Release 5.8.5.

Fix changelog fragment types.
(cherry picked from commit 84dbb286eb)
2026-04-28 09:26:44 +00:00 · 2023-01-31 07:15:46 +01:00 · 2023-01-31 07:15:24 +01:00 · 2023-01-30 21:17:01 +01:00 · 2023-01-29 18:37:21 +01:00 · 2023-01-26 06:23:48 +01:00
3431 changed files with 89860 additions and 44696 deletions
--- a/.azure-pipelines/README.md
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+<!--
+Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+-->
+
 ## Azure Pipelines Configuration

 Please see the [Documentation](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Testing:-Azure-Pipelines) for more information.
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 trigger:
  batch: true
  branches:
@@ -14,12 +19,23 @@ pr:

 schedules:
  - cron: 0 8 * * *
-    displayName: Nightly
+    displayName: Nightly (main)
    always: true
    branches:
      include:
        - main
-        - stable-*
+  - cron: 0 10 * * *
+    displayName: Nightly (active stable branches)
+    always: true
+    branches:
+      include:
+        - stable-5
+  - cron: 0 11 * * 0
+    displayName: Weekly (old stable branches)
+    always: true
+    branches:
+      include:
+        - stable-4

 variables:
  - name: checkoutPath
@@ -36,7 +52,7 @@ variables:
 resources:
  containers:
    - container: default
-      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:1.9.0
+      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:3.0.0

 pool: Standard

@@ -56,6 +72,45 @@ stages:
            - test: 3
            - test: 4
            - test: extra
+  - stage: Sanity_2_14
+    displayName: Sanity 2.14
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Test {0}
+          testFormat: 2.14/sanity/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 1
+            - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
+  - stage: Sanity_2_13
+    displayName: Sanity 2.13
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Test {0}
+          testFormat: 2.13/sanity/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 1
+            - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
+  - stage: Sanity_2_12
+    displayName: Sanity 2.12
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Test {0}
+          testFormat: 2.12/sanity/{0}
+          targets:
+            - test: 1
+            - test: 2
+            - test: 3
+            - test: 4
  - stage: Sanity_2_11
    displayName: Sanity 2.11
    dependsOn: []
@@ -69,32 +124,6 @@ stages:
            - test: 2
            - test: 3
            - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_10
-    displayName: Sanity 2.10
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.10/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_9
-    displayName: Sanity 2.9
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.9/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
 ### Units
  - stage: Units_devel
    displayName: Units devel
@@ -105,13 +134,47 @@ stages:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
          testFormat: devel/units/{0}/1
          targets:
-            - test: 2.6
            - test: 2.7
            - test: 3.5
            - test: 3.6
            - test: 3.7
            - test: 3.8
            - test: 3.9
+            - test: '3.10'
+            - test: '3.11'
+  - stage: Units_2_14
+    displayName: Units 2.14
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.14/units/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 2.7
+            - test: 3.9
+  - stage: Units_2_13
+    displayName: Units 2.13
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.13/units/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 2.7
+            - test: 3.8
+  - stage: Units_2_12
+    displayName: Units 2.12
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.12/units/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 2.6
+            - test: 3.8
  - stage: Units_2_11
    displayName: Units 2.11
    dependsOn: []
@@ -121,44 +184,8 @@ stages:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
          testFormat: 2.11/units/{0}/1
          targets:
-            - test: 2.6
            - test: 2.7
            - test: 3.5
-            - test: 3.6
-            - test: 3.7
-            - test: 3.8
-            - test: 3.9
-  - stage: Units_2_10
-    displayName: Units 2.10
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.10/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.6
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.5
-            - test: 3.6
-            - test: 3.7
-            - test: 3.8
-            - test: 3.9
-  - stage: Units_2_9
-    displayName: Units 2.9
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.9/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.6
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.5
-            - test: 3.6
-            - test: 3.7
-            - test: 3.8

