Major release 7.0.0 (#461)

* Major release 7.0.0

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* Create update_ansible_version.yaml

* Update update_ansible_version.yaml

* Update changelogs/fragments/update_ansible_version.yaml

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* Preapare for release 7.0.0

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CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@ Cisco Iosxr Collection Release Notes
 .. contents:: Topics
 
 
+v7.0.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Starting from this release, the minimum `ansible-core` version this collection requires is `2.14.0`. The last known version compatible with ansible-core<2.14 is `v6.1.1`.
+
+Major Changes
+-------------
+
+- Bumping `requires_ansible` to `>=2.14.0`, since previous ansible-core versions are EoL now.
+
 v6.1.1
 ======
 

README.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This collection has been tested against Cisco IOSXR version 7.0.2.
 <!--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`).

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -688,3 +688,16 @@ releases:
       - fix_python_version.yaml
       - revert_pylibssh_depn.yaml
     release_date: "2023-11-27"
+  7.0.0:
+    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`. The last known version compatible with
+        ansible-core<2.14 is `v6.1.1`.
+    fragments:
+      - trivial_lint.yaml
+      - update_ansible_version.yaml
+    release_date: "2023-11-30"

galaxy.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 authors:
   - Ansible Network Community (ansible-network)
 dependencies:
-  "ansible.netcommon": ">=2.5.1"
+  "ansible.netcommon": ">=6.0.0"
 license_file: LICENSE
 name: iosxr
 namespace: cisco
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ issues: https://github.com/ansible-collections/cisco.iosxr/issues
 tags: [cisco, iosxr, networking, netconf]
 # NOTE(pabelanger): We create an empty version key to keep ansible-galaxy
 # happy. We dynamically inject version info based on git information.
-version: "6.1.1"
+version: "7.0.0"

meta/runtime.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-requires_ansible: ">=2.9.10"
+requires_ansible: ">=2.14.0"
 plugin_routing:
   modules:
     acl_interfaces:

tests/config.yml

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