" --remote-stage "${stage}" --remote-provider "${provider}"
-done

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

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-#!/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: $[ variables.defaultContainer ]
-    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: $[ variables.defaultContainer ]
-      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

.git-blame-ignore-revs

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# .git-blame-ignore-revs
-# Bulk PowerShell sanity fixes
-6def4a3180fe03981ba64c6d8db28fed3bb39c0c
-716631189cb5a3f66b3add98f39e64e98bc17bf7

.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 -->
+```
+
+```

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -1,265 +0,0 @@
----
-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 triple 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 triple 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 triple 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/ansibotmini#ansibotmini
-
-
-- 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

@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# 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

@@ -1,212 +0,0 @@
----
-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: markdown
-  attributes:
-    value: >
-      **Check the repository for your issue.**
-
-      Source files for Ansible community documentation are
-      hosted in different repositories. Please make sure to file an
-      issue in the correct project.
-
-      Documentation for modules/plugins/etc that are officially
-      supported by the Ansible Core Engineering team is available
-      in this (`ansible/ansible`) repository.
-
-      The Installation Guide, Playbook Guide, Developer Guide,
-      and other documentation is available in the
-      [ansible/ansible-documentation] repository.
-      Documentation for other modules/plugins/etc is likely to be
-      available in one of the [Ansible Collections][collections index].
-      If available in the collection documentation, select the
-      **Issue Tracker** button to go directly to the GitHub issues.
-
-
-      [ansible/ansible-documentation]: /ansible/ansible-documentation
-
-      [collections index]:
-      https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/index.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 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*.
-
-    placeholder: lib/ansible/modules/copy.py
-  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 triple 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 triple 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/ansibotmini#ansibotmini
-
-
-- 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/ansibotmini#ansibotmini
-
-
-- 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

@@ -1,25 +1,37 @@
 ##### SUMMARY
+<!--- Describe the change, including rationale and design decisions -->
 
-<!--- Describe the change below, 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: -->
+ - Feature Pull Request
+ - New Module Pull Request
+ - Bugfix Pull Request
+ - Docs Pull Request
 
-<!--- Pick one below and delete the rest -->
+##### COMPONENT NAME
+<!--- Name of the module/plugin/module/task -->
 
-- Bugfix Pull Request
-- Docs Pull Request
-- Feature Pull Request
-- Test Pull Request
-
-##### 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.txt

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-2.16.0  All My Love
-2.15.0  Ten Years Gone
-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...
@@ -29,85 +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
 # 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
@@ -119,6 +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!

COPYING

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
                     GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
                        Version 3, 29 June 2007
 
- Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <https://fsf.org/>
+ Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
  of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
 
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
     GNU General Public License for more details.
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
 
@@ -664,11 +664,12 @@ might be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an "about box".
   You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
 if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
 For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
-<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
   The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program
 into proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you
 may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
 the library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
 Public License instead of this License.  But first, please read
-<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-not-lgpl.html>.
+<http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html>.
+

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
-include COPYING
-include bin/*
-include changelogs/CHANGELOG*.rst
-include changelogs/changelog.yaml
-include licenses/*.txt
+prune ticket_stubs
+prune hacking
+include README.md COPYING
+include SYMLINK_CACHE.json
 include requirements.txt
-recursive-include packaging *.py *.j2
-recursive-include test/integration *
-recursive-include test/sanity *.in *.json *.py *.txt
-recursive-include test/support *.py *.ps1 *.psm1 *.cs *.md
-recursive-include test/units *
+include .coveragerc
+include .yamllint
+include examples/hosts
+include examples/ansible.cfg
+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 *
+include Makefile
+include VERSION
+include MANIFEST.in
+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

@@ -0,0 +1,359 @@
+# WARN: gmake syntax
+########################################################
+# Makefile for Ansible
+#
+# useful targets:
+#   make sdist ---------------- produce a tarball
+#   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
+OS = $(shell uname -s)
+
+# Manpages are currently built with asciidoc -- would like to move to markdown
+# This doesn't evaluate until it's called. The -D argument is the
+# directory of the target file ($@), kinda like `dirname`.
+
+MANPAGES ?= $(patsubst %.asciidoc.in,%,$(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: 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).$(GIT_BRANCH)
+else
+GITINFO = ""
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(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 ?= test/runner/ansible-test
+TEST_FLAGS ?=
+
+# ansible-test units parameters (make test / make test-py3)
+PYTHON_VERSION ?= $(shell python2 -c 'import sys; print("%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:2])')
+PYTHON3_VERSION ?= $(shell python3 -c 'import sys; print("%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:2])')
+
+# ansible-test integration parameters (make integration)
+IMAGE ?= centos7
+TARGET ?=
+
+########################################################
+
+.PHONY: all
+all: clean python
+
+.PHONY: tests
+tests:
+	$(ANSIBLE_TEST) units -v --python $(PYTHON_VERSION) $(TEST_FLAGS)
+
+.PHONY: tests-py3
+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)
+
+.PHONY: authors
+authors:
+	sh hacking/authors.sh
+
+# 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/
+	@echo "Cleaning up byte compiled python stuff"
+	find . -type f -regex ".*\.py[co]$$" -delete
+	find . -type d -name "__pycache__" -delete
+	@echo "Cleaning up editor backup files"
+	find . -type f -not -path ./test/units/inventory_test_data/group_vars/noparse/all.yml~ \( -name "*~" -or -name "#*" \) -delete
+	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 "*.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 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:
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py build
+
+.PHONY: install
+install:
+	$(PYTHON) setup.py install
+
+.PHONY: sdist
+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: 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: 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/ ; \
+	PYTHONPATH=./lib $(GENERATE_CLI) --template-file=docs/templates/man.j2 --output-dir=docs/man/man1/ --output-format man lib/ansible/cli/*.py
+
+
+docs: generate_asciidoc
+	make $(MANPAGES)
+
+.PHONY: alldocs
+alldocs: docs webdocs
+
+version:
+	@echo $(VERSION)
+

README.md

@@ -1,89 +1,56 @@
-[![PyPI version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/ansible-core.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/ansible-core)
-[![Docs badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-latest-brightgreen.svg)](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/)
-[![Chat badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/chat-IRC-brightgreen.svg)](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html)
-[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/ansible/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=devel)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/ansible/_build/latest?definitionId=20&branchName=devel)
-[![Ansible Code of Conduct](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20of%20conduct-Ansible-silver.svg)](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html)
-[![Ansible mailing lists](https://img.shields.io/badge/mailing%20lists-Ansible-orange.svg)](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html#mailing-list-information)
-[![Repository License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL%20v3.0-brightgreen.svg)](COPYING)
-[![Ansible CII Best Practices certification](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/2372/badge)](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/2372)
+[![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, 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/).
+Ansible
+=======
 
-## Design Principles
+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.
 
-* 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.
+Read the documentation and more at https://ansible.com/
 
-## Use Ansible
+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.
 
-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.
+Design Principles
+=================
 
-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.
+   * 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
+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)
+   * 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
 
-## Coding Guidelines
+Branch Info
+===========
 
-We document our Coding Guidelines in the [Developer Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/). We particularly suggest you review:
+   * 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.
 
-* [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)
+Authors
+=======
 
-## Branch Info
+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!
 
-* 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.
+Ansible is sponsored by [Ansible, Inc](https://ansible.com)
 
-## 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
+License
+=======
+GNU General Public License v3.0
 
 See [COPYING](COPYING) to see the full text.

RELEASES.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+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

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+*******************************
+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()

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

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-../lib/ansible/cli/doc.py
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changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.16.rst