 ## Remote
  - stage: Remote_devel
@@ -169,14 +196,64 @@ stages:
        parameters:
          testFormat: devel/{0}
          targets:
-            - name: macOS 11.1
-              test: macos/11.1
+            - name: macOS 12.0
+              test: macos/12.0
            - name: RHEL 7.9
              test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: RHEL 8.3
-              test: rhel/8.3
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.2
-              test: freebsd/12.2
+            - name: RHEL 9.1
+              test: rhel/9.1
+            - name: FreeBSD 13.1
+              test: freebsd/13.1
+            - name: FreeBSD 12.4
+              test: freebsd/12.4
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Remote_2_14
+    displayName: Remote 2.14
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.14/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: RHEL 9.0
+              test: rhel/9.0
+            - name: FreeBSD 12.3
+              test: freebsd/12.3
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Remote_2_13
+    displayName: Remote 2.13
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.13/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: macOS 12.0
+              test: macos/12.0
+            - name: RHEL 8.5
+              test: rhel/8.5
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Remote_2_12
+    displayName: Remote 2.12
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.12/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: macOS 11.1
+              test: macos/11.1
+            - name: RHEL 8.4
+              test: rhel/8.4
            - name: FreeBSD 13.0
              test: freebsd/13.0
          groups:
@@ -191,55 +268,14 @@ stages:
        parameters:
          testFormat: 2.11/{0}
          targets:
-            - name: macOS 11.1
-              test: macos/11.1
            - name: RHEL 7.9
              test: rhel/7.9
            - name: RHEL 8.3
              test: rhel/8.3
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.2
-              test: freebsd/12.2
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-  - stage: Remote_2_10
-    displayName: Remote 2.10
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.10/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: OS X 10.11
-              test: osx/10.11
-            - name: macOS 10.15
-              test: macos/10.15
-            - name: macOS 11.1
-              test: macos/11.1
-            - name: RHEL 7.8
-              test: rhel/7.8
-            - name: RHEL 8.2
-              test: rhel/8.2
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.1
-              test: freebsd/12.1
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-  - stage: Remote_2_9
-    displayName: Remote 2.9
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.9/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: RHEL 8.2
-              test: rhel/8.2
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.0
-              test: freebsd/12.0
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
+            - 3

 ### Docker
  - stage: Docker_devel
@@ -250,24 +286,68 @@ stages:
        parameters:
          testFormat: devel/linux/{0}
          targets:
-            - name: CentOS 6
-              test: centos6
            - name: CentOS 7
              test: centos7
-            - name: CentOS 8
-              test: centos8
-            - name: Fedora 32
-              test: fedora32
-            - name: Fedora 33
-              test: fedora33
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py2
-              test: opensuse15py2
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py3
+            - name: Fedora 37
+              test: fedora37
+            - name: openSUSE 15
              test: opensuse15
-            - name: Ubuntu 18.04
-              test: ubuntu1804
            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
              test: ubuntu2004
+            - name: Ubuntu 22.04
+              test: ubuntu2204
+            - name: Alpine 3
+              test: alpine3
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Docker_2_14
+    displayName: Docker 2.14
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.14/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 36
+              test: fedora36
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Docker_2_13
+    displayName: Docker 2.13
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.13/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: Fedora 35
+              test: fedora35
+            - name: openSUSE 15 py2
+              test: opensuse15py2
+            - name: Alpine 3
+              test: alpine3
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+  - stage: Docker_2_12
+    displayName: Docker 2.12
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          testFormat: 2.12/linux/{0}
+          targets:
+            - name: CentOS 6
+              test: centos6
+            - name: Fedora 34
+              test: fedora34
+            - name: Ubuntu 18.04
+              test: ubuntu1804
          groups:
            - 1
            - 2
@@ -280,118 +360,120 @@ stages:
        parameters:
          testFormat: 2.11/linux/{0}
          targets:
-            - name: CentOS 8
-              test: centos8
-            - name: Fedora 32
-              test: fedora33
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py3
-              test: opensuse15
-            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
-              test: ubuntu2004
-          groups:
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_10
-    displayName: Docker 2.10
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.10/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: CentOS 8
-              test: centos8
            - name: Fedora 32
              test: fedora32
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py3
-              test: opensuse15
-            - name: Ubuntu 16.04
-              test: ubuntu1604
-          groups:
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_9
-    displayName: Docker 2.9
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.9/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: CentOS 8
-              test: centos8
-            - name: Fedora 31
-              test: fedora31
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py3
-              test: opensuse15
+            - name: Fedora 33
+              test: fedora33
+            - name: Alpine 3
+              test: alpine3
          groups:
+            - 1
            - 2
            - 3

