refactor: drop support for ansible-core 2.11 and 2.12

.github/cookiecutter-example.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ default_context:
   github_username: "JonasPammer"
 
   galaxy_name: "jonaspammer"
-  min_ansible_version: "2.11"
+  min_ansible_version: "2.13"
   allow_duplicates: "no"
   ansible_user_needs_to_become: true
 

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: set up python 3
         uses: actions/setup-python@61a6322f88396a6271a6ee3565807d608ecaddd1 # v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.x"
+          python-version: "3.10"
 
       - name: setup/activate pre-commit cache
         uses: actions/cache@704facf57e6136b1bc63b828d79edcd491f0ee84 # v3

cookiecutter.json

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   ],
 
   "galaxy_name": "jonaspammer",
-  "min_ansible_version": "2.11",
+  "min_ansible_version": "2.13",
   "allow_duplicates": "no",
   "ansible_user_needs_to_become": true,
   "use_renovate": false,

{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/git-lfs:1": {},
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/github-cli:1": {},
     "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/python:1": {
-      "version": "3.9"
+      "version": "3.12"
     }
   },
   // Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.

{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -31,16 +31,16 @@ name: CI (Lint + Molecule)
         description: "Select Ansible Versions to run"
         required: false
         type: choice
+        # (minimum)
         default: "ansible-6"
         options:
-          - ansible-4,ansible-5,ansible-6,ansible-7,ansible-8
-          - ansible-4,ansible-5,ansible-6
-          - ansible-7,ansible-8
-          - ansible-4
-          - ansible-5
+          - ansible-6,ansible-7,ansible-8,ansible-9
+          - ansible-7,ansible-8,ansible-9
+          - ansible-8,ansible-9
           - ansible-6
           - ansible-7
           - ansible-8
+          - ansible-9
   pull_request:
     branches-ignore:
       - renovate/**
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: set up python 3
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.9"
+          python-version: "3.10"
 
       - name: Install yamllint package.
         run: pip3 install "yamllint==1.*"
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: set up python 3
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.9"
+          python-version: "3.10"
 
       - name: setup/activate pre-commit cache
         uses: actions/cache@v3

{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/DEVELOPMENT.adoc

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [[development-system-dependencies]]
 === 📌 Development Machine Dependencies
 
-* Python 3.9 or greater
+* Python 3.10 or greater
 * Docker
 
 [[development-dependencies]]
@@ -74,19 +74,19 @@ take a look at the matrix defined in link:.github/workflows/ci.yml[].
 $ *MOLECULE_DESTROY=never MOLECULE_DISTRO=#ubuntu1604# tox -e py3-ansible-#5#*
 ...
   TASK [ansible-role-pip : (redacted).] pass:[************************]
-  failed: [instance-py3-ansible-5] => changed=false
+  failed: [instance-py3-ansible-9] => changed=false
 ...
  pass:[___________________________________ summary ____________________________________]
   pre-commit: commands succeeded
-ERROR:   py3-ansible-5: commands failed
+ERROR:   py3-ansible-9: commands failed
 ----
 
 2. Find out the name of the molecule-provisioned docker container:
 +
 [subs="quotes"]
 ----
 $ *docker ps*
-#30e9b8d59cdf#   geerlingguy/docker-debian10-ansible:latest   "/lib/systemd/systemd"   8 minutes ago   Up 8 minutes                                                                                                    instance-py3-ansible-5
+#30e9b8d59cdf#   geerlingguy/docker-debian10-ansible:latest   "/lib/systemd/systemd"   8 minutes ago   Up 8 minutes                                                                                                    instance-py3-ansible-9
 ----
 
 3. Get into a bash Shell of the container, and do your debugging:
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ $ *docker ps*
 $ *docker exec -it #30e9b8d59cdf# /bin/bash*
 
 root@instance-py3-ansible-2:/#
-root@instance-py3-ansible-2:/# python3 --version
-Python 3.8.10
-root@instance-py3-ansible-2:/# ...
 ----
 +
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{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/README.orig.adoc

@@ -252,11 +252,10 @@ https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general#tested-with-ansible[
 support pattern of Ansible's `community.general` collection].
 As of writing this is:
 
-* 2.11 (Ansible 4)
-* 2.12 (Ansible 5)
 * 2.13 (Ansible 6)
 * 2.14 (Ansible 7)
 * 2.15 (Ansible 8)
+* 2.16 (Ansible 9)
 
 
 [[development]]

{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/tox.ini

@@ -7,28 +7,23 @@ extend-ignore = E203
 ### Ansible Testing through Molecule ###
 [tox]
 minversion = 4.1.2
-envlist = pre-commit,py{3}-ansible-{4,5,6,7,8}
+envlist = pre-commit,py{3}-ansible-{6,7,8,9}
 
 skipsdist = true
 
 [testenv]
 passenv = *
-parallel_show_output = True
 deps =
-    # For information on what included in the the "ansible" package,
-    # see https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/ (e.g. `/5/ansible-5.build`).
-    ansible-4: ansible == 4.* # core 2.11
-    ansible-5: ansible == 5.* # core 2.12
+    # For information on what included in the the "ansible" package, see
+    # https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/main/ (e.g. `/9/ansible-9.build`).
     ansible-6: ansible == 6.* # core 2.13
     ansible-7: ansible == 7.* # core 2.14
     ansible-8: ansible == 8.* # core 2.15
-    ansible-4: molecule == 4.*
-    ansible-!4: molecule >= 5 # molecule v5.0.0 requires ansible-core>=2.12
-    ansible-4: molecule-plugins[docker] == 22.*
-    ansible-!4: molecule-plugins[docker] >= 23 # molecule-plugins v23.4.0 requires ansible-core>=2.12
+    ansible-9: ansible == 9.* # core 2.16
+    molecule == 6.*
+    molecule-plugins[docker] == 23.*
+    ansible-lint == 6.*
     paramiko == 3.*
-    ansible-4: ansible-lint == 5.*
-    ansible-!4: ansible-lint >= 6 # ansible-lint 6 made ansible 2.12+ a direct dependency
 commands =
     ansible --version
     molecule destroy