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-=============================================
-ansible-core 2.16 "All My Love" Release Notes
-=============================================
-
-.. contents:: Topics
-
-
-v2.16.2
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2023-12-11
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__
-
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- unsafe data - Address an incompatibility when iterating or getting a single index from ``AnsibleUnsafeBytes``
-- unsafe data - Address an incompatibility with ``AnsibleUnsafeText`` and ``AnsibleUnsafeBytes`` when pickling with ``protocol=0``
-
-v2.16.1
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2023-12-04
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__
-
-
-Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
---------------------------------
-
-- assert - Nested templating may result in an inability for the conditional to be evaluated. See the porting guide for more information.
-
-Security Fixes
---------------
-
-- templating - Address issues where internal templating can cause unsafe variables to lose their unsafe designation (CVE-2023-5764)
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Fix issue where an ``include_tasks`` handler in a role was not able to locate a file in ``tasks/`` when ``tasks_from`` was used as a role entry point and ``main.yml`` was not present (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82241)
-- Plugin loader does not dedupe nor cache filter/test plugins by file basename, but full path name.
-- Restoring the ability of filters/tests can have same file base name but different tests/filters defined inside.
-- ansible-pull now will expand relative paths for the ``-d|--directory`` option is now expanded before use.
-- ansible-pull will now correctly handle become and connection password file options for ansible-playbook.
-- flush_handlers - properly handle a handler failure in a nested block when ``force_handlers`` is set (http://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81532)
-- module no_log will no longer affect top level booleans, for example ``no_log_module_parameter='a'`` will no longer hide ``changed=False`` as a 'no log value' (matches 'a').
-- role params now have higher precedence than host facts again, matching documentation, this had unintentionally changed in 2.15.
-- wait_for should not handle 'non mmapable files' again.
-
-v2.16.0
-=======
-
-Release Summary
----------------
-
-| Release Date: 2023-11-06
-| `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__
-
-
-Minor Changes
--------------
-
-- Add Python type hints to the Display class (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80841)
-- Add ``GALAXY_COLLECTIONS_PATH_WARNING`` option to disable the warning given by ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` when installing a collection to a path that isn't in the configured collection paths.
-- Add ``python3.12`` to the default ``INTERPRETER_PYTHON_FALLBACK`` list.
-- Add ``utcfromtimestamp`` and ``utcnow`` to ``ansible.module_utils.compat.datetime`` to return fixed offset datetime objects.
-- Add a general ``GALAXY_SERVER_TIMEOUT`` config option for distribution servers (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79833).
-- Added Python type annotation to connection plugins
-- CLI argument parsing - Automatically prepend to the help of CLI arguments that support being specified multiple times. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/22396)
-- DEFAULT_TRANSPORT now defaults to 'ssh', the old 'smart' option is being deprecated as versions of OpenSSH without control persist are basically not present anymore.
-- Documentation for set filters ``intersect``, ``difference``, ``symmetric_difference`` and ``union`` now states that the returned list items are in arbitrary order.
-- Record ``removal_date`` in runtime metadata as a string instead of a date.
-- Remove the ``CleansingNodeVisitor`` class and its usage due to the templating changes that made it superfluous. Also simplify the ``Conditional`` class.
-- Removed ``exclude`` and ``recursive-exclude`` commands for generated files from the ``MANIFEST.in`` file. These excludes were unnecessary since releases are expected to be built with a clean worktree.
-- Removed ``exclude`` commands for sanity test files from the ``MANIFEST.in`` file. These tests were previously excluded because they did not pass when run from an sdist. However, sanity tests are not expected to pass from an sdist, so excluding some (but not all) of the failing tests makes little sense.
-- Removed redundant ``include`` commands from the ``MANIFEST.in`` file. These includes either duplicated default behavior or another command.
-- The ``ansible-core`` sdist no longer contains pre-generated man pages. Instead, a ``packaging/cli-doc/build.py`` script is included in the sdist. This script can generate man pages and standalone RST documentation for ``ansible-core`` CLI programs.
-- The ``docs`` and ``examples`` directories are no longer included in the ``ansible-core`` sdist. These directories have been moved to the https://github.com/ansible/ansible-documentation repository.
-- The minimum required ``setuptools`` version is now 66.1.0, as it is the oldest version to support Python 3.12.
-- Update ``ansible_service_mgr`` fact to include init system for SMGL OS family
-- Use ``ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters`` instead of ``ansible.module_utils._text``.
-- Use ``importlib.resources.abc.TraversableResources`` instead of deprecated ``importlib.abc.TraversableResources`` where available (https:/github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81082).
-- Use ``include`` where ``recursive-include`` is unnecessary in the ``MANIFEST.in`` file.
-- Use ``package_data`` instead of ``include_package_data`` for ``setup.cfg`` to avoid ``setuptools`` warnings.
-- Utilize gpg check provided internally by the ``transaction.run`` method as oppose to calling it manually.
-- ``Templar`` - do not add the ``dict`` constructor to ``globals`` as all required Jinja2 versions already do so
-- ansible-doc - allow to filter listing of collections and metadata dump by more than one collection (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81450).
-- ansible-galaxy - Add a plural option to improve ignoring multiple signature error status codes when installing or verifying collections. A space-separated list of error codes can follow --ignore-signature-status-codes in addition to specifying --ignore-signature-status-code multiple times (for example, ``--ignore-signature-status-codes NO_PUBKEY UNEXPECTED``).
-- ansible-galaxy - Remove internal configuration argument ``v3`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/80721)
-- ansible-galaxy - add note to the collection dependency resolver error message about pre-releases if ``--pre`` was not provided (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80048).
-- ansible-galaxy - used to crash out with a "Errno 20 Not a directory" error when extracting files from a role when hitting a file with an illegal name (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81553). Now it gives a warning identifying the culprit file and the rule violation (e.g., ``my$class.jar`` has a ``$`` in the name) before crashing out, giving the user a chance to remove the invalid file and try again. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81555).
-- ansible-test - Add Alpine 3.18 to remotes
-- ansible-test - Add Fedora 38 container.
-- ansible-test - Add Fedora 38 remote.
-- ansible-test - Add FreeBSD 13.2 remote.
-- ansible-test - Add new pylint checker for new ``# deprecated:`` comments within code to trigger errors when time to remove code that has no user facing deprecation message. Only supported in ansible-core, not collections.
-- ansible-test - Add support for RHEL 8.8 remotes.
-- ansible-test - Add support for RHEL 9.2 remotes.
-- ansible-test - Add support for testing with Python 3.12.
-- ansible-test - Allow float values for the ``--timeout`` option to the ``env`` command. This simplifies testing.
-- ansible-test - Enable ``thread`` code coverage in addition to the existing ``multiprocessing`` coverage.
-- ansible-test - Make Python 3.12 the default version used in the ``base`` and ``default`` containers.
-- ansible-test - RHEL 8.8 provisioning can now be used with the ``--python 3.11`` option.
-- ansible-test - RHEL 9.2 provisioning can now be used with the ``--python 3.11`` option.
-- ansible-test - Refactored ``env`` command logic and timeout handling.
-- ansible-test - Remove Fedora 37 remote support.
-- ansible-test - Remove Fedora 37 test container.
-- ansible-test - Remove Python 3.8 and 3.9 from RHEL 8.8.
-- ansible-test - Remove obsolete embedded script for configuring WinRM on Windows remotes.
-- ansible-test - Removed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS image from the `--remote` option.
-- ansible-test - Removed `freebsd/12.4` remote.
-- ansible-test - Removed `freebsd/13.1` remote.
-- ansible-test - Removed test remotes: rhel/8.7, rhel/9.1
-- ansible-test - Removed the deprecated ``--docker-no-pull`` option.
-- ansible-test - Removed the deprecated ``--no-pip-check`` option.
-- ansible-test - Removed the deprecated ``foreman`` test plugin.
-- ansible-test - Removed the deprecated ``govcsim`` support from the ``vcenter`` test plugin.
-- ansible-test - Replace the ``pytest-forked`` pytest plugin with a custom plugin.
-- ansible-test - The ``no-get-exception`` sanity test is now limited to plugins in collections. Previously any Python file in a collection was checked for ``get_exception`` usage.
-- ansible-test - The ``replace-urlopen`` sanity test is now limited to plugins in collections. Previously any Python file in a collection was checked for ``urlopen`` usage.
-- ansible-test - The ``use-compat-six`` sanity test is now limited to plugins in collections. Previously any Python file in a collection was checked for ``six`` usage.
-- ansible-test - The openSUSE test container has been updated to openSUSE Leap 15.5.
-- ansible-test - Update pip to ``23.1.2`` and setuptools to ``67.7.2``.
-- ansible-test - Update the ``default`` containers.
-- ansible-test - Update the ``nios-test-container`` to version 2.0.0, which supports API version 2.9.
-- ansible-test - Update the logic used to detect when ``ansible-test`` is running from source.
-- ansible-test - Updated the CloudStack test container to version 1.6.1.
-- ansible-test - Updated the distro test containers to version 6.3.0 to include coverage 7.3.2 for Python 3.8+. The alpine3 container is now based on 3.18 instead of 3.17 and includes Python 3.11 instead of Python 3.10.
-- ansible-test - Use ``datetime.datetime.now`` with ``tz`` specified instead of ``datetime.datetime.utcnow``.
-- ansible-test - Use a context manager to perform cleanup at exit instead of using the built-in ``atexit`` module.
-- ansible-test - When invoking ``sleep`` in containers during container setup, the ``env`` command is used to avoid invoking the shell builtin, if present.
-- ansible-test - remove Alpine 3.17 from remotes
-- ansible-test — Python 3.8–3.12 will use ``coverage`` v7.3.2.
-- ansible-test — ``coverage`` v6.5.0 is to be used only under Python 3.7.
-- ansible-vault create: Now raises an error when opening the editor without tty. The flag --skip-tty-check restores previous behaviour.
-- ansible_user_module - tweaked macos user defaults to reflect expected defaults (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/44316)
-- apt - return calculated diff while running apt clean operation.
-- blockinfile - add append_newline and prepend_newline options (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80835).
-- cli - Added short option '-J' for asking for vault password (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80523).
-- command - Add option ``expand_argument_vars`` to disable argument expansion and use literal values - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54162
-- config lookup new option show_origin to also return the origin of a configuration value.
-- display methods for warning and deprecation are now proxied to main process when issued from a fork. This allows for the deduplication of warnings and deprecations to work globally.
-- dnf5 - enable environment groups installation testing in CI as its support was added.
-- dnf5 - enable now implemented ``cacheonly`` functionality
-- executor now skips persistent connection when it detects an action that does not require a connection.
-- find module - Add ability to filter based on modes
-- gather_facts now will use gather_timeout setting to limit parallel execution of modules that do not themselves use gather_timeout.
-- group - remove extraneous warning shown when user does not exist (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77049).
-- include_vars - os.walk now follows symbolic links when traversing directories (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/80460)
-- module compression is now sourced directly via config, bypassing play_context possibly stale values.
-- reboot - show last error message in verbose logs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81574).
-- service_facts now returns more info for rcctl managed systesm (OpenBSD).
-- tasks - the ``retries`` keyword can be specified without ``until`` in which case the task is retried until it succeeds but at most ``retries`` times (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/20802)
-- user - add new option ``password_expire_warn`` (supported on Linux only) to set the number of days of warning before a password change is required (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79882).
-- yum_repository - Align module documentation with parameters
-
-Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
---------------------------------
-
-- Any plugin using the config system and the `cli` entry to use the `timeout` from the command line, will see the value change if the use had configured it in any of the lower precedence methods. If relying on this behaviour to consume the global/generic timeout from the DEFAULT_TIMEOUT constant, please consult the documentation on plugin configuration to add the overlaping entries.
-- ansible-test - Test plugins that rely on containers no longer support reusing running containers. The previous behavior was an undocumented, untested feature.
-- service module will not permanently configure variables/flags for openbsd when doing enable/disable operation anymore, this module was never meant to do this type of work, just to manage the service state itself. A rcctl_config or similar module should be created and used instead.
-
-Deprecated Features
--------------------
-
-- Deprecated ini config option ``collections_paths``, use the singular form ``collections_path`` instead
-- Deprecated the env var ``ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS``, use the singular form ``ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH`` instead
-- Old style vars plugins which use the entrypoints `get_host_vars` or `get_group_vars` are deprecated. The plugin should be updated to inherit from `BaseVarsPlugin` and define a `get_vars` method as the entrypoint.
-- Support for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 has been removed as the support end of life from Microsoft is October 10th 2023. These versions of Windows will no longer be tested in this Ansible release and it cannot be guaranteed that they will continue to work going forward.
-- ``STRING_CONVERSION_ACTION`` config option is deprecated as it is no longer used in the Ansible Core code base.
-- the 'smart' option for setting a connection plugin is being removed as it's main purpose (choosing between ssh and paramiko) is now irrelevant.
-- vault and unfault filters - the undocumented ``vaultid`` parameter is deprecated and will be removed in ansible-core 2.20. Use ``vault_id`` instead.
-- yum_repository - deprecated parameter 'keepcache' (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78693).
-
-Removed Features (previously deprecated)
-----------------------------------------
-
-- ActionBase - remove deprecated ``_remote_checksum`` method
-- PlayIterator - remove deprecated ``cache_block_tasks`` and ``get_original_task`` methods
-- Remove deprecated ``FileLock`` class
-- Removed Python 3.9 as a supported version on the controller. Python 3.10 or newer is required.
-- Removed ``include`` which has been deprecated in Ansible 2.12. Use ``include_tasks`` or ``import_tasks`` instead.
-- ``Templar`` - remove deprecated ``shared_loader_obj`` parameter of ``__init__``
-- ``fetch_url`` - remove auto disabling ``decompress`` when gzip is not available
-- ``get_action_args_with_defaults`` - remove deprecated ``redirected_names`` method parameter
-- ansible-test - Removed support for the remote Windows targets 2012 and 2012-R2
-- inventory_cache - remove deprecated ``default.fact_caching_prefix`` ini configuration option, use ``defaults.fact_caching_prefix`` instead.
-- module_utils/basic.py - Removed Python 3.5 as a supported remote version. Python 2.7 or Python 3.6+ is now required.
-- stat - removed unused `get_md5` parameter.
-
-Security Fixes
---------------
-
-- ansible-galaxy - Prevent roles from using symlinks to overwrite files outside of the installation directory (CVE-2023-5115)
-
-Bugfixes
---------
-
-- Allow for searching handler subdir for included task via include_role (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81722)
-- AnsibleModule.run_command - Only use selectors when needed, and rely on Python stdlib subprocess for the simple task of collecting stdout/stderr when prompt matching is not required.
-- Cache host_group_vars after instantiating it once and limit the amount of repetitive work it needs to do every time it runs.
-- Call PluginLoader.all() once for vars plugins, and load vars plugins that run automatically or are enabled specifically by name subsequently.
-- Display - Defensively configure writing to stdout and stderr with a custom encoding error handler that will replace invalid characters while providing a deprecation warning that non-utf8 text will result in an error in a future version.
-- Exclude internal options from man pages and docs.
-- Fix ``ansible-config init`` man page option indentation.
-- Fix ``ast`` deprecation warnings for ``Str`` and ``value.s`` when using Python 3.12.
-- Fix ``run_once`` being incorrectly interpreted on handlers (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81666)
-- Fix exceptions caused by various inputs when performing arg splitting or parsing key/value pairs. Resolves issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46379 and issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61497
-- Fix incorrect parsing of multi-line Jinja2 blocks when performing arg splitting or parsing key/value pairs.
-- Fix post-validating looped task fields so the strategy uses the correct values after task execution.
