Bump ansible to v2.16.18

[mboersma]

Change description

Updates ansible-core to v2.16.18, supporting Python 3.10-3.12.

Related issues

See #1925 for prior art.

Additional context

See also #1894. I think we can get there, but maybe in baby steps...

[mboersma]

/hold

I realize ansible-core 2.17 also supports Python 3.10-3.12. I'll open another PR and see if we can bump up to that.

[mboersma]

/test pull-azure-sigs
/test pull-ova-all
/test pull-gcp-all

[mboersma]

/test pull-lint

[mboersma]

Note that ansible-core's support matrix claims broader support for Python versions, but the packages available at pypi are much more constrained, and that's what determines whether they can actually be installed with a given version of Python.

[mboersma]

/hold cancel

This is a safe change. Let's revisit #1973 and #1974 after this merges.

[mboersma]

/retest

[mboersma]

/retest

Transient error.

[drew-viles]

/lgtm
/approve

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