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Status Submitted
Workspace IBM i
Categories Open Source and PASE
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 18, 2024

RELATED IDEAS

Provide ibmi-oss Python Versions greater than 3.9, required for Ansible Control Nodes >= 2.16 on the IBM i

Ansible-Core 2.15 went out of support on 11/2024.
The newer levels of Ansible-Core, >= 2.16, require either Python 3.10, 3.11, 3.12 or greater in order to run on the IBM i as a control node.
See this link:
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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#ansible-core-support-matrix
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The most current version of Python available from IBM on the IBM Open Source Site is the 3.9.20 for the Ansible-Core 2.15
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python version = 3.9.20 (main, Nov 5 2024, 10:59:51) [GCC 6.3.0] (/QOpenSys/pkgs/bin/python3)
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End of support for Python 3.9, scheduled for late 2025, is fast approaching.

To continue running supported Ansible-Core versions > 2.15 on the IBM i Open Source PASE environment, and using IBM i as an Ansible Control Node, an updated version of Python >= 3.10 is required.

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