Add note about Collection Metadata usage and update callout formatting

Signed-off-by: Webster Mudge <[email protected]>

Author: wmudge

.github/workflows/validate_pr.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ on:
     branches:
       - 'release/**'
       - 'devel'
-      - 'devel-pvc-base'
 
 jobs:
   validate:

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ As a _best practice_, you can prefix your branches with:
 |`fix/`|A non-urgent bug fix|`fix/refactor-module-output-params`|
 |`hotfix/`|An urgent bug fix|`hotfix/patch-insecure-module`|
 
-:fire_extinguisher: **NOTE:** a **hotfix** should branch from `main`. It will then be committed to both the `main` and `devel` branches.
+> [!NOTE]
+> :fire_extinguisher: A **hotfix** should branch from `main`. It will then be committed to both the `main` and `devel` branches.
 
 ## Signing your commits
 
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@ To agree, make sure to add line at the end of every git commit message, like thi
 Signed-off-by: John Doe <[email protected]>
 ```
 
-:rocket: TIP! Add the sign-off automatically when creating the commit via the `-s` flag, e.g. `git commit -s`.
+> [!NOTE]
+> :rocket: Add the sign-off automatically when creating the commit via the `-s` flag, e.g. `git commit -s`.
 
 ## Still have questions? Opinions? Comments?
 

README.md

@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ See [Building the Collection](#building-the-collection) for details on creating
 
 `cloudera.cluster` expects `ansible-core>=2.10,<2.13`.
 
-> **WARNING:** The current `import_template` functionality does not yet work with Ansible version `2.13` and later.
+> [!WARNING]
+> The current `import_template` functionality does not yet work with Ansible version `2.13` and later.
 
 The collection has the following _required_ dependencies:
 
@@ -108,6 +109,8 @@ All collection dependencies, required and optional, can be found in `requirement
 
 `ansible-builder` can discover and install all Python dependencies - current collection and dependencies - if you wish to use that application to construct your environment. Otherwise, you will need to read each collection and role dependency and follow its installation instructions.
 
+See the [Collection Metadata](https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/builder/en/latest/collection_metadata/) section for further details on how to install (and manage) collection dependencies.
+
 You may wish to use a _virtual environment_ to manage the Python dependencies.
 
 See the `base` *Execution Environment* configuration in [`cloudera-labs/cldr-runner`](https://github.com/cloudera-labs/cldr-runner) as an example of how you can install the optional dependencies to suit your specific needs.
@@ -179,6 +182,9 @@ Your local documentation will be found at `docsbuild/build/html`.
 
 Active development is focused on **CDP Private Cloud** deployments and their respective platform compatibility matrices.
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> While the collection's plugins and roles can be used to deploy CDH 5.x and CDH 6.x environments, it is only possible to install a subset of their supported platform components (i.e JDK and database versions) using this tooling.
+
 ### Cloudera Distributions
 
 - Cloudera Manager / CDP Private Cloud Base 7.1.x
@@ -193,11 +199,10 @@ Active development is focused on **CDP Private Cloud** deployments and their res
 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
 - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)
 
-> While the collection's plugins and roles can be used to deploy CDH 5.x and CDH 6.x environments, it is only possible to install a subset of their supported platform components (i.e JDK and database versions) using this tooling.
-
 ## Operational Features
 
-> **NOTE:** These operational features are deprecated as of version 4.x. If you want to use or build similar features and functions, head over to the [Discussions](https://github.com/cloudera-labs/cloudera.cluster/discussions) to learn more about using the collection to achieve your platform operations needs.
+> [!WARNING]
+> These operational features are deprecated as of version 4.x. If you want to use or build similar features and functions, head over to the [Discussions](https://github.com/cloudera-labs/cloudera.cluster/discussions) to learn more about using the collection to achieve your platform operations needs.
 
 This collection includes support for: