deprecate the use of 'skip_ansible_lint'

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+- DEPRECATE
+  - the tag 'skip_ansible_lint' to skip tasks is deprecated
+    use 'skip_ansible_later' instead
+- ENHANCEMENT
+  - add a non-enforcement rule for deprecated features
+    if you use a custom standards file you may have to enable `check_deprecate`
 - BUGFIX
   - ANSIBLE0010 - allow `shell` module if `args.executable` is used
     as this parameter is no longer support by command module

ansiblelater/data/standards.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Example standards definition."""
 
+from ansiblelater.rules.deprecated import check_deprecated
 from ansiblelater.rules.ansiblefiles import check_become_user
 from ansiblelater.rules.ansiblefiles import check_braces_spaces
 from ansiblelater.rules.ansiblefiles import check_command_has_changes
@@ -27,6 +28,15 @@ from ansiblelater.rules.yamlfiles import check_yaml_hyphens
 from ansiblelater.rules.yamlfiles import check_yaml_indent
 from ansiblelater.standard import Standard
 
+deprecated_features = Standard(
+    dict(
+        id="ANSIBLE9999",
+        name="Deprecated features should not be used",
+        check=check_deprecated,
+        types=["playbook", "task", "handler"]
+    )
+)
+
 tasks_should_be_separated = Standard(
     dict(
         id="ANSIBLE0001",
@@ -296,6 +306,7 @@ standards = [
     literal_bool_should_be_formatted,
     use_become_with_become_user,
     use_spaces_around_filters,
+    deprecated_features,
     # Lint
     files_should_not_contain_unnecessarily_empty_lines,
     files_should_be_indented,

ansiblelater/rules/deprecated.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""Checks related to ansible specific best practices."""
+
+from ansiblelater.command.candidates import Error
+from ansiblelater.command.candidates import Result
+from ansiblelater.utils.rulehelper import get_normalized_tasks
+
+
+def check_deprecated(candidate, settings):
+    tasks, errors = get_normalized_tasks(candidate, settings, full=True)
+    description = "'{old}' is deprecated and should not be used anymore. Use '{new}' instead."
+
+    if not errors:
+        for task in tasks:
+            if "skip_ansible_lint" in task.get("tags"):
+                errors.append(
+                    Error(
+                        task["__line__"],
+                        description.format(old="skip_ansible_lint", new="skip_ansible_later")
+                    )
+                )
+    return Result(candidate.path, errors)

ansiblelater/utils/rulehelper.py

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def get_normalized_task(task, candidate, settings):
     return normalized, errors
 
 
-def get_normalized_tasks(candidate, settings):
+def get_normalized_tasks(candidate, settings, full=False):
     normalized = []
     errors = []
     try:
@@ -77,9 +77,16 @@ def get_normalized_tasks(candidate, settings):
                 # An empty `tags` block causes `None` to be returned if
                 # the `or []` is not present - `task.get("tags", [])`
                 # does not suffice.
-                if "skip_ansible_lint" in (task.get("tags") or []):
+
+                # Deprecated.
+                if "skip_ansible_lint" in (task.get("tags") or []) and not full:
                     # No need to normalize_task if we are skipping it.
                     continue
+
+                if "skip_ansible_later" in (task.get("tags") or []) and not full:
+                    # No need to normalize_task if we are skipping it.
+                    continue
+
                 normalized.append(
                     normalize_task(task, candidate.path, settings["ansible"]["custom_modules"])
                 )