The sentence seemed to imply that return codes from modules are significant, while they are not. The second part of the sentence confirms this, as it advises to use standard return codes only for future proofing.
commit 24efa310b58c431b4d888a6315d1285da918f670
Author: James Cammarata <jimi@sngx.net>
Date: Tue Dec 29 11:23:52 2015 -0500
Adding an additional test for copy exclusion
Adds a negative test for the situation when an exclusion doesn't
exist in the target to be copied.
commit 643ba054877cf042177d65e6e2958178bdd2fe88
Merge: e6ee59f 66a8f7e
Author: James Cammarata <jimi@sngx.net>
Date: Tue Dec 29 10:59:18 2015 -0500
Merge branch 'speedup' of https://github.com/chrismeyersfsu/ansible into chrismeyersfsu-speedup
commit 66a8f7e873ca90f7848e47b04d9b62aed23a45df
Author: Chris Meyers <chris.meyers.fsu@gmail.com>
Date: Mon Dec 28 09:47:00 2015 -0500
better api and tests added
* _copy_results = deepcopy for better performance
* _copy_results_exclude to deepcopy but exclude certain fields. Pop
fields that do not need to be deep copied. Re-assign popped fields
after deep copy so we don't modify the original, to be copied, object.
* _copy_results_exclude unit tests
commit 93490960ff4e75f38a7cc6f6d49f10f949f1a7da
Author: Chris Meyers <chris.meyers.fsu@gmail.com>
Date: Fri Dec 25 23:17:26 2015 -0600
remove uneeded deepcopy fields
* Fix to error if validate_cert is True and python doesn't support it.
* Only globally disable certificate checking if really needed. Use
bigip verify parameter if available instead.
* Remove public disable certificate function to make it less likely
people will attempt to reuse that
* now module errors clearly state msg=MODULE FAILURE
* module's stdout and stderr go into module_stdout and module_stderr keys
which only appear during parsing failure
* invocation module_args are deleted from results provided by action
plugin as errors can keep us from overwriting and then disclosing info that
was meant to be kept hidden due to no_log
* fixed invocation module_args set by basic.py as it was creating different
keys as the invocation in action plugin base.
* results now merge
Also adds a new var, used by the prepare_tests role, to prevent it from
deleting the temp test directory at the start of each play to avoid any
potential race conditions
* Changed parse_addresses to throw exceptions instead of passing None
* Switched callers to trap and pass through the original values.
* Added very verbose notice
* Look at deprecating this and possibly validate at plugin instead
fixes#13608
