feat!: drop support for ansible-core 2.14 (#512)

##### SUMMARY

ansible-core 2.14 is EOL since 20 May 2024.

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

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -77,16 +77,6 @@ stages:
             - name: Sanity
               test: 2.15/sanity
 
-  - stage: Sanity_2_14
-    displayName: Sanity 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          targets:
-            - name: Sanity
-              test: 2.14/sanity
-
   ### Units
   - stage: Units_devel
     displayName: Units devel
@@ -128,16 +118,6 @@ stages:
             - name: (py3.9)
               test: 2.15/units/3.9
 
-  - stage: Units_2_14
-    displayName: Units 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          targets:
-            - name: (py3.9)
-              test: 2.14/units/3.9
-
   ## Integration
   - stage: Integration_devel
     displayName: Integration devel
@@ -183,17 +163,6 @@ stages:
             - name: (py3.9)
               test: 2.15/integration/3.9
 
-  - stage: Integration_2_14
-    displayName: Integration 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          groups: [1, 2, 3]
-          targets:
-            - name: (py3.9)
-              test: 2.14/integration/3.9
-
   ### Finally
   - stage: Summary
     condition: succeededOrFailed()
@@ -202,16 +171,13 @@ stages:
       - Sanity_2_17
       - Sanity_2_16
       - Sanity_2_15
-      - Sanity_2_14
       - Units_devel
       - Units_2_17
       - Units_2_16
       - Units_2_15
-      - Units_2_14
       - Integration_devel
       - Integration_2_17
       - Integration_2_16
       - Integration_2_15
-      - Integration_2_14
     jobs:
       - template: templates/coverage.yml

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sanity:
     - tags
   parallel:
     matrix:
-      - ANSIBLE_VERSION: ["devel", "2.14", "2.15"]
+      - ANSIBLE_VERSION: ["devel", "2.15"]
         GROUP: [1]
   script:
     - bash tests/utils/gitlab/gitlab.sh ${ANSIBLE_VERSION}/sanity/${GROUP}

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ repos:
         name: ansible-lint
         args: [--offline]
         additional_dependencies:
-          - ansible-core>=2.14
+          - ansible-core>=2.15
           - netaddr
 
   - repo: local

changelogs/fragments/drop-support-for-ansible-core-2.14.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+breaking_changes:
+  - Drop support for ansible-core 2.14.

meta/runtime.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-requires_ansible: ">=2.14.0"
+requires_ansible: ">=2.15.0"
 
 action_groups:
   all:

requirements.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ansible-core>=2.14
+ansible-core>=2.15
 
 # Collections requirements
 netaddr

tests/sanity/ignore-2.14.txt

@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-plugins/inventory/hcloud.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/inventory/hcloud.py yamllint:unparsable-with-libyaml # bug in ansible-test - https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82353
-plugins/modules/certificate_info.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/certificate_info.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/certificate.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/certificate.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/datacenter_info.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/datacenter_info.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/firewall_info.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/firewall_info.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/firewall_resource.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/firewall_resource.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/firewall.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/firewall.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/floating_ip_info.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/floating_ip_info.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/floating_ip.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/floating_ip.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/image_info.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/image_info.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/iso_info.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/iso_info.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/load_balancer_info.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/load_balancer_info.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/load_balancer_network.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/load_balancer_network.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/load_balancer_service.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/load_balancer_service.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/load_balancer_target.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/load_balancer_target.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/load_balancer_type_info.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/load_balancer_type_info.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/load_balancer.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/load_balancer.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/location_info.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/location_info.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/network_info.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/network_info.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/network.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/network.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/placement_group.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/placement_group.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/primary_ip_info.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/primary_ip_info.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/primary_ip.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/primary_ip.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/rdns.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/rdns.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/route.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/route.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/server_info.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/server_info.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/server_network.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/server_network.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/server_type_info.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/server_type_info.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/server.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/server.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/ssh_key_info.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/ssh_key_info.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/ssh_key.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/ssh_key.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/subnetwork.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/subnetwork.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/volume_info.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/volume_info.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation
-plugins/modules/volume.py validate-modules:illegal-future-imports
-plugins/modules/volume.py validate-modules:import-before-documentation