-### Cloud
-  - stage: Cloud_devel
-    displayName: Cloud devel
+### Community Docker
+  - stage: Docker_community_devel
+    displayName: Docker (community images) devel
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: devel/cloud/{0}/1
+          testFormat: devel/linux-community/{0}
          targets:
-            - test: 3.8
-  - stage: Cloud_2_11
-    displayName: Cloud 2.11
+            - name: Debian Bullseye
+              test: debian-bullseye/3.9
+            - name: ArchLinux
+              test: archlinux/3.10
+            - name: CentOS Stream 8
+              test: centos-stream8/3.9
+          groups:
+            - 1
+            - 2
+            - 3
+
+### Generic
+  - stage: Generic_devel
+    displayName: Generic devel
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.11/cloud/{0}/1
+          testFormat: devel/generic/{0}/1
          targets:
            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.6
-  - stage: Cloud_2_10
-    displayName: Cloud 2.10
+            - test: '3.11'
+  - stage: Generic_2_14
+    displayName: Generic 2.14
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.10/cloud/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.14/generic/{0}/1
          targets:
-            - test: 3.6
-  - stage: Cloud_2_9
-    displayName: Cloud 2.9
+            - test: '3.10'
+  - stage: Generic_2_13
+    displayName: Generic 2.13
    dependsOn: []
    jobs:
      - template: templates/matrix.yml
        parameters:
          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.9/cloud/{0}/1
+          testFormat: 2.13/generic/{0}/1
          targets:
-            - test: 3.6
+            - test: 3.9
+  - stage: Generic_2_12
+    displayName: Generic 2.12
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.12/generic/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 3.8
+  - stage: Generic_2_11
+    displayName: Generic 2.11
+    dependsOn: []
+    jobs:
+      - template: templates/matrix.yml
+        parameters:
+          nameFormat: Python {0}
+          testFormat: 2.11/generic/{0}/1
+          targets:
+            - test: 2.7
+            - test: 3.5
+
  - stage: Summary
    condition: succeededOrFailed()
    dependsOn:
      - Sanity_devel
-      - Sanity_2_9
-      - Sanity_2_10
      - Sanity_2_11
+      - Sanity_2_12
+      - Sanity_2_13
+      - Sanity_2_14
      - Units_devel
-      - Units_2_9
-      - Units_2_10
      - Units_2_11
+      - Units_2_12
+      - Units_2_13
+      - Units_2_14
      - Remote_devel
-      - Remote_2_9
-      - Remote_2_10
      - Remote_2_11
+      - Remote_2_12
+      - Remote_2_13
+      - Remote_2_14
      - Docker_devel
-      - Docker_2_9
-      - Docker_2_10
      - Docker_2_11
-      - Cloud_devel
-      - Cloud_2_9
-      - Cloud_2_10
-      - Cloud_2_11
+      - Docker_2_12
+      - Docker_2_13
+      - Docker_2_14
+      - Docker_community_devel
+# Right now all generic tests are disabled. Uncomment when at least one of them is re-enabled.
+#      - Generic_devel
+#      - Generic_2_11
+#      - Generic_2_12
+#      - Generic_2_13
+#      - Generic_2_14
    jobs:
      - template: templates/coverage.yml
--- a/.azure-pipelines/scripts/aggregate-coverage.sh
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/scripts/aggregate-coverage.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # Aggregate code coverage results for later processing.

 set -o pipefail -eu
@@ -11,7 +15,7 @@ mkdir "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/"

 options=(--venv --venv-system-site-packages --color -v)

-ansible-test coverage combine --export "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/" "${options[@]}"
+ansible-test coverage combine --group-by command --export "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/" "${options[@]}"

 if ansible-test coverage analyze targets generate --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    # Only analyze coverage if the installed version of ansible-test supports it.
--- a/.azure-pipelines/scripts/combine-coverage.py
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/scripts/combine-coverage.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 """
 Combine coverage data from multiple jobs, keeping the data only from the most recent attempt from each job.
 Coverage artifacts must be named using the format: "Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) {StableUniqueNameForEachJob}"
--- a/.azure-pipelines/scripts/process-results.sh
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/scripts/process-results.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # Check the test results and set variables for use in later steps.

