create an options parser for any ansible script

def base_parser(constants=C, usage="", output_opts=False, runas_opts=False,
    async_opts=False, connect_opts=False, subset_opts=False):
    ''' create an options parser for any ansible script '''

    parser = SortedOptParser(usage, version=version("%prog"))
    parser.add_option('-v','--verbose', default=False, action="callback",
        callback=increment_debug, help="verbose mode (-vvv for more)")

    parser.add_option('-f','--forks', dest='forks', default=constants.DEFAULT_FORKS, type='int',
        help="specify number of parallel processes to use (default=%s)" % constants.DEFAULT_FORKS)
    parser.add_option('-i', '--inventory-file', dest='inventory',
        help="specify inventory host file (default=%s)" % constants.DEFAULT_HOST_LIST,
        default=constants.DEFAULT_HOST_LIST)
    parser.add_option('-k', '--ask-pass', default=False, dest='ask_pass', action='store_true',
        help='ask for SSH password')
    parser.add_option('--private-key', default=C.DEFAULT_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE, dest='private_key_file',
        help='use this file to authenticate the connection')
    parser.add_option('-K', '--ask-sudo-pass', default=False, dest='ask_sudo_pass', action='store_true',
        help='ask for sudo password')
    parser.add_option('-M', '--module-path', dest='module_path',
        help="specify path(s) to module library (default=%s)" % constants.DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH,
        default=None)

    if subset_opts:
        parser.add_option('-l', '--limit', default=constants.DEFAULT_SUBSET, dest='subset',
            help='further limit selected hosts to an additional pattern')

    parser.add_option('-T', '--timeout', default=constants.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, type='int',
        dest='timeout',
        help="override the SSH timeout in seconds (default=%s)" % constants.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)

    if output_opts:
        parser.add_option('-o', '--one-line', dest='one_line', action='store_true',
            help='condense output')
        parser.add_option('-t', '--tree', dest='tree', default=None,
            help='log output to this directory')

    if runas_opts:
        parser.add_option("-s", "--sudo", default=False, action="store_true",
            dest='sudo', help="run operations with sudo (nopasswd)")
        parser.add_option('-U', '--sudo-user', dest='sudo_user', help='desired sudo user (default=root)',
            default=None)   # Can't default to root because we need to detect when this option was given
        parser.add_option('-u', '--user', default=constants.DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER,
            dest='remote_user',
            help='connect as this user (default=%s)' % constants.DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER)

    if connect_opts:
        parser.add_option('-c', '--connection', dest='connection',
                          default=C.DEFAULT_TRANSPORT,
                          help="connection type to use (default=%s)" % C.DEFAULT_TRANSPORT)

    if async_opts:
        parser.add_option('-P', '--poll', default=constants.DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL, type='int',
            dest='poll_interval',
            help="set the poll interval if using -B (default=%s)" % constants.DEFAULT_POLL_INTERVAL)
        parser.add_option('-B', '--background', dest='seconds', type='int', default=0,
            help='run asynchronously, failing after X seconds (default=N/A)')

    return parser