Refactor(plugins): Deprecate various unused Ansible plugins

[ClausHolbechArista]

Change Summary

Deprecate various unused Ansible plugins

Proposed changes

• The following Ansible plugins are no longer being used by AVD and have been deprecated for removal in AVD 5.0.0. See the plugin docs for possible replacements.

  Filters:

  • arista.avd.generate_esi
  • arista.avd.generate_lacp_id
  • arista.avd.generate_route_target

  Action plugins / Modules:

  • arista.avd.batch_template
  • arista.avd.validate_and_template
  • arista.avd.yaml_templates_to_facts

How to test

Hopefully no changes. The plugins are not being removed. Just deprecated.

Checklist

User Checklist

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Repository Checklist

• My code has been rebased from devel before I start
• I have read the CONTRIBUTING document.
• My change requires a change to the documentation and documentation have been updated accordingly.
• I have updated molecule CI testing accordingly. (check the box if not applicable)

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To test this pull request:

# Create virtual environment for this testing below the current directory
python -m venv test-avd-pr-4166
# Activate the virtual environment
source test-avd-pr-4166/bin/activate
# Install all requirements including PyAVD
pip install "pyavd[ansible] @ git+https://github.com/ClausHolbechArista/avd.git@refactor/deprecate-plugins#subdirectory=python-avd" --force
# Install Ansible collection
ansible-galaxy collection install git+https://github.com/ClausHolbechArista/avd.git#/ansible_collections/arista/avd/,refactor/deprecate-plugins --force
# Optional: Install AVD examples
cd test-avd-pr-4166
ansible-playbook arista.avd.install_examples

[carlbuchmann]

We should add a note in the semantic versioning table, this will also remind us to remove it from there! https://github.com/aristanetworks/avd/blob/devel/ansible_collections/arista/avd/docs/semantic-versioning.md

If you agree I can do this and commit to your PR!

[ClausHolbechArista]

We should add a note in the semantic versioning table, this will also remind us to remove it from there! https://github.com/aristanetworks/avd/blob/devel/ansible_collections/arista/avd/docs/semantic-versioning.md

If you agree I can do this and commit to your PR!

I considered this, but I do not want to have yet another place to track such things.

[carlbuchmann]

LGTM