 set -o pipefail -eu
--- a/.azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+"""
+Upload code coverage reports to codecov.io.
+Multiple coverage files from multiple languages are accepted and aggregated after upload.
+Python coverage, as well as PowerShell and Python stubs can all be uploaded.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import dataclasses
+import pathlib
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import typing as t
+import urllib.request
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
+class CoverageFile:
+    name: str
+    path: pathlib.Path
+    flags: t.List[str]
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Args:
+    dry_run: bool
+    path: pathlib.Path
+
+
+def parse_args() -> Args:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('-n', '--dry-run', action='store_true')
+    parser.add_argument('path', type=pathlib.Path)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # Store arguments in a typed dataclass
+    fields = dataclasses.fields(Args)
+    kwargs = {field.name: getattr(args, field.name) for field in fields}
+
+    return Args(**kwargs)
+
+
+def process_files(directory: pathlib.Path) -> t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...]:
+    processed = []
+    for file in directory.joinpath('reports').glob('coverage*.xml'):
+        name = file.stem.replace('coverage=', '')
+
+        # Get flags from name
+        flags = name.replace('-powershell', '').split('=')  # Drop '-powershell' suffix
+        flags = [flag if not flag.startswith('stub') else flag.split('-')[0] for flag in flags]  # Remove "-01" from stub files
+
+        processed.append(CoverageFile(name, file, flags))
+
+    return tuple(processed)
+
+
+def upload_files(codecov_bin: pathlib.Path, files: t.Tuple[CoverageFile, ...], dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
+    for file in files:
+        cmd = [
+            str(codecov_bin),
+            '--name', file.name,
+            '--file', str(file.path),
+        ]
+        for flag in file.flags:
+            cmd.extend(['--flags', flag])
+
+        if dry_run:
+            print(f'DRY-RUN: Would run command: {cmd}')
+            continue
+
+        subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
+
+
+def download_file(url: str, dest: pathlib.Path, flags: int, dry_run: bool = False) -> None:
+    if dry_run:
+        print(f'DRY-RUN: Would download {url} to {dest} and set mode to {flags:o}')
+        return
+
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as resp:
+        with dest.open('w+b') as f:
+            # Read data in chunks rather than all at once
+            shutil.copyfileobj(resp, f, 64 * 1024)
+
+    dest.chmod(flags)
+
+
+def main():
+    args = parse_args()
+    url = 'https://ansible-ci-files.s3.amazonaws.com/codecov/linux/codecov'
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='codecov-') as tmpdir:
+        codecov_bin = pathlib.Path(tmpdir) / 'codecov'
+        download_file(url, codecov_bin, 0o755, args.dry_run)
+
+        files = process_files(args.path)
+        upload_files(codecov_bin, files, args.dry_run)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
--- a/.azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.sh
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.sh
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Upload code coverage reports to codecov.io.
-# Multiple coverage files from multiple languages are accepted and aggregated after upload.
-# Python coverage, as well as PowerShell and Python stubs can all be uploaded.
-
-set -o pipefail -eu
-
-output_path="$1"
-
-curl --silent --show-error https://codecov.io/bash > codecov.sh
-
-for file in "${output_path}"/reports/coverage*.xml; do
-    name="${file}"
-    name="${name##*/}"  # remove path
-    name="${name##coverage=}"  # remove 'coverage=' prefix if present
-    name="${name%.xml}"  # remove '.xml' suffix
-
-    bash codecov.sh \
-        -f "${file}" \
-        -n "${name}" \
-        -X coveragepy \
-        -X gcov \
-        -X fix \
-        -X search \
-        -X xcode \
-        || echo "Failed to upload code coverage report to codecov.io: ${file}"
-done
--- a/.azure-pipelines/scripts/report-coverage.sh
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/scripts/report-coverage.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # Generate code coverage reports for uploading to Azure Pipelines and codecov.io.

 set -o pipefail -eu
@@ -12,4 +16,4 @@ if ! ansible-test --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/devel.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
 fi

-ansible-test coverage xml --stub --venv --venv-system-site-packages --color -v
+ansible-test coverage xml --group-by command --stub --venv --venv-system-site-packages --color -v
--- a/.azure-pipelines/scripts/run-tests.sh
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/scripts/run-tests.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # Configure the test environment and run the tests.

 set -o pipefail -eu
--- a/.azure-pipelines/scripts/time-command.py
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/scripts/time-command.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 """Prepends a relative timestamp to each input line from stdin and writes it to stdout."""

