.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ stages:
           targets:
             - name: CentOS 7
               test: centos7
-            - name: Fedora 38
+            - name: Fedora 37
-              test: fedora38
+              test: fedora37
             - name: openSUSE 15 py3
               test: opensuse15
             - name: Ubuntu 20.04
@@ -213,14 +213,14 @@ stages:
               test: macos/13.2
             - name: RHEL 7.9
               test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: RHEL 8.8
+            - name: RHEL 8.7
-              test: rhel/8.8
+              test: rhel/8.7
-            - name: RHEL 9.2
+            - name: RHEL 9.1
-              test: rhel/9.2
+              test: rhel/9.1
             - name: FreeBSD 12.4
               test: freebsd/12.4
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.2
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.1
-              test: freebsd/13.2
+              test: freebsd/13.1
   - stage: Remote_2_15
     displayName: Remote 2.15
     dependsOn: []

changelogs/fragments/477_ci_update.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-trivial:
-  - "Drop Python3.9 and update versions of RHEL,Fedora and FreeBSD for ansible-core:devel test(https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix/issues/476)."

tests/utils/shippable/shippable.sh

@@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ function cleanup
         fi
 
         if [ "${process_coverage}" ]; then
-            python3 -m venv ~/ansible-venv
+            # use python 3.9 for coverage to avoid running out of memory during coverage xml processing
+            # only use it for coverage to avoid the additional overhead of setting up a virtual environment for a potential no-op job
+            virtualenv --python /usr/bin/python3.9 ~/ansible-venv
             set +ux
             . ~/ansible-venv/bin/activate
             set -ux