Dev collection.release 1.4.0 (#181)

* Preparations for Release 1.4.0

* Updates to the README.md

* Update the README.md file with the powerpower_aix_vioshc requirements info.

* Changes in the README.md and release_notes.rst per review.

* Add docs/_pdf and test/unit to the build_ignore.

* Add the new ibm-power_aix-1.4.0.tar.gz to the builds folder.

MAINTAINERS.md

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Following is the current list of maintainers on this project
 
 The maintainers are listed in alphabetical order of their Github username.
 
-* Paul B. Finley (@pbfinley1911)
+* Pedro V Torres (@pvtorres)
 
 
 
-Paul Finley - pfinley@us.ibm.com
+Pedro V Torres -  pvtorres@us.ibm.com

README.md

@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ This repository contains some example best practices for open source repositorie
 <!-- ## Notes -->
 ## Requirements
 
+- AIX 7.3 will require additional software only for the flrtvc, nim_flrtvc and nim_vios_hc AIX Ansible Collection's modules.
+    Additional open-source software is installed by configuring [DNF] first. [YUM] only supports Python2.
+  - Modules flrtvc and nim_flrtvc requires wget. See demo playbooks examples.
+  - Module nim_vios_hc software requirements will be automatically installed using power_aix_vioshc role. See demo playbook examples.
+
 ### Platforms
 
 - AIX 7.1
@@ -48,10 +53,9 @@ This repository contains some example best practices for open source repositorie
 ### Python
 
 - Requires Python 2.7 or newer
-- To install (or upgrade) Python on AIX 7.1 and 7.2, you must first configure [YUM].  As part of YUM installation, Python2 will be installed by default
-- After setting up and installing YUM, you may update all the packages to the latest level using the yum update command
-- AIX 7.3 will come with python3 pre-installed and Ansible will work with it.
-- AIX 7.3 package manager needs to be DNF instead of yum as yum does not work with python3.
+- To install (or upgrade) Python on AIX 7.1 and 7.2, you must first configure [YUM].  As part of YUM installation, Python2 will be installed by default.
+- After setting up and installing YUM, you may update all the packages to the latest level using the yum update command.
+- AIX 7.3 will come with Python3 pre-installed. Ansible will work with AIX 7.3 with no need for additional software.
 
 
 ## Resources

docs/source/release_notes.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,34 @@ Releases
 ========
 
 
+Version 1.4.0
+-------------
+Notes
+  * Support for the new AIX 7.3 release.
+  * Updates to multiple modules and roles to ensure python2/python3 compatibility.
+  * Updates to the power_aix_bootstrap to install dnf on AIX 7.3.
+  * Updates to the flrtc and nim_flrtvc modules to work with the new AIX toolsbox
+    wget binary path: /opt/freeware/bin.
+  * Multiple fixes to clean up ansible-lint and other sanity checks.
+  * Fix issue #168. power_aix_bootstrap inventory_host variable problem.
+  * Fix issue #157 for the mount.py module. Error while changing the state from mount to unmount while mounting/umounting for a NFSv4 filesytem.
+  * Fix issue #151 for user.py. Fail to create/modify user if attribute "gecos" contains spaces.
+
+Availability
+  * `Automation Hub v1.4.0`_
+  * `Galaxy v1.4.0`_
+  * `GitHub v1.4.0`_
+
+.. _Automation Hub v1.4.0:
+   https://cloud.redhat.com/ansible/automation-hub/ibm/power_aix
+
+.. _Galaxy v1.4.0:
+   https://galaxy.ansible.com/download/ibm-power_aix-1.4.0.tar.gz
+
+.. _GitHub v1.4.0:
+   https://github.com/IBM/ansible-power-aix/releases/download/v1.4.0/ibm-power_aix-1.4.0.tar.gz
+
+
 Version 1.3.1
 -------------
 Notes

galaxy.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace: ibm
 name: power_aix
 
 # The version of the collection.
-version: 1.3.1
+version: 1.4.0
 
 # Collection README file (relative to root path)
 readme: README.md
@@ -46,4 +46,6 @@ issues: https://github.com/IBM/ansible-power-aix/issues
 build_ignore:
 - builds
 - devops
+- 'docs/_pdf'
+- 'tests/unit'
 - '*.tar.gz'