Add deprecation notice in README (#347)

* Add deprecation notice in README

Signed-off-by: NilashishC <[email protected]>

* Remove tox.ini

Signed-off-by: NilashishC <[email protected]>

* [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks

for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci

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Signed-off-by: NilashishC <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: pre-commit-ci[bot] <66853113+pre-commit-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: NilashishC

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 ---
 repos:
-  - repo: https://github.com/ansible-network/collection_prep
-    rev: 1.1.1
-    hooks:
-      - id: update-docs
-
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v4.4.0
     hooks:
@@ -29,6 +24,6 @@ repos:
         args: ["--filter-files"]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 23.9.1
+    rev: 24.4.2
     hooks:
       - id: black

README.md

@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@
 # VyOS Collection
 [![CI](https://zuul-ci.org/gated.svg)](https://dashboard.zuul.ansible.com/t/ansible/project/github.com/ansible-collections/vyos.vyos) <!--[![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/vyos)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/vyos)-->
 [![Codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/vyos.vyos/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/vyos.vyos)
+
+⚠️ **The vyos.vyos collection has been [deprecated](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-123/2568#project-updates-8) and will reach it's end-of-life on December, 2025. We are no longer accepting new pull requests, except for ones that fix critical bugs or security vulnerabilities. Compatibility with ansible-core>2.17 is not guaranteed.**
+
 The Ansible VyOS collection includes a variety of Ansible content to help automate the management of VyOS network appliances.
 
 This collection has been tested against VyOS 1.1.8 (helium).
 
 <!--start requires_ansible-->
 ## Ansible version compatibility
 
-This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: **>=2.9.10**.
+This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: **<2.18.0,>=2.15.0**.
 
 For collections that support Ansible 2.9, please ensure you update your `network_os` to use the
 fully qualified collection name (for example, `cisco.ios.ios`).

plugins/module_utils/network/vyos/config/ospfv2/ospfv2.py

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
 
 class Ospfv2(ConfigBase):
-
     """
     The vyos_ospfv2 class
     """

plugins/module_utils/network/vyos/facts/ospfv2/ospfv2.py

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 
 class Ospfv2Facts(object):
-
     """The vyos ospfv2 fact class"""
 
     def __init__(

plugins/module_utils/network/vyos/facts/ospfv3/ospfv3.py

@@ -184,9 +184,7 @@ def map_regex(self, attrib):
         return (
             "disable"
             if attrib == "disabled"
-            else "enable"
-            if attrib == "enabled"
-            else attrib.replace("_", "-")
+            else "enable" if attrib == "enabled" else attrib.replace("_", "-")
         )
 
     def is_bool(self, attrib):

test-requirements.txt

@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
-# For ansible-tox-linters
-black==23.3.0 ; python_version >= '3.7'
-flake8
-yamllint
-
 # Unit test runner
-pytest-ansible ; python_version >= '3.9'
-git+https://github.com/ansible-community/pytest-ansible-units.git ; python_version < '3.9'
+pytest-ansible
 pytest-xdist
-
-# For integration tests
-pexpect
+pytest-cov