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ansible-core @ Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is EOL

Asked by Joseph

Hi,

Currently shipped 'ansible-core' version by Ubuntu 22.04 is 2.12 , which is considered "Unmaintained (end of life)" by ansible project https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#ansible-community-changelogs

Are there any plans to update it to currently supported version?
Thanks!

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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

You are reading a wrong table.

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#ansible-core-support-matrix

Version 2.12 will be end of life only 22 May 2023.

If you are looking for newer versions: there are PPAs, e.g. https://launchpad.net/~ansible/+archive/ubuntu/ansible-7

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Joseph (jo-krk) said : 		#2

Thanks Manfred Hampl, that solved my question.

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Erik Schwalbe (erikschwalbe) said : 		#3

Hello Manfred,
also thanks for your answer.
But what will be happen after 22.05.2023?
Will you provide a maintained ansible-core package for the latest Ubuntu 22.04. LTS version? For example, ansible-core version 2.14?
Regards,
Erik

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#4

@Erik Schwalbe: "Will you provide ..."

The problem is the "you".
Ansible-core is in the "universe" category, that means that it is community-maintained, and not managed by Ubuntu/Canonical staff.

Somebody has to prepare a solution which then can published. Everybody is invited to help, including yourself.

There are several potential ways forward:
A quick check of the dependencies does not show a problem that would prevent installing the version for lunar (currently 2.14.2-1) on jammy. That should allow a backport.
There are already some PPAs with higher versions, see https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas?name_filter=ansible-core for a list of potential candidates.