-- Fixed `pip` module failure in case of usage quotes for `virtualenv_command` option for the venv command. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76372)
-- From issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80880, when notifying a handler from another handler, handler notifications must be registered immediately as the flush_handler call is not recursive.
-- Import ``FILE_ATTRIBUTES`` from ``ansible.module_utils.common.file`` in ``ansible.module_utils.basic`` instead of defining it twice.
-- Inventory scripts parser not treat exception when getting hostsvar (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81103)
-- On Python 3 use datetime methods ``fromtimestamp`` and ``now`` with UTC timezone instead of ``utcfromtimestamp`` and ``utcnow``, which are deprecated in Python 3.12.
-- PluginLoader - fix Jinja plugin performance issues (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79652)
-- PowerShell - Remove some code which is no longer valid for dotnet 5+
-- Prevent running same handler multiple times when included via ``include_role`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73643)
-- Prompting - add a short sleep between polling for user input to reduce CPU consumption (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81516).
-- Properly disable ``jinja2_native`` in the template module when jinja2 override is used in the template (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80605)
-- Properly template tags in parent blocks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81053)
-- Remove unreachable parser error for removed ``static`` parameter of ``include_role``
-- Replace uses of ``configparser.ConfigParser.readfp()`` which was removed in Python 3.12 with ``configparser.ConfigParser.read_file()`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81656)
-- Set filters ``intersect``, ``difference``, ``symmetric_difference`` and ``union`` now always return a ``list``, never a ``set``. Previously, a ``set`` would be returned if the inputs were a hashable type such as ``str``, instead of a collection, such as a ``list`` or ``tuple``.
-- Set filters ``intersect``, ``difference``, ``symmetric_difference`` and ``union`` now use set operations when the given items are hashable. Previously, list operations were performed unless the inputs were a hashable type such as ``str``, instead of a collection, such as a ``list`` or ``tuple``.
-- Switch result queue from a ``multiprocessing.queues.Queue` to ``multiprocessing.queues.SimpleQueue``, primarily to allow properly handling pickling errors, to prevent an infinite hang waiting for task results
-- The ``ansible-config init`` command now has a documentation description.
-- The ``ansible-galaxy collection download`` command now has a documentation description.
-- The ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` command documentation is now visible (previously hidden by a decorator).
-- The ``ansible-galaxy collection verify`` command now has a documentation description.
-- The ``ansible-galaxy role install`` command documentation is now visible (previously hidden by a decorator).
-- The ``ansible-inventory`` command command now has a documentation description (previously used as the epilog).
-- The ``hostname`` module now also updates both current and permanent hostname on OpenBSD. Before it only updated the permanent hostname (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80520).
-- Update module_utils.urls unit test to work with cryptography >= 41.0.0.
-- When generating man pages, use ``func`` to find the command function instead of looking it up by the command name.
-- ``StrategyBase._process_pending_results`` - create a ``Templar`` on demand for templating ``changed_when``/``failed_when``.
-- ``ansible-galaxy`` now considers all collection paths when identifying which collection requirements are already installed. Use the ``COLLECTIONS_PATHS`` and ``COLLECTIONS_SCAN_SYS_PATHS`` config options to modify these. Previously only the install path was considered when resolving the candidates. The install path will remain the only one potentially modified. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79767, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81163)
-- ``ansible.module_utils.service`` - ensure binary data transmission in ``daemonize()``
-- ``ansible.module_utils.service`` - fix inter-process communication in ``daemonize()``
-- ``import_role`` reverts to previous behavior of exporting vars at compile time.
-- ``pkg_mgr`` - fix the default dnf version detection
-- ansiballz - Prevent issue where the time on the control host could change part way through building the ansiballz file, potentially causing a pre-1980 date to be used during ansiballz unpacking leading to a zip file error (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80089)
-- ansible terminal color settings were incorrectly limited to 16 options via 'choices', removing so all 256 can be accessed.
-- ansible-console - fix filtering by collection names when a collection search path was set (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81450).
-- ansible-galaxy - Enabled the ``data`` tarfile filter during role installation for Python versions that support it. A probing mechanism is used to avoid Python versions with a broken implementation.
-- ansible-galaxy - Fix issue installing collections containing directories with more than 100 characters on python versions before 3.10.6
-- ansible-galaxy - Fix variable type error when installing subdir collections (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80943)
-- ansible-galaxy - Provide a better error message when using a requirements file with an invalid format - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81901
-- ansible-galaxy - fix installing collections from directories that have a trailing path separator (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77803).
-- ansible-galaxy - fix installing signed collections (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80648).
-- ansible-galaxy - reduce API calls to servers by fetching signatures only for final candidates.
-- ansible-galaxy - started allowing the use of pre-releases for collections that do not have any stable versions published. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81606)
-- ansible-galaxy - started allowing the use of pre-releases for dependencies on any level of the dependency tree that specifically demand exact pre-release versions of collections and not version ranges. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81606)
-- ansible-galaxy collection verify - fix verifying signed collections when the keyring is not configured.
-- ansible-galaxy info - fix reporting no role found when lookup_role_by_name returns None.
-- ansible-inventory - index available_hosts for major performance boost when dumping large inventories
-- ansible-test - Add a ``pylint`` plugin to work around a known issue on Python 3.12.
-- ansible-test - Add support for ``argcomplete`` version 3.
-- ansible-test - All containers created by ansible-test now include the current test session ID in their name. This avoids conflicts between concurrent ansible-test invocations using the same container host.
-- ansible-test - Always use ansible-test managed entry points for ansible-core CLI tools when not running from source. This fixes issues where CLI entry points created during install are not compatible with ansible-test.
-- ansible-test - Fix a traceback that occurs when attempting to test Ansible source using a different ansible-test. A clear error message is now given when this scenario occurs.
-- ansible-test - Fix handling of timeouts exceeding one day.
-- ansible-test - Fix parsing of cgroup entries which contain a ``:`` in the path (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81977).
-- ansible-test - Fix several possible tracebacks when using the ``-e`` option with sanity tests.
-- ansible-test - Fix various cases where the test timeout could expire without terminating the tests.
-- ansible-test - Include missing ``pylint`` requirements for Python 3.10.
-- ansible-test - Pre-build a PyYAML wheel before installing requirements to avoid a potential Cython build failure.
-- ansible-test - Remove redundant warning about missing programs before attempting to execute them.
-- ansible-test - The ``import`` sanity test now checks the collection loader for remote-only Python support when testing ansible-core.
-- ansible-test - Unit tests now report warnings generated during test runs. Previously only warnings generated during test collection were reported.
-- ansible-test - Update ``pylint`` to 2.17.2 to resolve several possible false positives.
-- ansible-test - Update ``pylint`` to 2.17.3 to resolve several possible false positives.
-- ansible-test - Update ``pylint`` to version 3.0.1.
-- ansible-test - Use ``raise ... from ...`` when raising exceptions from within an exception handler.
-- ansible-test - When bootstrapping remote FreeBSD instances, use the OS packaged ``setuptools`` instead of installing the latest version from PyPI.
-- ansible-test local change detection - use ``git merge-base <branch> HEAD`` instead of ``git merge-base --fork-point <branch>`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79734).
-- ansible-vault - fail when the destination file location is not writable before performing encryption (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81455).
-- apt - ignore fail_on_autoremove and allow_downgrade parameters when using aptitude (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77868).
-- blockinfile - avoid crash with Python 3 if creating the directory fails when ``create=true`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81662).
-- connection timeouts defined in ansible.cfg will now be properly used, the --timeout cli option was obscuring them by always being set.
-- copy - print correct destination filename when using `content` and `--diff` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79749).
-- copy unit tests - Fixing "dir all perms" documentation and formatting for easier reading.
-- core will now also look at the connection plugin to force 'local' interpreter for networking path compatibility as just ansible_network_os could be misleading.
-- deb822_repository - use http-agent for receiving content (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80809).
-- debconf - idempotency in questions with type 'password' (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/47676).
-- distribution facts - fix Source Mage family mapping
-- dnf - fix a failure when a package from URI was specified and ``update_only`` was set (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81376).
-- dnf5 - Update dnf5 module to handle API change for setting the download directory (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80887)
-- dnf5 - Use ``transaction.check_gpg_signatures`` API call to check package signatures AND possibly to recover from when keys are missing.
-- dnf5 - fix module and package names in the message following failed module respawn attempt
-- dnf5 - use the logs API to determine transaction problems
-- dpkg_selections - check if the package exists before performing the selection operation (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81404).
-- encrypt - deprecate passlib_or_crypt API (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55839).
-- fetch - Handle unreachable errors properly (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/27816)
-- file modules - Make symbolic modes with X use the computed permission, not original file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80128)
-- file modules - fix validating invalid symbolic modes.
-- first found lookup has been updated to use the normalized argument parsing (pythonic) matching the documented examples.
-- first found lookup, fixed an issue with subsequent items clobbering information from previous ones.
-- first_found lookup now gets 'untemplated' loop entries and handles templating itself as task_executor was removing even 'templatable' entries and breaking functionality. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70772
-- galaxy - check if the target for symlink exists (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81586).
-- galaxy - cross check the collection type and collection source (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79463).
-- gather_facts parallel option was doing the reverse of what was stated, now it does run modules in parallel when True and serially when False.
-- handlers - fix ``v2_playbook_on_notify`` callback not being called when notifying handlers
-- handlers - the ``listen`` keyword can affect only one handler with the same name, the last one defined as it is a case with the ``notify`` keyword (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81013)
-- include_role - expose variables from parent roles to role's handlers (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80459)
-- inventory_ini - handle SyntaxWarning while parsing ini file in inventory (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81457).
-- iptables - remove default rule creation when creating iptables chain to be more similar to the command line utility (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80256).
-- lib/ansible/utils/encrypt.py - remove unused private ``_LOCK`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81613)
-- lookup/url.py - Fix incorrect var/env/ini entry for `force_basic_auth`
-- man page build - Remove the dependency on the ``docs`` directory for building man pages.
-- man page build - Sub commands of ``ansible-galaxy role`` and ``ansible-galaxy collection`` are now documented.
-- module responses - Ensure that module responses are utf-8 adhereing to JSON RFC and expectations of the core code.
-- module/role argument spec - validate the type for options that are None when the option is required or has a non-None default (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79656).
-- modules/user.py - Add check for valid directory when creating new user homedir (allows /dev/null as skeleton) (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75063)
-- paramiko_ssh, psrp, and ssh connection plugins - ensure that all values for options that should be strings are actually converted to strings (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81029).
-- password_hash - fix salt format for ``crypt``  (only used if ``passlib`` is not installed) for the ``bcrypt`` algorithm.
-- pep517 build backend - Copy symlinks when copying the source tree. This avoids tracebacks in various scenarios, such as when a venv is present in the source tree.
-- pep517 build backend - Use the documented ``import_module`` import from ``importlib``.
-- pip module - Update module to prefer use of the python ``packaging`` and ``importlib.metadata`` modules due to ``pkg_resources`` being deprecated (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80488)
-- pkg_mgr.py - Fix `ansible_pkg_mgr` incorrect in TencentOS Server Linux
-- pkg_mgr.py - Fix `ansible_pkg_mgr` is unknown in Kylin Linux (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81332)
-- powershell modules - Only set an rc of 1 if the PowerShell pipeline signaled an error occurred AND there are error records present. Previously it would do so only if the error signal was present without checking the error count.
-- replace - handle exception when bad escape character is provided in replace (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79364).
-- role deduplication - don't deduplicate before a role has had a task run for that particular host (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81486).
-- service module, does not permanently configure flags flags on Openbsd when enabling/disabling a service.
-- service module, enable/disable is not a exclusive action in checkmode anymore.
-- setup gather_timeout - Fix timeout in get_mounts_facts for linux.
-- setup module (fact gathering) will now try to be smarter about different versions of facter emitting error when --puppet flag is used w/o puppet.
-- syntax check - Limit ``--syntax-check`` to ``ansible-playbook`` only, as that is the only CLI affected by this argument (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80506)
-- tarfile - handle data filter deprecation warning message for extract and extractall (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80832).
-- template - Fix for formatting issues when a template path contains valid jinja/strftime pattern (especially line break one) and using the template path in ansible_managed (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79129)
-- templating - In the template action and lookup, use local jinja2 environment overlay overrides instead of mutating the templars environment
-- templating - prevent setting arbitrary attributes on Jinja2 environments via Jinja2 overrides in templates
-- templating escape and single var optimization now use correct delimiters when custom ones are provided either via task or template header.
-- unarchive - fix unarchiving sources that are copied to the remote node using a relative temporory directory path (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80710).
-- uri - fix search for JSON type to include complex strings containing '+'
-- uri/urls - Add compat function to handle the ability to parse the filename from a Content-Disposition header (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81806)
-- urls.py - fixed cert_file and key_file parameters when running on Python 3.12 - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80490
-- user - set expiration value correctly when unable to retrieve the current value from the system (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/71916)
-- validate-modules sanity test - replace semantic markup parsing and validating code with the code from `antsibull-docs-parser 0.2.0 <https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-docs-parser/releases/tag/0.2.0>`__ (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/80406).
-- vars_prompt - internally convert the ``unsafe`` value to ``bool``
-- vault and unvault filters now properly take ``vault_id`` parameter.
-- win_fetch - Add support for using file with wildcards in file name. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73128)
-- winrm - Better handle send input failures when communicating with hosts under load
-
-Known Issues
-------------
-
-- ansible-galaxy - dies in the middle of installing a role when that role contains Java inner classes (files with $ in the file name).  This is by design, to exclude temporary or backup files. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81553).
-- ansible-test - The ``pep8`` sanity test is unable to detect f-string spacing issues (E201, E202) on Python 3.10 and 3.11. They are correctly detected under Python 3.12. See (https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle/issues/1190).

