bump netcommon dep to 6.1.3 and retire ansible core older than 2.14

.github/matrix.yml

@@ -7,28 +7,9 @@
 # support matrix for ansible control node - https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#node-requirement-summary
 
 include:
-  ####################
-  # Python 3.8
-  ####################
-  - &latest-2_12
-    ansible-core-version: "2.12.10"
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
-    python-version: "3.8"
-
-  - &latest-2_13
-    ansible-core-version: "2.13.13"
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
-    python-version: "3.8"
-
   ####################
   # Python 3.9
   ####################
-  - <<: *latest-2_12
-    python-version: "3.9"
-
-  - <<: *latest-2_13
-    python-version: "3.9"
-
   - &latest-2_14
     ansible-core-version: "2.14.11"
     runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
@@ -43,15 +24,6 @@ include:
   # Python 3.10
   ####################
 
-  # removing 2_12 and 2_13 because TLS tests are failing
-  # this doesn't make the collection unusable with these versions
-  # when 23.10 comes out with TLS 1.3 we will remove these checks and bring back 2_12 and 2_13
-  # - <<: *latest-2_12
-  #   python-version: "3.10"
-
-  # - <<: *latest-2_13
-  #   python-version: "3.10"
-
   - <<: *latest-2_14
     python-version: "3.10"
 
@@ -62,12 +34,6 @@ include:
   # Python 3.11
   ####################
 
-  # - <<: *latest-2_12
-  #   python-version: "3.11"
-
-  # - <<: *latest-2_13
-  #   python-version: "3.11"
-
   - <<: *latest-2_14
     python-version: "3.11"
 

galaxy.yml

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ tags:
 # L(specifiers,https://python-semanticversion.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#requirement-specification). Multiple version
 # range specifiers can be set and are separated by ','
 dependencies:
-  "ansible.netcommon": ">=5.2.0"
+  "ansible.netcommon": "6.1.3"
 
 # The URL of the originating SCM repository
 repository: https://github.com/nokia/srlinux-ansible-collection