[major] Prep release 6.0.0 (#608)

* [major] Prep release 6.0.0

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.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
     branches: ["main"]
 jobs:
   build:
-    name: Ansible Lint  # Naming the build is important to use it as a status check
+    name: Ansible Lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - name: Run ansible-lint
-        uses: ansible/ansible-lint@main  # or version tag instead of 'main'
+        uses: ansible/ansible-lint@main

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@ Ansible Netcommon Collection Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v6.0.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Starting from this release, the minimum `ansible-core` version this collection requires is `2.14.0`. That last known version compatible with ansible-core<2.14 is `v5.3.0`.
+
+Major Changes
+-------------
+
+- Bumping `requires_ansible` to `>=2.14.0`, since previous ansible-core versions are EoL now.
+
 v5.3.0
 ======
 

README.md

@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 [![CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/actions/workflows/tests.yml/badge.svg?branch=main&event=schedule)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/actions/workflows/tests.yml)
 
 The Ansible ``ansible.netcommon`` collection includes common content to help automate the management of network, security, and cloud devices.
-This includes  connection plugins, such as ``network_cli``, ``httpapi``, and ``netconf``.
+This includes connection plugins, such as ``network_cli``, ``httpapi``, and ``netconf``.
 
 <!--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`).
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@ The most common use case for this collection is to include it as a dependency in
 
 See the [Vyos collection](https://github.com/ansible-collections/vyos) for an example of this.
 
-
-**NOTE**: For Ansible 2.9, you may not see deprecation warnings when you run your playbooks with this collection. Use this documentation to track when a module is deprecated.
-
 ### See Also:
 
 * [Ansible Using collections](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/collections_using.html) for more details.

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -719,3 +719,15 @@ releases:
       - sanity_ignores.yaml
       - trivial_lint.yaml
     release_date: "2023-10-17"
+  6.0.0:
+    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
+        ansible-core<2.14 is `v5.3.0`.
+    fragments:
+      - major_600.yml
+    release_date: "2023-11-30"

galaxy.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 authors:
   - Ansible Network Community (ansible-network)
 dependencies:
-  "ansible.utils": ">=2.7.0"
+  "ansible.utils": ">=3.0.0"
 license_file: LICENSE
 name: netcommon
 namespace: ansible
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ readme: README.md
 repository: https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon
 issues: https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/issues
 tags: [networking, security, cloud, network_cli, netconf, httpapi, grpc]
-version: 5.3.0
+version: 6.0.0

meta/runtime.yml

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

tests/config.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ---
 modules:
-  python_requires: ">=3.6"
+  python_requires: ">=3.9"