Merge pull request #674 from saito-hideki/stable-2_pr673

[Backport][stable-2][AZP] #673

SUMMARY
This PR is a backport pull request for #673 to stable-2:

Addresses #672
Bump test container version 7.0.0
Removes Ansible Core 2.15 tests. Python 3.11 is no longer supported in Container 7.0.0.

ISSUE TYPE

CI Pull Request

COMPONENT NAME

ansible.posix

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
None

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ variables:
 resources:
   containers:
     - container: default
-      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:6.0.0
+      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:7.0.0
 
 pool: Standard
 
@@ -115,19 +115,6 @@ stages:
               test: sanity
             - name: Units
               test: units
-  - stage: Sanity_2_15
-    displayName: Ansible 2.15 sanity & Units & Lint
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: "{0}"
-          testFormat: 2.15/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Sanity
-              test: sanity
-            - name: Units
-              test: units
   ## Docker
   - stage: Docker_devel
     displayName: Docker devel
@@ -149,10 +136,10 @@ stages:
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: devel/linux/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.19/linux/{0}/1
           targets:
-            - name: Fedora 42
-              test: fedora42
+            - name: Fedora 41
+              test: fedora41
             - name: Ubuntu 22.04
               test: ubuntu2204
             - name: Ubuntu 24.04
@@ -198,23 +185,6 @@ stages:
             - name: Ubuntu 22.04
               test: ubuntu2204
 
-  - stage: Docker_2_15
-    displayName: Docker 2.15
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.15/linux/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - name: CentOS 7
-              test: centos7
-            - name: Fedora 37
-              test: fedora37
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py3
-              test: opensuse15
-            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
-              test: ubuntu2204
-
   ## Remote
   - stage: Remote_devel
     displayName: Remote devel
@@ -238,14 +208,14 @@ stages:
     jobs:
       - template: templates/matrix.yml
         parameters:
-          testFormat: devel/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.19/{0}/1
           targets:
             - name: RHEL 10.0
               test: rhel/10.0
-            - name: RHEL 9.6
-              test: rhel/9.6
-            - name: FreeBSD 14.3
-              test: freebsd/14.3
+            - name: RHEL 9.5
+              test: rhel/9.5
+            - name: FreeBSD 14.2
+              test: freebsd/14.2
             - name: FreeBSD 13.5
               test: freebsd/13.5
   - stage: Remote_2_18
@@ -285,29 +255,11 @@ stages:
             - name: RHEL 9.2
               test: rhel/9.2
 
-  - stage: Remote_2_15
-    displayName: Remote 2.15
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.15/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - name: RHEL 7.9
-              test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: RHEL 8.7
-              test: rhel/8.7
-            - name: RHEL 9.1
-              test: rhel/9.1
-
   ## Finally
 
   - stage: Summary
     condition: succeededOrFailed()
     dependsOn:
-      - Sanity_2_15
-      - Remote_2_15
-      - Docker_2_15
       - Sanity_2_16
       - Remote_2_16
       - Docker_2_16

README.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ An Ansible Collection of modules and plugins that target POSIX UNIX/Linux and de
 * Python:
   * The Python interpreter version must meet Ansible Core's requirements.
 * Ansible Core:
-  - ansible-core 2.15 or later
+  - ansible-core 2.16 or later
 
 ## Installation
 

changelogs/fragments/673_update_ci_20250805.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+trivial:
+  - Update AZP CI matrix (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/673).

meta/runtime.yml

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-requires_ansible: ">=2.15.0"
+requires_ansible: ">=2.16.0"