changelogs/README.md

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-Changelogs
-==========
-
-As part of the release process a version-specific `CHANGELOG-vX.Y.rst` will be generated from fragments in
-the `fragments` directory.
-
-On release branches once a release has been created, consult the branch's version-specific file for changes that have
-occurred in that branch. The `devel` branch does not have a generated changelog, only changelog fragments.

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -1,841 +0,0 @@
-ancestor: 2.15.0
-releases:
-  2.16.0:
-    changes:
-      bugfixes:
-      - ansible-test - Fix parsing of cgroup entries which contain a ``:`` in the
-        path (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81977).
-      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2023-11-06
-
-        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__
-
-        '
-    codename: All My Love
-    fragments:
-    - 2.16.0_summary.yaml
-    - ansible-test-cgroup-split.yml
-    release_date: '2023-11-06'
-  2.16.0b1:
-    changes:
-      breaking_changes:
-      - Any plugin using the config system and the `cli` entry to use the `timeout`
-        from the command line, will see the value change if the use had configured
-        it in any of the lower precedence methods. If relying on this behaviour to
-        consume the global/generic timeout from the DEFAULT_TIMEOUT constant, please
-        consult the documentation on plugin configuration to add the overlaping entries.
-      - ansible-test - Test plugins that rely on containers no longer support reusing
-        running containers. The previous behavior was an undocumented, untested feature.
-      - service module will not permanently configure variables/flags for openbsd
-        when doing enable/disable operation anymore, this module was never meant to
-        do this type of work, just to manage the service state itself. A rcctl_config
-        or similar module should be created and used instead.
-      bugfixes:
-      - Allow for searching handler subdir for included task via include_role (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81722)
-      - AnsibleModule.run_command - Only use selectors when needed, and rely on Python
-        stdlib subprocess for the simple task of collecting stdout/stderr when prompt
-        matching is not required.
-      - Display - Defensively configure writing to stdout and stderr with a custom
-        encoding error handler that will replace invalid characters while providing
-        a deprecation warning that non-utf8 text will result in an error in a future
-        version.
-      - Exclude internal options from man pages and docs.
-      - Fix ``ansible-config init`` man page option indentation.
-      - Fix ``ast`` deprecation warnings for ``Str`` and ``value.s`` when using Python
-        3.12.
-      - Fix exceptions caused by various inputs when performing arg splitting or parsing
-        key/value pairs. Resolves issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/46379
-        and issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/61497
-      - Fix incorrect parsing of multi-line Jinja2 blocks when performing arg splitting
-        or parsing key/value pairs.
-      - Fix post-validating looped task fields so the strategy uses the correct values
-        after task execution.
-      - Fixed `pip` module failure in case of usage quotes for `virtualenv_command`
-        option for the venv command. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76372)
-      - From issue https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80880, when notifying
-        a handler from another handler, handler notifications must be registered immediately
-        as the flush_handler call is not recursive.
-      - Import ``FILE_ATTRIBUTES`` from ``ansible.module_utils.common.file`` in ``ansible.module_utils.basic``
-        instead of defining it twice.
-      - Inventory scripts parser not treat exception when getting hostsvar (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81103)
-      - On Python 3 use datetime methods ``fromtimestamp`` and ``now`` with UTC timezone
-        instead of ``utcfromtimestamp`` and ``utcnow``, which are deprecated in Python
-        3.12.
-      - PluginLoader - fix Jinja plugin performance issues (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79652)
-      - PowerShell - Remove some code which is no longer valid for dotnet 5+
-      - Prevent running same handler multiple times when included via ``include_role``
-        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73643)
-      - Prompting - add a short sleep between polling for user input to reduce CPU
-        consumption (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81516).
-      - Properly disable ``jinja2_native`` in the template module when jinja2 override
-        is used in the template (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80605)
-      - Remove unreachable parser error for removed ``static`` parameter of ``include_role``
-      - Replace uses of ``configparser.ConfigParser.readfp()`` which was removed in
-        Python 3.12 with ``configparser.ConfigParser.read_file()`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81656)
-      - Set filters ``intersect``, ``difference``, ``symmetric_difference`` and ``union``
-        now always return a ``list``, never a ``set``. Previously, a ``set`` would
-        be returned if the inputs were a hashable type such as ``str``, instead of
-        a collection, such as a ``list`` or ``tuple``.
-      - Set filters ``intersect``, ``difference``, ``symmetric_difference`` and ``union``
-        now use set operations when the given items are hashable. Previously, list
-        operations were performed unless the inputs were a hashable type such as ``str``,
-        instead of a collection, such as a ``list`` or ``tuple``.
-      - Switch result queue from a ``multiprocessing.queues.Queue` to ``multiprocessing.queues.SimpleQueue``,
-        primarily to allow properly handling pickling errors, to prevent an infinite
-        hang waiting for task results
-      - The ``ansible-config init`` command now has a documentation description.
-      - The ``ansible-galaxy collection download`` command now has a documentation
-        description.
-      - The ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` command documentation is now visible
-        (previously hidden by a decorator).
-      - The ``ansible-galaxy collection verify`` command now has a documentation description.
-      - The ``ansible-galaxy role install`` command documentation is now visible (previously
-        hidden by a decorator).
-      - The ``ansible-inventory`` command command now has a documentation description
-        (previously used as the epilog).
-      - The ``hostname`` module now also updates both current and permanent hostname
-        on OpenBSD. Before it only updated the permanent hostname (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80520).
-      - Update module_utils.urls unit test to work with cryptography >= 41.0.0.
-      - When generating man pages, use ``func`` to find the command function instead
-        of looking it up by the command name.
-      - '``StrategyBase._process_pending_results`` - create a ``Templar`` on demand
-        for templating ``changed_when``/``failed_when``.'
-      - '``ansible-galaxy`` now considers all collection paths when identifying which
-        collection requirements are already installed. Use the ``COLLECTIONS_PATHS``
-        and ``COLLECTIONS_SCAN_SYS_PATHS`` config options to modify these. Previously
-        only the install path was considered when resolving the candidates. The install
-        path will remain the only one potentially modified. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79767,
-        https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81163)'
-      - '``ansible.module_utils.service`` - ensure binary data transmission in ``daemonize()``'
-      - '``ansible.module_utils.service`` - fix inter-process communication in ``daemonize()``'
-      - '``pkg_mgr`` - fix the default dnf version detection'
-      - ansiballz - Prevent issue where the time on the control host could change
-        part way through building the ansiballz file, potentially causing a pre-1980
-        date to be used during ansiballz unpacking leading to a zip file error (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80089)
-      - ansible terminal color settings were incorrectly limited to 16 options via
-        'choices', removing so all 256 can be accessed.
-      - ansible-console - fix filtering by collection names when a collection search
-        path was set (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81450).
-      - ansible-galaxy - Enabled the ``data`` tarfile filter during role installation
-        for Python versions that support it. A probing mechanism is used to avoid
-        Python versions with a broken implementation.
-      - ansible-galaxy - Fix issue installing collections containing directories with
-        more than 100 characters on python versions before 3.10.6
-      - ansible-galaxy - Fix variable type error when installing subdir collections
-        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80943)
-      - ansible-galaxy - fix installing collections from directories that have a trailing
-        path separator (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77803).
-      - ansible-galaxy - fix installing signed collections (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80648).
-      - ansible-galaxy - reduce API calls to servers by fetching signatures only for
-        final candidates.
-      - ansible-galaxy - started allowing the use of pre-releases for collections
-        that do not have any stable versions published. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81606)
-      - ansible-galaxy - started allowing the use of pre-releases for dependencies
-        on any level of the dependency tree that specifically demand exact pre-release
-        versions of collections and not version ranges. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81606)
-      - ansible-galaxy collection verify - fix verifying signed collections when the
-        keyring is not configured.
-      - ansible-test - Add support for ``argcomplete`` version 3.
-      - ansible-test - All containers created by ansible-test now include the current
-        test session ID in their name. This avoids conflicts between concurrent ansible-test
-        invocations using the same container host.
-      - ansible-test - Always use ansible-test managed entry points for ansible-core
-        CLI tools when not running from source. This fixes issues where CLI entry
-        points created during install are not compatible with ansible-test.
-      - ansible-test - Fix a traceback that occurs when attempting to test Ansible
-        source using a different ansible-test. A clear error message is now given
-        when this scenario occurs.
-      - ansible-test - Fix handling of timeouts exceeding one day.
-      - ansible-test - Fix several possible tracebacks when using the ``-e`` option
-        with sanity tests.
-      - ansible-test - Fix various cases where the test timeout could expire without
-        terminating the tests.
-      - ansible-test - Pre-build a PyYAML wheel before installing requirements to
-        avoid a potential Cython build failure.
-      - ansible-test - Remove redundant warning about missing programs before attempting
-        to execute them.
-      - ansible-test - The ``import`` sanity test now checks the collection loader
-        for remote-only Python support when testing ansible-core.
-      - ansible-test - Unit tests now report warnings generated during test runs.
-        Previously only warnings generated during test collection were reported.
-      - ansible-test - Update ``pylint`` to 2.17.2 to resolve several possible false
-        positives.
-      - ansible-test - Update ``pylint`` to 2.17.3 to resolve several possible false
-        positives.
-      - ansible-test - Use ``raise ... from ...`` when raising exceptions from within
-        an exception handler.
-      - ansible-test - When bootstrapping remote FreeBSD instances, use the OS packaged
-        ``setuptools`` instead of installing the latest version from PyPI.
-      - ansible-test local change detection - use ``git merge-base <branch> HEAD``
-        instead of ``git merge-base --fork-point <branch>`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79734).
-      - ansible-vault - fail when the destination file location is not writable before
-        performing encryption (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81455).
-      - apt - ignore fail_on_autoremove and allow_downgrade parameters when using
-        aptitude (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77868).