 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
--- a/.azure-pipelines/templates/coverage.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/templates/coverage.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # This template adds a job for processing code coverage data.
 # It will upload results to Azure Pipelines and codecov.io.
 # Use it from a job stage that completes after all other jobs have completed.
@@ -33,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
          summaryFileLocation: "$(outputPath)/reports/$(pipelinesCoverage).xml"
        displayName: Publish to Azure Pipelines
        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
-      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.sh "$(outputPath)"
+      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py "$(outputPath)"
        displayName: Publish to codecov.io
        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
        continueOnError: true
--- a/.azure-pipelines/templates/matrix.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/templates/matrix.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # This template uses the provided targets and optional groups to generate a matrix which is then passed to the test template.
 # If this matrix template does not provide the required functionality, consider using the test template directly instead.

--- a/.azure-pipelines/templates/test.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/templates/test.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # This template uses the provided list of jobs to create test one or more test jobs.
 # It can be used directly if needed, or through the matrix template.

--- a/.github/BOTMETA.yml
+++ b/.github/BOTMETA.yml
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 name: Bug report
 description: Create a report to help us improve

@@ -62,6 +66,20 @@ body:
  validations:
    required: true

+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Community.general Version
+    description: >-
+      Paste verbatim output from "ansible-galaxy collection list community.general"
+      between tripple backticks.
+    value: |
+      ```console (paste below)
+      $ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
+
+      ```
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
 - type: textarea
  attributes:
    label: Configuration
@@ -91,7 +109,7 @@ body:
  attributes:
    label: Steps to Reproduce
    description: |
-      Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case. It would *really* help us understand your problem if you could also pased any playbooks, configs and commands you used.
+      Describe exactly how to reproduce the problem, using a minimal test-case. It would *really* help us understand your problem if you could also passed any playbooks, configs and commands you used.

      **HINT:** You can paste https://gist.github.com links for larger files.
    value: |
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # Ref: https://help.github.com/en/github/building-a-strong-community/configuring-issue-templates-for-your-repository#configuring-the-template-chooser
 blank_issues_enabled: false  # default: true
 contact_links:
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/documentation_report.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 name: Documentation Report
 description: Ask us about docs
 # NOTE: issue body is enabled to allow screenshots
@@ -62,6 +66,20 @@ body:
  validations:
    required: false

+- type: textarea
+  attributes:
+    label: Community.general Version
+    description: >-
+      Paste verbatim output from "ansible-galaxy collection list community.general"
+      between tripple backticks.
+    value: |
+      ```console (paste below)
+      $ ansible-galaxy collection list community.general
+
+      ```
+  validations:
+    required: true
+
 - type: textarea
  attributes:
    label: Configuration
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 name: Feature request
 description: Suggest an idea for this project

@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ body:
    placeholder: >-
      I am trying to do X with the collection from the main branch on GitHub and
      I think that implementing a feature Y would be very helpful for me and
-      every other user of ansible-core because of Z.
+      every other user of community.general because of Z.
  validations:
    required: true

--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
--- a/.github/patchback.yml
+++ b/.github/patchback.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 backport_branch_prefix: patchback/backports/
 backport_label_prefix: backport-
 target_branch_prefix: stable-
--- a/.github/settings.yml
+++ b/.github/settings.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 # DO NOT MODIFY

 # Settings: https://probot.github.io/apps/settings/
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,29 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 name: "Code scanning - action"

 on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '26 19 * * 1'

+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
  CodeQL-Build:

+    permissions:
+      actions: read  # for github/codeql-action/init to get workflow details
+      contents: read  # for actions/checkout to fetch code
+      security-events: write  # for github/codeql-action/autobuild to send a status report
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
      with:
        # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
        # a pull request then we can checkout the head.
@@ -24,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:

    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
    - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
      # Override language selection by uncommenting this and choosing your languages
      # with:
      #   languages: go, javascript, csharp, python, cpp, java
@@ -32,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
    # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
    # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
    - name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v1
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v2

    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
    # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
@@ -46,4 +58,4 @@ jobs:
    #   make release

    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
--- a/.github/workflows/reuse.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reuse.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+name: Verify REUSE
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+  # Run CI once per day (at 07:30 UTC)
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '30 7 * * *'
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install reuse
+
+      - name: Check REUSE compliance
+        run: |
+          reuse lint
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later

-# Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/git,linux,pydev,python,windows,pycharm+all,jupyternotebook,vim,webstorm,emacs,dotenv
-# Edit at https://www.gitignore.io/?templates=git,linux,pydev,python,windows,pycharm+all,jupyternotebook,vim,webstorm,emacs,dotenv
+# Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/vim,git,macos,linux,pydev,emacs,dotenv,python,windows,webstorm,pycharm+all,jupyternotebooks
+# Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?templates=vim,git,macos,linux,pydev,emacs,dotenv,python,windows,webstorm,pycharm+all,jupyternotebooks

 ### dotenv ###
 .env
@@ -71,7 +74,19 @@ flycheck_*.el
 *_LOCAL_*.txt
 *_REMOTE_*.txt

-#!! ERROR: jupyternotebook is undefined. Use list command to see defined gitignore types !!#
+### JupyterNotebooks ###
+# gitignore template for Jupyter Notebooks
+# website: http://jupyter.org/
+
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+*/.ipynb_checkpoints/*
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# Remove previous ipynb_checkpoints
+#   git rm -r .ipynb_checkpoints/

 ### Linux ###

@@ -87,8 +102,41 @@ flycheck_*.el
 # .nfs files are created when an open file is removed but is still being accessed
 .nfs*

+### macOS ###
+# General
+.DS_Store
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
+
+# Icon must end with two \r
+Icon
+
+
+# Thumbnails
+._*
+
+# Files that might appear in the root of a volume
+.DocumentRevisions-V100
+.fseventsd
+.Spotlight-V100
+.TemporaryItems
+.Trashes
+.VolumeIcon.icns
+.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
+
+# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
+.AppleDB
+.AppleDesktop
+Network Trash Folder
+Temporary Items
+.apdisk
+
+### macOS Patch ###
+# iCloud generated files
+*.icloud
+
 ### PyCharm+all ###
-# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio and WebStorm
+# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio, WebStorm and Rider
 # Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839

 # User-specific stuff
@@ -98,6 +146,9 @@ flycheck_*.el
 .idea/**/dictionaries
 .idea/**/shelf

+# AWS User-specific
+.idea/**/aws.xml
+
 # Generated files
 .idea/**/contentModel.xml

@@ -118,6 +169,9 @@ flycheck_*.el
 # When using Gradle or Maven with auto-import, you should exclude module files,
 # since they will be recreated, and may cause churn.  Uncomment if using
 # auto-import.
+# .idea/artifacts
+# .idea/compiler.xml
+# .idea/jarRepositories.xml
 # .idea/modules.xml
 # .idea/*.iml
 # .idea/modules
@@ -145,6 +199,9 @@ atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
 # Cursive Clojure plugin
 .idea/replstate.xml

+# SonarLint plugin
+.idea/sonarlint/
+
 # Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
 com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
 crashlytics.properties
@@ -158,20 +215,13 @@ fabric.properties
 .idea/caches/build_file_checksums.ser

 ### PyCharm+all Patch ###
-# Ignores the whole .idea folder and all .iml files
-# See https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/186 and https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/360
+# Ignore everything but code style settings and run configurations
+# that are supposed to be shared within teams.

-.idea/
+.idea/*

-# Reason: https://github.com/joeblau/gitignore.io/issues/186#issuecomment-249601023
-
-*.iml
-modules.xml
-.idea/misc.xml
-*.ipr
-
-# Sonarlint plugin
-.idea/sonarlint
+!.idea/codeStyles
+!.idea/runConfigurations

 ### pydev ###
 .pydevproject
@@ -198,7 +248,6 @@ parts/
 sdist/
 var/
 wheels/
-pip-wheel-metadata/
 share/python-wheels/
 *.egg-info/
 .installed.cfg
@@ -225,13 +274,25 @@ htmlcov/
 nosetests.xml
 coverage.xml
 *.cover
+*.py,cover
 .hypothesis/
 .pytest_cache/
+cover/

 # Translations
 *.mo
 *.pot

+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
 # Scrapy stuff:
 .scrapy

@@ -239,10 +300,17 @@ coverage.xml
 docs/_build/

 # PyBuilder
+.pybuilder/
 target/

+# Jupyter Notebook
+
+# IPython
+
 # pyenv
-.python-version
+#   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
+#   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
+# .python-version

 # pipenv
 #   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
@@ -251,12 +319,39 @@ target/
 #   install all needed dependencies.
 #Pipfile.lock

