CI: Add stable-2.17; copy ignore.txt files from 2.17 to 2.18; move stable-2.14 from AZP to GHA (#721)

* Add stable-2.17 to CI; copy ignore files from 2.17 to 2.18.

* Move stable-2.14 from AZP to GHA.

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ stages:
               test: 'devel/sanity/extra'
             - name: Units
               test: 'devel/units/1'
+  - stage: Ansible_2_17
+    displayName: Sanity & Units 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          targets:
+            - name: Sanity
+              test: '2.17/sanity/1'
+            - name: Units
+              test: '2.17/units/1'
   - stage: Ansible_2_16
     displayName: Sanity & Units 2.16
     dependsOn: []
@@ -87,17 +98,6 @@ stages:
               test: '2.15/sanity/1'
             - name: Units
               test: '2.15/units/1'
-  - stage: Ansible_2_14
-    displayName: Sanity & Units 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          targets:
-            - name: Sanity
-              test: '2.14/sanity/1'
-            - name: Units
-              test: '2.14/units/1'
 ### Docker
   - stage: Docker_devel
     displayName: Docker devel
@@ -116,6 +116,19 @@ stages:
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
+  - stage: Docker_2_17
+    displayName: Docker 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.17/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Alpine 3.19
+              test: alpine319
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
   - stage: Docker_2_16
     displayName: Docker 2.16
     dependsOn: []
@@ -148,19 +161,6 @@ stages:
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
-  - stage: Docker_2_14
-    displayName: Docker 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.14/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
-              test: ubuntu2004
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
 
 ### Community Docker
   - stage: Docker_community_devel
@@ -210,13 +210,24 @@ stages:
               test: macos/14.3
             - name: RHEL 9.3
               test: rhel/9.3
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.3
-              test: freebsd/13.3
             - name: FreeBSD 14.0
               test: freebsd/14.0
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
+  - stage: Remote_2_17
+    displayName: Remote 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.17/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.3
+              test: freebsd/13.3
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
   - stage: Remote_2_16
     displayName: Remote 2.16
     dependsOn: []
@@ -257,23 +268,6 @@ stages:
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
-  - stage: Remote_2_14
-    displayName: Remote 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.14/{0}
-          targets:
-            #- name: macOS 12.0
-            #  test: macos/12.0
-            - name: RHEL 9.0
-              test: rhel/9.0
-            #- name: FreeBSD 12.4
-            #  test: freebsd/12.4
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
 ### Generic
   - stage: Generic_devel
     displayName: Generic devel
@@ -293,6 +287,20 @@ stages:
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
+  - stage: Generic_2_17
+    displayName: Generic 2.17
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.17/generic/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: "3.7"
+            - test: "3.12"
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
   - stage: Generic_2_16
     displayName: Generic 2.16
     dependsOn: []
@@ -322,19 +330,6 @@ stages:
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
-  - stage: Generic_2_14
-    displayName: Generic 2.14
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.14/generic/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.9
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
 
   ## Finally
 
@@ -342,22 +337,22 @@ stages:
     condition: succeededOrFailed()
     dependsOn:
       - Ansible_devel
+      - Ansible_2_17
       - Ansible_2_16
       - Ansible_2_15
-      - Ansible_2_14
       - Remote_devel_extra_vms
       - Remote_devel
+      - Remote_2_17
       - Remote_2_16
       - Remote_2_15
-      - Remote_2_14
       - Docker_devel
+      - Docker_2_17
       - Docker_2_16
       - Docker_2_15
-      - Docker_2_14
       - Docker_community_devel
       - Generic_devel
+      - Generic_2_17
       - Generic_2_16
       - Generic_2_15
-      - Generic_2_14
     jobs:
       - template: templates/coverage.yml