-      - blockinfile - avoid crash with Python 3 if creating the directory fails when
-        ``create=true`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81662).
-      - connection timeouts defined in ansible.cfg will now be properly used, the
-        --timeout cli option was obscuring them by always being set.
-      - copy - print correct destination filename when using `content` and `--diff`
-        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79749).
-      - copy unit tests - Fixing "dir all perms" documentation and formatting for
-        easier reading.
-      - core will now also look at the connection plugin to force 'local' interpreter
-        for networking path compatibility as just ansible_network_os could be misleading.
-      - deb822_repository - use http-agent for receiving content (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80809).
-      - debconf - idempotency in questions with type 'password' (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/47676).
-      - distribution facts - fix Source Mage family mapping
-      - dnf - fix a failure when a package from URI was specified and ``update_only``
-        was set (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81376).
-      - dnf5 - Update dnf5 module to handle API change for setting the download directory
-        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80887)
-      - dnf5 - Use ``transaction.check_gpg_signatures`` API call to check package
-        signatures AND possibly to recover from when keys are missing.
-      - dnf5 - fix module and package names in the message following failed module
-        respawn attempt
-      - dnf5 - use the logs API to determine transaction problems
-      - dpkg_selections - check if the package exists before performing the selection
-        operation (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81404).
-      - encrypt - deprecate passlib_or_crypt API (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/55839).
-      - fetch - Handle unreachable errors properly (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/27816)
-      - file modules - Make symbolic modes with X use the computed permission, not
-        original file (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80128)
-      - file modules - fix validating invalid symbolic modes.
-      - first found lookup has been updated to use the normalized argument parsing
-        (pythonic) matching the documented examples.
-      - first found lookup, fixed an issue with subsequent items clobbering information
-        from previous ones.
-      - first_found lookup now gets 'untemplated' loop entries and handles templating
-        itself as task_executor was removing even 'templatable' entries and breaking
-        functionality. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70772
-      - galaxy - check if the target for symlink exists (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81586).
-      - galaxy - cross check the collection type and collection source (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79463).
-      - gather_facts parallel option was doing the reverse of what was stated, now
-        it does run modules in parallel when True and serially when False.
-      - handlers - fix ``v2_playbook_on_notify`` callback not being called when notifying
-        handlers
-      - handlers - the ``listen`` keyword can affect only one handler with the same
-        name, the last one defined as it is a case with the ``notify`` keyword (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81013)
-      - include_role - expose variables from parent roles to role's handlers (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80459)
-      - inventory_ini - handle SyntaxWarning while parsing ini file in inventory (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81457).
-      - iptables - remove default rule creation when creating iptables chain to be
-        more similar to the command line utility (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80256).
-      - lib/ansible/utils/encrypt.py - remove unused private ``_LOCK`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81613)
-      - lookup/url.py - Fix incorrect var/env/ini entry for `force_basic_auth`
-      - man page build - Remove the dependency on the ``docs`` directory for building
-        man pages.
-      - man page build - Sub commands of ``ansible-galaxy role`` and ``ansible-galaxy
-        collection`` are now documented.
-      - module responses - Ensure that module responses are utf-8 adhereing to JSON
-        RFC and expectations of the core code.
-      - module/role argument spec - validate the type for options that are None when
-        the option is required or has a non-None default (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79656).
-      - modules/user.py - Add check for valid directory when creating new user homedir
-        (allows /dev/null as skeleton) (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75063)
-      - paramiko_ssh, psrp, and ssh connection plugins - ensure that all values for
-        options that should be strings are actually converted to strings (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81029).
-      - password_hash - fix salt format for ``crypt``  (only used if ``passlib`` is
-        not installed) for the ``bcrypt`` algorithm.
-      - pep517 build backend - Copy symlinks when copying the source tree. This avoids
-        tracebacks in various scenarios, such as when a venv is present in the source
-        tree.
-      - pep517 build backend - Use the documented ``import_module`` import from ``importlib``.
-      - pip module - Update module to prefer use of the python ``packaging`` and ``importlib.metadata``
-        modules due to ``pkg_resources`` being deprecated (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80488)
-      - pkg_mgr.py - Fix `ansible_pkg_mgr` incorrect in TencentOS Server Linux
-      - pkg_mgr.py - Fix `ansible_pkg_mgr` is unknown in Kylin Linux (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81332)
-      - powershell modules - Only set an rc of 1 if the PowerShell pipeline signaled
-        an error occurred AND there are error records present. Previously it would
-        do so only if the error signal was present without checking the error count.
-      - replace - handle exception when bad escape character is provided in replace
-        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79364).
-      - role deduplication - don't deduplicate before a role has had a task run for
-        that particular host (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81486).
-      - service module, does not permanently configure flags flags on Openbsd when
-        enabling/disabling a service.
-      - service module, enable/disable is not a exclusive action in checkmode anymore.
-      - setup gather_timeout - Fix timeout in get_mounts_facts for linux.
-      - setup module (fact gathering) will now try to be smarter about different versions
-        of facter emitting error when --puppet flag is used w/o puppet.
-      - syntax check - Limit ``--syntax-check`` to ``ansible-playbook`` only, as that
-        is the only CLI affected by this argument (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80506)
-      - tarfile - handle data filter deprecation warning message for extract and extractall
-        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80832).
-      - template - Fix for formatting issues when a template path contains valid jinja/strftime
-        pattern (especially line break one) and using the template path in ansible_managed
-        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79129)
-      - templating - In the template action and lookup, use local jinja2 environment
-        overlay overrides instead of mutating the templars environment
-      - templating - prevent setting arbitrary attributes on Jinja2 environments via
-        Jinja2 overrides in templates
-      - templating escape and single var optimization now use correct delimiters when
-        custom ones are provided either via task or template header.
-      - unarchive - fix unarchiving sources that are copied to the remote node using
-        a relative temporory directory path (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80710).
-      - uri - fix search for JSON type to include complex strings containing '+'
-      - urls.py - fixed cert_file and key_file parameters when running on Python 3.12
-        - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80490
-      - user - set expiration value correctly when unable to retrieve the current
-        value from the system (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/71916)
-      - validate-modules sanity test - replace semantic markup parsing and validating
-        code with the code from `antsibull-docs-parser 0.2.0 <https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-docs-parser/releases/tag/0.2.0>`__
-        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/80406).
-      - vars_prompt - internally convert the ``unsafe`` value to ``bool``
-      - vault and unvault filters now properly take ``vault_id`` parameter.
-      - win_fetch - Add support for using file with wildcards in file name. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73128)
-      deprecated_features:
-      - Deprecated ini config option ``collections_paths``, use the singular form
-        ``collections_path`` instead
-      - Deprecated the env var ``ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS``, use the singular form
-        ``ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH`` instead
-      - Support for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 has been removed as the support
-        end of life from Microsoft is October 10th 2023. These versions of Windows
-        will no longer be tested in this Ansible release and it cannot be guaranteed
-        that they will continue to work going forward.
-      - '``STRING_CONVERSION_ACTION`` config option is deprecated as it is no longer
-        used in the Ansible Core code base.'
-      - the 'smart' option for setting a connection plugin is being removed as it's
-        main purpose (choosing between ssh and paramiko) is now irrelevant.
-      - vault and unfault filters - the undocumented ``vaultid`` parameter is deprecated
-        and will be removed in ansible-core 2.20. Use ``vault_id`` instead.
-      - yum_repository - deprecated parameter 'keepcache' (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/78693).
-      known_issues:
-      - ansible-galaxy - dies in the middle of installing a role when that role contains
-        Java inner classes (files with $ in the file name).  This is by design, to
-        exclude temporary or backup files. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81553).
-      - ansible-test - The ``pep8`` sanity test is unable to detect f-string spacing
-        issues (E201, E202) on Python 3.10 and 3.11. They are correctly detected under
-        Python 3.12. See (https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle/issues/1190).
-      minor_changes:
-      - Add Python type hints to the Display class (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80841)
-      - Add ``GALAXY_COLLECTIONS_PATH_WARNING`` option to disable the warning given
-        by ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` when installing a collection to a
-        path that isn't in the configured collection paths.
-      - Add ``python3.12`` to the default ``INTERPRETER_PYTHON_FALLBACK`` list.
-      - Add ``utcfromtimestamp`` and ``utcnow`` to ``ansible.module_utils.compat.datetime``
-        to return fixed offset datetime objects.
-      - Add a general ``GALAXY_SERVER_TIMEOUT`` config option for distribution servers
-        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79833).
-      - Added Python type annotation to connection plugins
-      - CLI argument parsing - Automatically prepend to the help of CLI arguments
-        that support being specified multiple times. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/22396)
-      - DEFAULT_TRANSPORT now defaults to 'ssh', the old 'smart' option is being deprecated
-        as versions of OpenSSH without control persist are basically not present anymore.
-      - Documentation for set filters ``intersect``, ``difference``, ``symmetric_difference``
-        and ``union`` now states that the returned list items are in arbitrary order.
-      - Record ``removal_date`` in runtime metadata as a string instead of a date.
-      - Remove the ``CleansingNodeVisitor`` class and its usage due to the templating
-        changes that made it superfluous. Also simplify the ``Conditional`` class.
-      - Removed ``exclude`` and ``recursive-exclude`` commands for generated files
-        from the ``MANIFEST.in`` file. These excludes were unnecessary since releases