-# celery beat schedule file
+# poetry
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include poetry.lock in version control.
+#   This is especially recommended for binary packages to ensure reproducibility, and is more
+#   commonly ignored for libraries.
+#   https://python-poetry.org/docs/basic-usage/#commit-your-poetrylock-file-to-version-control
+#poetry.lock
+
+# pdm
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include pdm.lock in version control.
+#pdm.lock
+#   pdm stores project-wide configurations in .pdm.toml, but it is recommended to not include it
+#   in version control.
+#   https://pdm.fming.dev/#use-with-ide
+.pdm.toml
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow and github.com/pdm-project/pdm
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
 celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid

 # SageMath parsed files
 *.sage.py

+# Environments
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
 # Spyder project settings
 .spyderproject
 .spyproject
@@ -264,10 +359,6 @@ celerybeat-schedule
 # Rope project settings
 .ropeproject

-# Mr Developer
-.mr.developer.cfg
-.project
-
 # mkdocs documentation
 /site

@@ -279,9 +370,23 @@ dmypy.json
 # Pyre type checker
 .pyre/

+# pytype static type analyzer
+.pytype/
+
+# Cython debug symbols
+cython_debug/
+
+# PyCharm
+#  JetBrains specific template is maintained in a separate JetBrains.gitignore that can
+#  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
+#  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
+#  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
+#.idea/
+
 ### Vim ###
 # Swap
 [._]*.s[a-v][a-z]
+!*.svg  # comment out if you don't need vector files
 [._]*.sw[a-p]
 [._]s[a-rt-v][a-z]
 [._]ss[a-gi-z]
@@ -299,11 +404,13 @@ tags
 [._]*.un~

 ### WebStorm ###
-# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio and WebStorm
+# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio, WebStorm and Rider
 # Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839

 # User-specific stuff

+# AWS User-specific
+
 # Generated files

 # Sensitive or high-churn files
@@ -314,6 +421,9 @@ tags
 # When using Gradle or Maven with auto-import, you should exclude module files,
 # since they will be recreated, and may cause churn.  Uncomment if using
 # auto-import.
+# .idea/artifacts
+# .idea/compiler.xml
+# .idea/jarRepositories.xml
 # .idea/modules.xml
 # .idea/*.iml
 # .idea/modules
@@ -334,6 +444,8 @@ tags

 # Cursive Clojure plugin

+# SonarLint plugin
+
 # Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)

 # Editor-based Rest Client
@@ -349,15 +461,27 @@ tags
 # *.ipr

 # Sonarlint plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7973-sonarlint
 .idea/**/sonarlint/

 # SonarQube Plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7238-sonarqube-community-plugin
 .idea/**/sonarIssues.xml

 # Markdown Navigator plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7896-markdown-navigator-enhanced
 .idea/**/markdown-navigator.xml
+.idea/**/markdown-navigator-enh.xml
 .idea/**/markdown-navigator/

+# Cache file creation bug
+# See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/JBR-2257
+.idea/$CACHE_FILE$
+
+# CodeStream plugin
+# https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/12206-codestream
+.idea/codestream.xml
+
 ### Windows ###
 # Windows thumbnail cache files
 Thumbs.db
@@ -384,4 +508,7 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 # Windows shortcuts
 *.lnk

-# End of https://www.gitignore.io/api/git,linux,pydev,python,windows,pycharm+all,jupyternotebook,vim,webstorm,emacs,dotenv
+# End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/vim,git,macos,linux,pydev,emacs,dotenv,python,windows,webstorm,pycharm+all,jupyternotebooks
+
+# Integration tests cloud configs
+tests/integration/cloud-config-*.ini
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.0.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: mixed-line-ending
+        args: [--fix=lf]
+      - id: fix-encoding-pragma
+      - id: check-ast
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
+      - id: check-symlinks
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pygrep-hooks
+    rev: v1.9.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: rst-backticks
+        types: [file]
+        files: changelogs/fragments/.*\.(yml|yaml)$
--- a/.reuse/dep5
+++ b/.reuse/dep5
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+
+Files: changelogs/fragments/*
+Copyright: Ansible Project
+License: GPL-3.0-or-later
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -3,3 +3,883 @@ Community General Release Notes
 ===============================

