add more flexible versioning logic

tasks/RedHat.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-- name: Ensure podman version {{ podman_version }} installed
+- name: Ensure {{ podman_package }} installed
   yum:
-    name: "podman-{{ podman_version }}"
-    state: present
+    name: "{{ podman_package }}"
+    state: "{{ 'latest' if podman_version == 'latest' else 'present' }}"

tasks/main.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
 ---
+- name: Load a variable file based on the OS type
+  include_vars: "{{ lookup('first_found', params) }}"
+  vars:
+    params:
+      files:
+        - "{{ ansible_facts['distribution'] }}.yaml"
+        - "{{ ansible_facts['os_family'] }}.yaml"
+      paths:
+        - "vars"
+
 - name: Include podman install
   include_tasks: "{{ ansible_facts['os_family'] }}.yaml"