-        are expected to be built with a clean worktree.
-      - Removed ``exclude`` commands for sanity test files from the ``MANIFEST.in``
-        file. These tests were previously excluded because they did not pass when
-        run from an sdist. However, sanity tests are not expected to pass from an
-        sdist, so excluding some (but not all) of the failing tests makes little sense.
-      - Removed redundant ``include`` commands from the ``MANIFEST.in`` file. These
-        includes either duplicated default behavior or another command.
-      - The ``ansible-core`` sdist no longer contains pre-generated man pages. Instead,
-        a ``packaging/cli-doc/build.py`` script is included in the sdist. This script
-        can generate man pages and standalone RST documentation for ``ansible-core``
-        CLI programs.
-      - The ``docs`` and ``examples`` directories are no longer included in the ``ansible-core``
-        sdist. These directories have been moved to the https://github.com/ansible/ansible-documentation
-        repository.
-      - The minimum required ``setuptools`` version is now 66.1.0, as it is the oldest
-        version to support Python 3.12.
-      - Update ``ansible_service_mgr`` fact to include init system for SMGL OS family
-      - Use ``ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters`` instead of ``ansible.module_utils._text``.
-      - Use ``importlib.resources.abc.TraversableResources`` instead of deprecated
-        ``importlib.abc.TraversableResources`` where available (https:/github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81082).
-      - Use ``include`` where ``recursive-include`` is unnecessary in the ``MANIFEST.in``
-        file.
-      - Use ``package_data`` instead of ``include_package_data`` for ``setup.cfg``
-        to avoid ``setuptools`` warnings.
-      - Utilize gpg check provided internally by the ``transaction.run`` method as
-        oppose to calling it manually.
-      - '``Templar`` - do not add the ``dict`` constructor to ``globals`` as all required
-        Jinja2 versions already do so'
-      - ansible-doc - allow to filter listing of collections and metadata dump by
-        more than one collection (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81450).
-      - ansible-galaxy - Add a plural option to improve ignoring multiple signature
-        error status codes when installing or verifying collections. A space-separated
-        list of error codes can follow --ignore-signature-status-codes in addition
-        to specifying --ignore-signature-status-code multiple times (for example,
-        ``--ignore-signature-status-codes NO_PUBKEY UNEXPECTED``).
-      - ansible-galaxy - Remove internal configuration argument ``v3`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/80721)
-      - ansible-galaxy - add note to the collection dependency resolver error message
-        about pre-releases if ``--pre`` was not provided (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80048).
-      - ansible-galaxy - used to crash out with a "Errno 20 Not a directory" error
-        when extracting files from a role when hitting a file with an illegal name
-        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81553). Now it gives a warning identifying
-        the culprit file and the rule violation (e.g., ``my$class.jar`` has a ``$``
-        in the name) before crashing out, giving the user a chance to remove the invalid
-        file and try again. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81555).
-      - ansible-test - Add Alpine 3.18 to remotes
-      - ansible-test - Add Fedora 38 container.
-      - ansible-test - Add Fedora 38 remote.
-      - ansible-test - Add FreeBSD 13.2 remote.
-      - ansible-test - Add new pylint checker for new ``# deprecated:`` comments within
-        code to trigger errors when time to remove code that has no user facing deprecation
-        message. Only supported in ansible-core, not collections.
-      - ansible-test - Add support for RHEL 8.8 remotes.
-      - ansible-test - Add support for RHEL 9.2 remotes.
-      - ansible-test - Add support for testing with Python 3.12.
-      - ansible-test - Allow float values for the ``--timeout`` option to the ``env``
-        command. This simplifies testing.
-      - ansible-test - Enable ``thread`` code coverage in addition to the existing
-        ``multiprocessing`` coverage.
-      - ansible-test - RHEL 8.8 provisioning can now be used with the ``--python 3.11``
-        option.
-      - ansible-test - RHEL 9.2 provisioning can now be used with the ``--python 3.11``
-        option.
-      - ansible-test - Refactored ``env`` command logic and timeout handling.
-      - ansible-test - Remove Fedora 37 remote support.
-      - ansible-test - Remove Fedora 37 test container.
-      - ansible-test - Remove Python 3.8 and 3.9 from RHEL 8.8.
-      - ansible-test - Remove obsolete embedded script for configuring WinRM on Windows
-        remotes.
-      - ansible-test - Removed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS image from the `--remote` option.
-      - ansible-test - Removed `freebsd/12.4` remote.
-      - ansible-test - Removed `freebsd/13.1` remote.
-      - 'ansible-test - Removed test remotes: rhel/8.7, rhel/9.1'
-      - ansible-test - Removed the deprecated ``--docker-no-pull`` option.
-      - ansible-test - Removed the deprecated ``--no-pip-check`` option.
-      - ansible-test - Removed the deprecated ``foreman`` test plugin.
-      - ansible-test - Removed the deprecated ``govcsim`` support from the ``vcenter``
-        test plugin.
-      - ansible-test - Replace the ``pytest-forked`` pytest plugin with a custom plugin.
-      - ansible-test - The ``no-get-exception`` sanity test is now limited to plugins
-        in collections. Previously any Python file in a collection was checked for
-        ``get_exception`` usage.
-      - ansible-test - The ``replace-urlopen`` sanity test is now limited to plugins
-        in collections. Previously any Python file in a collection was checked for
-        ``urlopen`` usage.
-      - ansible-test - The ``use-compat-six`` sanity test is now limited to plugins
-        in collections. Previously any Python file in a collection was checked for
-        ``six`` usage.
-      - ansible-test - The openSUSE test container has been updated to openSUSE Leap
-        15.5.
-      - ansible-test - Update pip to ``23.1.2`` and setuptools to ``67.7.2``.
-      - ansible-test - Update the ``default`` containers.
-      - ansible-test - Update the ``nios-test-container`` to version 2.0.0, which
-        supports API version 2.9.
-      - ansible-test - Update the logic used to detect when ``ansible-test`` is running
-        from source.
-      - ansible-test - Updated the CloudStack test container to version 1.6.1.
-      - ansible-test - Updated the distro test containers to version 6.3.0 to include
-        coverage 7.3.2 for Python 3.8+. The alpine3 container is now based on 3.18
-        instead of 3.17 and includes Python 3.11 instead of Python 3.10.
-      - ansible-test - Use ``datetime.datetime.now`` with ``tz`` specified instead
-        of ``datetime.datetime.utcnow``.
-      - ansible-test - Use a context manager to perform cleanup at exit instead of
-        using the built-in ``atexit`` module.
-      - ansible-test - remove Alpine 3.17 from remotes
-      - "ansible-test \u2014 Python 3.8\u20133.12 will use ``coverage`` v7.3.2."
-      - "ansible-test \u2014 ``coverage`` v6.5.0 is to be used only under Python 3.7."
-      - 'ansible-vault create: Now raises an error when opening the editor without
-        tty. The flag --skip-tty-check restores previous behaviour.'
-      - ansible_user_module - tweaked macos user defaults to reflect expected defaults
-        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/44316)
-      - apt - return calculated diff while running apt clean operation.
-      - blockinfile - add append_newline and prepend_newline options (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80835).
-      - cli - Added short option '-J' for asking for vault password (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/80523).
-      - command - Add option ``expand_argument_vars`` to disable argument expansion
-        and use literal values - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54162
-      - config lookup new option show_origin to also return the origin of a configuration
-        value.
-      - display methods for warning and deprecation are now proxied to main process
-        when issued from a fork. This allows for the deduplication of warnings and
-        deprecations to work globally.
-      - dnf5 - enable environment groups installation testing in CI as its support
-        was added.
-      - dnf5 - enable now implemented ``cacheonly`` functionality
-      - executor now skips persistent connection when it detects an action that does
-        not require a connection.
-      - find module - Add ability to filter based on modes
-      - gather_facts now will use gather_timeout setting to limit parallel execution
-        of modules that do not themselves use gather_timeout.
-      - group - remove extraneous warning shown when user does not exist (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/77049).
-      - include_vars - os.walk now follows symbolic links when traversing directories
-        (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/80460)
-      - module compression is now sourced directly via config, bypassing play_context
-        possibly stale values.
-      - reboot - show last error message in verbose logs (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81574).
-      - service_facts now returns more info for rcctl managed systesm (OpenBSD).
-      - tasks - the ``retries`` keyword can be specified without ``until`` in which
-        case the task is retried until it succeeds but at most ``retries`` times (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/20802)
-      - user - add new option ``password_expire_warn`` (supported on Linux only) to
-        set the number of days of warning before a password change is required (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79882).
-      - yum_repository - Align module documentation with parameters
-      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2023-09-26
-
-        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__
-
-        '
-      removed_features:
-      - ActionBase - remove deprecated ``_remote_checksum`` method
-      - PlayIterator - remove deprecated ``cache_block_tasks`` and ``get_original_task``
-        methods
-      - Remove deprecated ``FileLock`` class
-      - Removed Python 3.9 as a supported version on the controller. Python 3.10 or
-        newer is required.
-      - Removed ``include`` which has been deprecated in Ansible 2.12. Use ``include_tasks``
-        or ``import_tasks`` instead.
-      - '``Templar`` - remove deprecated ``shared_loader_obj`` parameter of ``__init__``'
-      - '``fetch_url`` - remove auto disabling ``decompress`` when gzip is not available'
-      - '``get_action_args_with_defaults`` - remove deprecated ``redirected_names``
-        method parameter'
-      - ansible-test - Removed support for the remote Windows targets 2012 and 2012-R2
-      - inventory_cache - remove deprecated ``default.fact_caching_prefix`` ini configuration
-        option, use ``defaults.fact_caching_prefix`` instead.
-      - module_utils/basic.py - Removed Python 3.5 as a supported remote version.
-        Python 2.7 or Python 3.6+ is now required.
-      - stat - removed unused `get_md5` parameter.
-    codename: All My Love
-    fragments:
-    - 2.16.0b1_summary.yaml
-    - 20802-until-default.yml
-    - 22396-indicate-which-args-are-multi.yml
-    - 27816-fetch-unreachable.yml
-    - 50603-tty-check.yaml
-    - 71916-user-expires-int.yml
-    - 73643-handlers-prevent-multiple-runs.yml
-    - 74723-support-wildcard-win_fetch.yml
-    - 75063-allow-dev-nul-as-skeleton-for-new-homedir.yml
-    - 76372-fix-pip-virtualenv-command-parsing.yml
-    - 78487-galaxy-collections-path-warnings.yml
-    - 79129-ansible-managed-filename-format.yaml
-    - 79364_replace.yml
-    - 79677-fix-argspec-type-check.yml
-    - 79734-ansible-test-change-detection.yml
-    - 79844-fix-timeout-mounts-linux.yml
-    - 79999-ansible-user-tweak-macos-defaults.yaml
-    - 80089-prevent-module-build-date-issue.yml
-    - 80128-symbolic-modes-X-use-computed.yml
-    - 80257-iptables-chain-creation-does-not-populate-a-rule.yml
-    - 80258-defensive-display-non-utf8.yml
-    - 80334-reduce-ansible-galaxy-api-calls.yml
-    - 80406-validate-modules-semantic-markup.yml
-    - 80449-fix-symbolic-mode-error-msg.yml
-    - 80459-handlers-nested-includes-vars.yml
-    - 80460-add-symbolic-links-with-dir.yml
-    - 80476-fix-loop-task-post-validation.yml
-    - 80488-pip-pkg-resources.yml
-    - 80506-syntax-check-playbook-only.yml
-    - 80520-fix-current-hostname-openbsd.yml
