[Bug]: Update CI Testing for Dependency Isolation

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What happened?

With the release of ansible-core 2.17, python 3.6 is no longer supported. This will break the CI pipeline, the hot-fix is to pin ansible-core or drop CentOS 8; but its time to update the CI workflow.

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#ansible-core-support-matrix

Relevant code or playbook

No response

Relevant log output

TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************
fatal: [py-ansible2.17-centos8]: FAILED! => {"ansible_facts": {}, "changed": false, "failed_modules": {"ansible.legacy.setup": {"ansible_facts": {"discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python3"}, "exception": "Traceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1717863825.274335-133475-62168679449686/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 107, in <module>\n    _ansiballz_main()\n  File \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1717863825.274335-133475-62168679449686/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 99, in _ansiballz_main\n    invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\n  File \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1717863825.274335-133475-62168679449686/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 44, in invoke_module\n    from ansible.module_utils import basic\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap>\", line 971, in _find_and_load\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap>\", line 951, in _find_and_load_unlocked\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap>\", line 894, in _find_spec\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>\", line 1157, in find_spec\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>\", line 1131, in _get_spec\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>\", line 1112, in _legacy_get_spec\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap>\", line 441, in spec_from_loader\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>\", line 544, in spec_from_file_location\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_ansible.legacy.setup_payload_gccv74bv/ansible_ansible.legacy.setup_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py\", line 5\nSyntaxError: future feature annotations is not defined\n", "failed": true, "module_stderr": "Traceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1717863825.274335-133475-62168679449686/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 107, in <module>\n    _ansiballz_main()\n  File \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1717863825.274335-133475-62168679449686/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 99, in _ansiballz_main\n    invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\n  File \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1717863825.274335-133475-62168679449686/AnsiballZ_setup.py\", line 44, in invoke_module\n    from ansible.module_utils import basic\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap>\", line 971, in _find_and_load\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap>\", line 951, in _find_and_load_unlocked\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap>\", line 894, in _find_spec\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>\", line 1157, in find_spec\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>\", line 1131, in _get_spec\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>\", line 1112, in _legacy_get_spec\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap>\", line 441, in spec_from_loader\n  File \"<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>\", line 544, in spec_from_file_location\n  File \"/tmp/ansible_ansible.legacy.setup_payload_gccv74bv/ansible_ansible.legacy.setup_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/basic.py\", line 5\nSyntaxError: future feature annotations is not defined\n", "module_stdout": "", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error", "rc": 1}}, "msg": "The following modules failed to execute: ansible.legacy.setup\n"}

Ansible version

ansible-core 2.17 and python 3.6

Control node OS

No response

Target node OS

CentOS 8