[Major] Prepare release 5.0.0

.ansible-lint

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+profile: production
+
+exclude_paths:
+  - changelogs/changelog.yaml

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+name: ansible-lint
+on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["main"]
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Ansible Lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Run ansible-lint
+        uses: ansible/ansible-lint@main

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
     - cron: '0 0 * * *'
 
 jobs:
-  ansible-lint:
-    uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/workflows/ansible-lint.yml@main
   changelog:
     uses: ansible-network/github_actions/.github/workflows/changelog.yml@main
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
@@ -31,7 +29,6 @@ jobs:
   all_green:
     if: ${{ always() }}
     needs:
-      - ansible-lint
       - changelog
       - sanity
       - unit-galaxy
@@ -41,7 +38,6 @@ jobs:
       - run: >-
           python -c "assert 'failure' not in
           set([
-          '${{ needs.ansible-lint.result }}',
           '${{ needs.changelog.result }}',
           '${{ needs.sanity.result }}',
           '${{ needs.unit-galaxy.result }}',

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@ Cisco Asa Collection Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v5.0.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Starting from this release, the minimum `ansible-core` version this collection requires is `2.14.0`. The last known version compatible with ansible-core<2.14 is `v4.0.3`.
+
+Major Changes
+-------------
+
+- Bumping `requires_ansible` to `>=2.14.0`, since previous ansible-core versions are EoL now.
+
 v4.0.3
 ======
 

README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The Ansible Cisco ASA collection includes a variety of Ansible content to help a
 <!--start requires_ansible-->
 ## Ansible version compatibility
 
-This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: **>=2.9.10**.
+This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: **>=2.14.0**.
 
 For collections that support Ansible 2.9, please ensure you update your `network_os` to use the
 fully qualified collection name (for example, `cisco.ios.ios`).

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -204,3 +204,14 @@ releases:
       - codecov_pr.yml
       - lint_fixtures.yaml
     release_date: "2023-10-31"
+  5.0.0:
+    changes:
+      major_changes:
+        - Bumping `requires_ansible` to `>=2.14.0`, since previous ansible-core versions
+          are EoL now.
+      release_summary:
+        Starting from this release, the minimum `ansible-core` version
+        this collection requires is `2.14.0`. That last known version compatible with
+    fragments:
+      - lint_fixtures.yaml
+    release_date: "2023-11-30"

galaxy.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 authors:
   - Ansible Security Community (ansible-security)
 dependencies:
-  "ansible.netcommon": ">=2.5.1"
+  "ansible.netcommon": ">=6.0.0"
 license_file: LICENSE
 name: asa
 namespace: cisco
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ issues: https://github.com/ansible-collections/cisco.asa/issues
 tags: [cisco, asa, networking, security]
 # NOTE(pabelanger): We create an empty version key to keep ansible-galaxy
 # happy. We dynamically inject version info based on git information.
-version: 4.0.3
+version: 5.0.0

meta/runtime.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-requires_ansible: ">=2.9.10"
+requires_ansible: ">=2.14.0"
 plugin_routing:
   action:
     asa_acls:

tests/config.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+modules:
+  python_requires: ">=3.9"