-    - 80523_-_adding_short_option_for_--ask-vault-pass.yml
-    - 80605-template-overlay-native-jinja.yml
-    - 80648-fix-ansible-galaxy-cache-signatures-bug.yml
-    - 80721-ansible-galaxy.yml
-    - 80738-abs-unarachive-src.yml
-    - 80841-display-type-annotation.yml
-    - 80880-register-handlers-immediately-if-iterating-handlers.yml
-    - 80887-dnf5-api-change.yml
-    - 80943-ansible-galaxy-collection-subdir-install.yml
-    - 80968-replace-deprecated-ast-attr.yml
-    - 80985-fix-smgl-family-mapping.yml
-    - 81005-use-overlay-overrides.yml
-    - 81013-handlers-listen-last-defined-only.yml
-    - 81029-connection-types.yml
-    - 81064-daemonize-fixes.yml
-    - 81082-deprecated-importlib-abc.yml
-    - 81083-add-blockinfile-append-and-prepend-new-line-options.yml
-    - 81104-inventory-script-plugin-raise-execution-error.yml
-    - 81319-cloudstack-test-container-bump-version.yml
-    - 81332-fix-pkg-mgr-in-kylin.yml
-    - 81450-list-filters.yml
-    - 81494-remove-duplicated-file-attribute-constant.yml
-    - 81555-add-warning-for-illegal-filenames-in-roles.yaml
-    - 81584-daemonize-follow-up-fixes.yml
-    - 81606-ansible-galaxy-collection-pre-releases.yml
-    - 81613-remove-unusued-private-lock.yml
-    - 81656-cf_readfp-deprecated.yml
-    - 81662-blockinfile-exc.yml
-    - 81722-handler-subdir-include_tasks.yml
-    - CleansingNodeVisitor-removal.yml
-    - a-g-col-install-directory-with-trailing-sep.yml
-    - a-g-col-prevent-reinstalling-satisfied-req.yml
-    - a_test_rmv_alpine_317.yml
-    - add-missing-cli-docs.yml
-    - ag-ignore-multiple-signature-statuses.yml
-    - ansible-galaxy-server-timeout.yml
-    - ansible-runtime-metadata-removal-date.yml
-    - ansible-test-added-fedora-38.yml
-    - ansible-test-argcomplete-3.yml
-    - ansible-test-atexit.yml
-    - ansible-test-coverage-update.yml
-    - ansible-test-default-containers.yml
-    - ansible-test-deprecated-cleanup.yml
-    - ansible-test-distro-containers.yml
-    - ansible-test-entry-points.yml
-    - ansible-test-explain-traceback.yml
-    - ansible-test-fedora-37.yml
-    - ansible-test-freebsd-bootstrap-setuptools.yml
-    - ansible-test-import-sanity-fix.yml
-    - ansible-test-layout-detection.yml
-    - ansible-test-long-timeout-fix.yml
-    - ansible-test-minimum-setuptools.yml
-    - ansible-test-nios-container.yml
-    - ansible-test-pylint-update.yml
-    - ansible-test-pytest-forked.yml
-    - ansible-test-python-3.12.yml
-    - ansible-test-pyyaml-build.yml
-    - ansible-test-remove-old-rhel-remotes.yml
-    - ansible-test-remove-ubuntu-2004.yml
-    - ansible-test-rhel-9.2-python-3.11.yml
-    - ansible-test-rhel-9.2.yml
-    - ansible-test-sanity-scope.yml
-    - ansible-test-source-detection.yml
-    - ansible-test-thread-coverage.yml
-    - ansible-test-timeout-fix.yml
-    - ansible-test-unique-container-names.yml
-    - ansible-test-use-raise-from.yml
-    - ansible-test-utcnow.yml
-    - ansible-test-winrm-config.yml
-    - ansible-vault.yml
-    - ansible_test_alpine_3.18.yml
-    - apt_fail_on_autoremove.yml
-    - aptclean_diff.yml
-    - basestrategy-lazy-templar.yml
-    - ci_freebsd_new.yml
-    - collections_paths-deprecation.yml
-    - colors.yml
-    - command-expand-args.yml
-    - config_origins_option.yml
-    - connection-type-annotation.yml
-    - copy_diff.yml
-    - deb822_open_url.yml
-    - debconf.yml
-    - deprecated_string_conversion_action.yml
-    - display_proxy.yml
-    - dnf-update-only-latest.yml
-    - dnf5-cacheonly.yml
-    - dnf5-fix-interpreter-fail-msg.yml
-    - dnf5-gpg-check-api.yml
-    - dnf5-gpg-check-builtin.yml
-    - dnf5-logs-api.yml
-    - dnf5-test-env-groups.yml
-    - dotnet-preparation.yml
-    - dpkg_selections.yml
-    - fbsd13_1_remove.yml
-    - fetch_url-remove-auto-disable-decompress.yml
-    - find-mode.yml
-    - first_found_fixes.yml
-    - first_found_template_fix.yml
-    - fix-display-prompt-cpu-consumption.yml
-    - fix-handlers-callback.yml
-    - fix-pkg-mgr-in-TencentOS.yml
-    - fix-setuptools-warnings.yml
-    - fix-url-lookup-plugin-docs.yml
-    - forced_local+fix+.yml
-    - freebsd_12_4_removal.yml
-    - galaxy_check_type.yml
-    - galaxy_symlink.yml
-    - gather_facts_fix_parallel.yml
-    - get_action_args_with_defaults-remove-deprecated-arg.yml
-    - group_warning.yml
-    - inventory_cache-remove-deprecated-default-section.yml
-    - inventory_ini.yml
-    - jinja_plugin_cache_cleanup.yml
-    - long-collection-paths-fix.yml
-    - man-page-build-docs-dependency.yml
-    - man-page-subcommands.yml
-    - manifest-in-cleanup.yml
-    - mc_from_config.yml
-    - missing-doc-func.yml
-    - no-arbitrary-j2-override.yml
-    - omit-man-pages-from-sdist.yml
-    - parsing-splitter-fixes.yml
-    - passlib_or_crypt.yml
-    - password_hash-fix-crypt-salt-bcrypt.yml
-    - pep517-backend-import-fix.yml
-    - pep517-backend-traceback-fix.yml
-    - pep8-known-issue.yml
-    - persist_skip.yml
-    - pkg_mgr-default-dnf.yml
-    - powershell-module-error-handling.yml
-    - pre-release-hint-for-dep-resolution-error.yml
-    - pylint-deprecated-comment-checker.yml
-    - reboot.yml
-    - remove-deprecated-actionbase-_remote_checksum.yml
-    - remove-deprecated-datetime-methods.yml
-    - remove-deprecated-filelock-class.yml
-    - remove-docs-examples.yml
-    - remove-include.yml
-    - remove-play_iterator-deprecated-methods.yml
-    - remove-python3.5.yml
-    - remove-python3.9-controller-support.yml
-    - remove-templar-shared_loader_obj-arg.yml
-    - remove-unreachable-include_role-static-err.yml
-    - remove_md5.yml
-    - role-deduplication-condition.yml
-    - run-command-selectors-prompt-only.yml
-    - server2012-deprecation.yml
-    - service_facts_rcctl.yml
-    - service_facts_simpleinit_msb.yml
-    - service_fix_obsd.yml
-    - set-filters.yml
-    - setup_facter_fix.yml
-    - simple-result-queue.yml
-    - smart_connection_bye.yml
-    - suppressed-options.yml
-    - tarfile_extract_warn.yml
-    - templar-globals-dict.yml
-    - templating_fixes.yml
-    - text-converters.yml
-    - timeout_config_fix.yml
-    - update-maybe-json-uri.yml
-    - urls-client-cert-py12.yml
-    - urls-unit-test-latest-cryptography.yml
-    - user-add-password-exp-warning.yml
-    - v2.16.0-initial-commit.yaml
-    - vault_unvault_id_fix.yml
-    - yum-repository-docs-fixes.yml
-    - yum_repository_keepcache.yml
-    release_date: '2023-09-26'
-  2.16.0b2:
-    changes:
-      bugfixes:
-      - '``import_role`` reverts to previous behavior of exporting vars at compile
-        time.'
-      - ansible-galaxy info - fix reporting no role found when lookup_role_by_name
-        returns None.
-      - uri/urls - Add compat function to handle the ability to parse the filename
-        from a Content-Disposition header (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81806)
-      - winrm - Better handle send input failures when communicating with hosts under
-        load
-      minor_changes:
-      - ansible-test - When invoking ``sleep`` in containers during container setup,
-        the ``env`` command is used to avoid invoking the shell builtin, if present.
-      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2023-10-03
-
-        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__
-
-        '
-      security_fixes:
-      - ansible-galaxy - Prevent roles from using symlinks to overwrite files outside
-        of the installation directory (CVE-2023-5115)
-    codename: All My Love
-    fragments:
-    - 2.16.0b2_summary.yaml
-    - 81806-py2-content-disposition.yml
-    - ansible-test-container-sleep.yml
-    - cve-2023-5115.yml
-    - fix-ansible-galaxy-info-no-role-found.yml
-    - import_role_goes_public.yml
-    - winrm-send-input.yml
-    release_date: '2023-10-03'
-  2.16.0rc1:
-    changes:
-      bugfixes:
-      - Cache host_group_vars after instantiating it once and limit the amount of
-        repetitive work it needs to do every time it runs.
-      - Call PluginLoader.all() once for vars plugins, and load vars plugins that
-        run automatically or are enabled specifically by name subsequently.
-      - Fix ``run_once`` being incorrectly interpreted on handlers (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81666)
-      - Properly template tags in parent blocks (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81053)
-      - ansible-galaxy - Provide a better error message when using a requirements
-        file with an invalid format - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81901
-      - ansible-inventory - index available_hosts for major performance boost when
-        dumping large inventories
-      - ansible-test - Add a ``pylint`` plugin to work around a known issue on Python
-        3.12.
-      - ansible-test - Include missing ``pylint`` requirements for Python 3.10.
-      - ansible-test - Update ``pylint`` to version 3.0.1.
-      deprecated_features:
-      - Old style vars plugins which use the entrypoints `get_host_vars` or `get_group_vars`
-        are deprecated. The plugin should be updated to inherit from `BaseVarsPlugin`
-        and define a `get_vars` method as the entrypoint.
-      minor_changes:
-      - ansible-test - Make Python 3.12 the default version used in the ``base`` and
-        ``default`` containers.
-      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2023-10-16
-
-        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__
-
-        '
-    codename: All My Love
-    fragments:
-    - 2.16.0rc1_summary.yaml
-    - 79945-host_group_vars-improvements.yml
-    - 81053-templated-tags-inheritance.yml
-    - 81666-handlers-run_once.yml
-    - 81901-galaxy-requirements-format.yml
-    - ansible-test-pylint3-update.yml
-    - ansible-test-python-3.12-compat.yml
-    - ansible-test-python-default.yml
-    - inv_available_hosts_to_frozenset.yml
-    release_date: '2023-10-16'
-  2.16.1:
-    changes:
-      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2023-12-04
-
-        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__
-
-        '
-    codename: All My Love
-    fragments:
-    - 2.16.1_summary.yaml
-    release_date: '2023-12-04'
-  2.16.1rc1:
-    changes:
-      breaking_changes:
-      - assert - Nested templating may result in an inability for the conditional
-        to be evaluated. See the porting guide for more information.
-      bugfixes:
-      - Fix issue where an ``include_tasks`` handler in a role was not able to locate
-        a file in ``tasks/`` when ``tasks_from`` was used as a role entry point and
-        ``main.yml`` was not present (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82241)
-      - Plugin loader does not dedupe nor cache filter/test plugins by file basename,
-        but full path name.
-      - Restoring the ability of filters/tests can have same file base name but different
-        tests/filters defined inside.
-      - ansible-pull now will expand relative paths for the ``-d|--directory`` option
-        is now expanded before use.
-      - ansible-pull will now correctly handle become and connection password file
-        options for ansible-playbook.
-      - flush_handlers - properly handle a handler failure in a nested block when
-        ``force_handlers`` is set (http://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/81532)
-      - module no_log will no longer affect top level booleans, for example ``no_log_module_parameter='a'``
-        will no longer hide ``changed=False`` as a 'no log value' (matches 'a').
-      - role params now have higher precedence than host facts again, matching documentation,
-        this had unintentionally changed in 2.15.
-      - wait_for should not handle 'non mmapable files' again.
-      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2023-11-27
-
-        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__
-
-        '
-      security_fixes:
-      - templating - Address issues where internal templating can cause unsafe variables
-        to lose their unsafe designation (CVE-2023-5764)
-    codename: All My Love
-    fragments:
-    - 2.16.1rc1_summary.yaml
-    - 81532-fix-nested-flush_handlers.yml
-    - 82241-handler-include-tasks-from.yml
-    - cve-2023-5764.yml
-    - j2_load_fix.yml
-    - no_log_booly.yml
-    - pull_file_secrets.yml
-    - pull_unfrack_dest.yml
-    - restore_role_param_precedence.yml
-    - wait_for_mmap.yml
-    release_date: '2023-11-27'
-  2.16.2:
-    changes:
-      bugfixes:
-      - unsafe data - Address an incompatibility when iterating or getting a single
-        index from ``AnsibleUnsafeBytes``
-      - unsafe data - Address an incompatibility with ``AnsibleUnsafeText`` and ``AnsibleUnsafeBytes``
-        when pickling with ``protocol=0``
-      release_summary: '| Release Date: 2023-12-11
-
-        | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__
-
-        '
-    codename: All My Love
-    fragments:
-    - 2.16.2_summary.yaml
-    - unsafe-fixes-2.yml
-    release_date: '2023-12-11'

