allow skipping debug depending on verbosity

lib/ansible/plugins/action/debug.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
     ''' Print statements during execution '''
 
     TRANSFERS_FILES = False
-    VALID_ARGS = set(['msg', 'var'])
+    VALID_ARGS = set(['msg', 'var', 'verbosity'])
 
     def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
         if task_vars is None:
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
         result = super(ActionModule, self).run(tmp, task_vars)
 
+        verbosity = 0
+        # get task verbosity
+        if 'verbosity' in self._task.args:
+            verbosity = int(self._task.args['verbosity'])
+
+        if verbosity <= self._display.verbosity:
             if 'msg' in self._task.args:
                 result['msg'] = self._task.args['msg']
 
@@ -62,5 +68,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
 
             # force flag to make debug output module always verbose
             result['_ansible_verbose_always'] = True
+        else:
+            result['skipped'] = True
 
         return result