Windows: progress tracker

This document lists a number of open items anyone could help contributing with

Fixing existing PSLint issues

Take a look at the list of ignored PSLint issues.

Fixing known idempotency issues

Make all Windows modules idempotent and add check-mode !

• win_acl - jborean93 will work on this in 2.7/2.8
• win_dotnet_ngen
• win_iis_virtualdirectory
• win_iis_website #25902 (@jborean93)
• win_owner - jborean93 will work on this in 2.7/2.8
  • See comment on #21385 (comment)
• win_regmerge
• win_robocopy
• win_user
• win_webipcmd

Adding diff support to selected modules

Add diff support

• win_file - jborean93 will work on this in 2.7/2.8
• win_regmerge

Adding missing integration tests

Review all integration tests for Windows modules, add missing tests, also see the meeting agenda at #153 (comment)

• win_diskimage
• win_dns_client
• win_domain
• win_domain_controller
• win_file_version
• win_iis_virtualdirectory
• win_iis_webapplication
• win_iis_website -- #25902 (@jborean93)
• win_robocopy
• win_webipcmd

Ensuring feature parity with python modules

• win_blockinfile vs blockinfile
• win_copy vs copy
• win_file vs file
  • Managing links #43060
  • Managing file attributes (archive, hidden, ...)
• win_find vs find
• win_get_url vs get_url
  • #39587
    • #19573 + #19817 + #26464 + #26612 + #50033 + #51986
• win_group vs group
• win_lineinfile vs lineinfile
• win_stat vs stat
• win_template vs template
• win_uri vs uri
  • #36760 + #37104 + #48629
• win_user vs user
• win_xml vs xml

Open Pull requests status

PR	Module/element	Activity status
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/49701	WinRM	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/55013	win_firewall_rule.py	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/56033	win_iis_webapplication	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/50528	win_iis_webapppool	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/45998	win_iis_webhandler	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/51595	win_disk_facts	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/50864	win_package	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/56953	win_domain_group_membership.ps1	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/56547	Link and IO C# utils	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/25902	win_iis_website	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/56677	win_pester	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/52586	win_blockinfile	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/52243	Added if for checking if the OU is existing and to avoid a cryptical	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/43666	Ansible.IO c# code	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/52391	win_domain_member.ps1	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/55109	win_firewall_rule	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/54334	win_domain_user	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/56966	WIP - win_format	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/50417	win_hyperv_guest	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/54759	WIP - common util for web requests	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/54965	WIP - Add unit testing with Pester for PowerShell modules	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/53148	WIP win_find	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/56475	win_compact	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/56967	win_domain_computer	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/56445	win_service	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/57577	win_dns_client	Active after Mar 2019
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/38356	-	Inactive
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/23775	-	Inactive
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/43574	-	Inactive
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/32930	-	Inactive
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/32930	-	Inactive
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/40535	-	Inactive
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/41002	-	Inactive
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/45870	-	Inactive
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/41105	-	Inactive
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/45521	-	Inactive
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/33978	-	Inactive
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/31748	-	Inactive
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/29170	-	Inactive
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/28365	-	Inactive
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/34998	-	Inactive
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/49524	-	Inactive
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/52211	-	Inactive