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/2.16.0_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-11-06
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.16.0b1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-09-26
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.16.0b2_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-10-03
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.16.0rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-10-16
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.16.1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-12-04
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.16.1rc1_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-11-27
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/2.16.2_summary.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: |
-   | Release Date: 2023-12-11
-   | `Porting Guide <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-core/2.16/porting_guides/porting_guide_core_2.16.html>`__

changelogs/fragments/20802-until-default.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - tasks - the ``retries`` keyword can be specified without ``until`` in which case the task is retried until it succeeds but at most ``retries`` times (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/20802)

changelogs/fragments/22396-indicate-which-args-are-multi.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- CLI argument parsing - Automatically prepend to the help of CLI arguments that support being specified multiple times.
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/22396)

changelogs/fragments/27816-fetch-unreachable.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- fetch - Handle unreachable errors properly (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/27816)

changelogs/fragments/50603-tty-check.yaml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - "ansible-vault create: Now raises an error when opening the editor without
-    tty. The flag --skip-tty-check restores previous behaviour."

changelogs/fragments/71916-user-expires-int.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - user - set expiration value correctly when unable to retrieve the current value from the system (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/71916)

changelogs/fragments/73643-handlers-prevent-multiple-runs.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - Prevent running same handler multiple times when included via ``include_role`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73643)

changelogs/fragments/74723-support-wildcard-win_fetch.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- win_fetch - Add support for using file with wildcards in file name.
-  (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/73128)

changelogs/fragments/75063-allow-dev-nul-as-skeleton-for-new-homedir.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - modules/user.py - Add check for valid directory when creating new user homedir (allows /dev/null as skeleton) (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75063)
-  

changelogs/fragments/76372-fix-pip-virtualenv-command-parsing.yml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - >-
-    Fixed `pip` module failure in case of usage quotes for
-    `virtualenv_command` option for the venv command.
-    (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/76372)

changelogs/fragments/78487-galaxy-collections-path-warnings.yml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-- >-
-  Add ``GALAXY_COLLECTIONS_PATH_WARNING`` option to disable the warning
-  given by ``ansible-galaxy collection install`` when installing a collection
-  to a path that isn't in the configured collection paths.

changelogs/fragments/79129-ansible-managed-filename-format.yaml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - template - Fix for formatting issues when a template path contains
-    valid jinja/strftime pattern (especially line break one) and
-    using the template path in ansible_managed
-    (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79129)

changelogs/fragments/79364_replace.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-- replace - handle exception when bad escape character is provided in replace (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79364).

changelogs/fragments/79677-fix-argspec-type-check.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - module/role argument spec - validate the type for options that are None when the option is required or has a non-None default (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/79656).

changelogs/fragments/79734-ansible-test-change-detection.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "ansible-test local change detection - use ``git merge-base <branch> HEAD`` instead of ``git merge-base --fork-point <branch>`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/79734)."