[Server-devel] Ansible 2.7 for IIAB 6.7: let's remove pink/red warnings to prep IIAB for 2019 Ansible 2.8/2.9 deprecations

[Adam Holt]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 4:52 PM Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org> wrote:

> Can someone lend a hand modernizing our Internet-in-a-Box Ansible code,
> looking over these pink and red warnings, to eliminate many/most, as
> several will prevent us from running Ansible in 2019?
> https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/1130
> https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/1100
>
> If so please install Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB) 6.7 on any hardware, but
> especially on any OS like Ubuntu 18.04, Debian 9.5+, or Raspbian — and
> simply help us all tabulate/categorize/squash all these warnings!
>
> Our 1-line installer is here:
>
>    http://download.iiab.io/6.7
>

CLARIF: Internet-in-a-Box 6.7/master is a rolling release, rather than a
fixed/finalized version.

It's heavily QA'd on a daily basis thanks to a number of *quite incredible
volunteer contributors*, and as a result is already in use in a few
production environments.

FYI it is a step up from Internet-in-a-Box 6.6 released on Sept 12:

   https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-6.6-Release-Notes


(Like Ansible 2.7, Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish also arrives in just a
> few short weeks...and while 18.10 will *not be formally* supported as
> it's not an LTS OS...it just might possibly work with IIAB, with very minor
> tweaks!?)
>
>
> ** Thanks for helping us all make the transition to Ansible's new versions
> for 2019 ~ do send me a quick note anyone who can run a couple test
> installs in coming weeks **
>
>
> *In Other News: IIAB 6.7/master is definitely starting to shine now, with
> several install process wins now (faster & cleaner install process, with
> near-immediate remote access during provisioning!)*
>
> *...and a sneak preview of even bigger things scheduled to land on Tuesday
> Sept 25 :) *
>
>    Copy Content Packs to/from USB sticks/storage
>    https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/828
>
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