Update minimum ansible version to 2.16 (#695)

* Update minimum ansible version to 2.16

* add changelog'

Author: roverflow

README.md

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ For more information about communication, see the [Ansible communication guide](
 <!--start requires_ansible-->
 ## Ansible version compatibility
 
-This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: **>=2.15.0**.
+This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: **>=2.16.0**.
 
 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/fragments/bump216.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+release_summary: >
+  With this release, the minimum required version of `ansible-core` for this collection is `2.16.0`.
+  The last version known to be compatible with `ansible-core` versions below `2.16` is v7.2.0.
+major_changes:
+  - Bumping `requires_ansible` to `>=2.16.0`, since previous ansible-core versions are EoL now.

meta/runtime.yml

@@ -1,94 +1,8 @@
 ---
-requires_ansible: ">=2.15.0"
+requires_ansible: ">=2.16.0"
 plugin_routing:
   action:
     grpc_config:
       redirect: ansible.netcommon.grpc
     grpc_get:
       redirect: ansible.netcommon.grpc
-  filter:
-    cidr_merge:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_date: "2024-01-01"
-        warning_text: Use 'ansible.utils.cidr_merge' module instead.
-      redirect: ansible.utils.cidr_merge
-    ipaddr:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_date: "2024-01-01"
-        warning_text: Use 'ansible.utils.ipaddr' module instead.
-      redirect: ansible.utils.ipaddr
-    ipmath:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_date: "2024-01-01"
-        warning_text: Use 'ansible.utils.ipmath' module instead.
-      redirect: ansible.utils.ipmath
-    ipwrap:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_date: "2024-01-01"
-        warning_text: Use 'ansible.utils.ipwrap' module instead.
-      redirect: ansible.utils.ipwrap
-    ip4_hex:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_date: "2024-01-01"
-        warning_text: Use 'ansible.utils.ip4_hex' module instead.
-      redirect: ansible.utils.ipv4_hex
-    ipv4:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_date: "2024-01-01"
-        warning_text: Use 'ansible.utils.ipv4' module instead.
-      redirect: ansible.utils.ipv4
-    ipv6:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_date: "2024-01-01"
-        warning_text: Use 'ansible.utils.ipv6' module instead.
-      redirect: ansible.utils.ipv6
-    ipsubnet:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_date: "2024-01-01"
-        warning_text: Use 'ansible.utils.ipsubnet' module instead.
-      redirect: ansible.utils.ipsubnet
-    next_nth_usable:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_date: "2024-01-01"
-        warning_text: Use 'ansible.utils.next_nth_usable' module instead.
-      redirect: ansible.utils.next_nth_usable
-    network_in_network:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_date: "2024-01-01"
-        warning_text: Use 'ansible.utils.network_in_network' module instead.
-      redirect: ansible.utils.network_in_network
-    network_in_usable:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_date: "2024-01-01"
-        warning_text: Use 'ansible.utils.network_in_usable' module instead.
-      redirect: ansible.utils.network_in_usable
-    reduce_on_network:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_date: "2024-01-01"
-        warning_text: Use 'ansible.utils.reduce_on_network' module instead.
-      redirect: ansible.utils.reduce_on_network
-    nthhost:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_date: "2024-01-01"
-        warning_text: Use 'ansible.utils.nthhost' module instead.
-      redirect: ansible.utils.nthhost
-    previous_nth_usable:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_date: "2024-01-01"
-        warning_text: Use 'ansible.utils.previous_nth_usable' module instead.
-      redirect: ansible.utils.previous_nth_usable
-    slaac:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_date: "2024-01-01"
-        warning_text: Use 'ansible.utils.slaac' module instead.
-      redirect: ansible.utils.slaac
-    hwaddr:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_date: "2024-01-01"
-        warning_text: Use 'ansible.utils.hwaddr' module instead.
-      redirect: ansible.utils.hwaddr
-    macaddr:
-      deprecation:
-        removal_date: "2024-01-01"
-        warning_text: Use 'ansible.utils.macaddr' module instead.
-      redirect: ansible.utils.macaddr

tests/config.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
 modules:
-  python_requires: ">=3.9"
+  python_requires: ">=3.10"