#ansible-network: Network Working Group

Meeting summary

1. 1. Agenda as always https://github.com/ansible/community/labels/network (gundalow, 16:04:31)
   
   
2. Docs (gundalow, 16:05:46)
   
3. Open Floor (gundalow, 16:15:36)
   
4. facts vs gets (gundalow, 16:16:30)
   
5. Open Floor (gundalow, 16:19:29)
   
6. connection: network_cli (unable to open shell) (gundalow, 16:22:44)
   1. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/32521 rewrites the connection framework. (gundalow, 16:23:13)
   2. NO MORE UNABLE TO OPEN SHELL!!!!!!!!! (gundalow, 16:23:20)
   3. this allows `connection: network_cli` (as well as backwards compatabilty for `connection: local` (gundalow, 16:23:54)
   4. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/31243 #link https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/31776 (evgenyf, 16:27:57)
   
   
7. Ansible 2.5 (gundalow, 16:31:27)
   1. Network Roadmap https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Network:Core-roadmap-2.5 (gundalow, 16:31:41)
   2. Dates and full 2.5 roadmap https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/docs/docsite/rst/roadmap/ROADMAP_2_5.rst (gundalow, 16:32:09)
   3. Core Engine Freeze and Module Freeze: 15 January 2018 (gundalow, 16:32:20)
   
   
8. Radware ADC devices (gundalow, 16:35:55)
   
9. Radware ADC devices via vDirect server (gundalow, 16:36:04)
   1. Module for running templates and workflows on vDirect https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/31243 (gundalow, 16:36:18)
   2. vdirect_commit: committing pending configuration on Radware ADC devices https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/31776 (gundalow, 16:36:34)
   
   
10. Open Floor (gundalow, 16:42:08)
    1. Thanks everybody. As always feel free to add items onto https://github.com/ansible/community/labels/network or just speak to us in #ansible-network anytime (gundalow, 16:55:23)

Action items

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People present (lines said)

1. gundalow (72)
2. itdependsnetwork (17)
3. evgenyf (15)
4. st8less (8)
5. ogenstad (8)
6. zodbot (6)
7. Qalthos (3)
8. skg-net (2)
9. jmcgill298 (2)
10. EricDost (1)
11. trishnag (1)
12. ganeshrn (0)