Prepare for major release (#315)

* Prepare for major release

* Add config.yml

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* Update update_requires_ansible.yaml

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Co-authored-by: Ashwini Mhatre <amhatre@amhatre-thinkpadt14sgen2i.pnq.csb>
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README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The Ansible ``ansible.utils`` collection includes a variety of plugins that aid
 <!--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/fragments/update_requires_ansible.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+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 `v2.12.0`.

galaxy.yml

@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ tags:
   - data
   - validation
   - utils
-version: 2.12.0
+version: 3.0.0

meta/runtime.yml

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-requires_ansible: ">=2.9.10"
+requires_ansible: ">=2.14.0"

tests/config.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+modules:
+  python_requires: ">=3.9"