 .. contents:: Topics
+
+This changelog describes changes after version 4.0.0.
+
+v5.8.5
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ModuleHelper - fix bug when adjusting the name of reserved output variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5755).
+- alternatives - support subcommands on Fedora 37, which uses ``follower`` instead of ``slave`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5794).
+- bitwarden lookup plugin - clarify what to do, if the bitwarden vault is not unlocked (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5811).
+- dig lookup plugin - correctly handle DNSKEY record type's ``algorithm`` field (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5914).
+- gem - fix hang due to interactive prompt for confirmation on specific version uninstall (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5751).
+- gitlab_deploy_key - also update ``title`` and not just ``can_push`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5888).
+- keycloak_user_federation - fixes federation creation issue. When a new federation was created and at the same time a default / standard mapper was also changed / updated the creation process failed as a bad None set variable led to a bad malformed url request (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5750).
+- keycloak_user_federation - fixes idempotency detection issues. In some cases the module could fail to properly detect already existing user federations because of a buggy seemingly superflous extra query parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5732).
+- loganalytics callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5761).
+- logdna callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5761).
+- logstash callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5761).
+- nsupdate - fix zone lookup. The SOA record for an existing zone is returned as an answer RR and not as an authority RR (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5817, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5818).
+- redfish_utils - removed basic auth HTTP header when performing a GET on the service root resource and when performing a POST to the session collection (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5886).
+- splunk callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5761).
+- sumologic callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5761).
+- syslog_json callback plugin - adjust type of callback to ``notification``, it was incorrectly classified as ``aggregate`` before (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5761).
+- terraform - fix ``current`` workspace never getting appended to the ``all`` key in the ``workspace_ctf`` object (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5735).
+- terraform - fix ``terraform init`` failure when there are multiple workspaces on the remote backend and when ``default`` workspace is missing by setting ``TF_WORKSPACE`` environmental variable to the value of ``workspace`` when used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5735).
+- terraform module - disable ANSI escape sequences during validation phase (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5843).
+- xml - fixed a bug where empty ``children`` list would not be set (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5808).
+
+v5.8.4
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- gconftool2 - fix crash that prevents setting a key (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5591, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5687).
+- gitlab_group_variables - fix dropping variables accidentally when GitLab introduced new properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5667).
+- gitlab_project_variables - fix dropping variables accidentally when GitLab introduced new properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5667).
+- lxc_container - fix the arguments of the lxc command which broke the creation and cloning of containers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5578).
+- opkg - fix issue that ``force=reinstall`` would not reinstall an existing package (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5705).
+- proxmox_disk - fixed possible issues with redundant ``vmid`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5492, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5672).
+- proxmox_nic - fixed possible issues with redundant ``vmid`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5492, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5672).
+- unixy callback plugin - fix typo introduced when updating to use Ansible's configuration manager for handling options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5600).
+
+v5.8.3
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- keycloak_client_rolemapping - calculate ``proposed`` and ``after`` return values properly (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5619).
+- keycloak_client_rolemapping - remove only listed mappings with ``state=absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5619).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - handle tags delimited by semicolon instead of comma, which happens from Proxmox 7.3 on (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5602).
+- vdo - now uses ``yaml.safe_load()`` to parse command output instead of the deprecated ``yaml.load()`` which is potentially unsafe. Using ``yaml.load()`` without explicitely setting a ``Loader=`` is also an error in pyYAML 6.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5632).
+- vmadm - fix for index out of range error in ``get_vm_uuid`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5628).
+
+v5.8.2
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- chroot connection plugin - add ``inventory_hostname`` to vars under ``remote_addr``. This is needed for compatibility with ansible-core 2.13 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5570).
+- cmd_runner module utils - fixed bug when handling default cases in ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_map()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5538).
+- cmd_runner module utils - formatting arguments ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_fixed()`` was expecting an non-existing argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5538).
+- unixy callback plugin - fix plugin to work with ansible-core 2.14 by using Ansible's configuration manager for handling options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5600).
+
+v5.8.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- passwordstore lookup plugin - improve error messages to include stderr (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5436)
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- Please note that some tools, like the VScode plugin (https://github.com/ansible/vscode-ansible/issues/573), or ``ansible-doc --list --type module``, suggest to replace the correct FQCNs for modules and actions in community.general with internal names that have more than three components. For example, ``community.general.ufw`` is suggested to be replaced by ``community.general.system.ufw``. While these longer names do work, they are considered **internal names** by the collection and are subject to change and be removed at all time. They **will** be removed in community.general 6.0.0 and result in deprecation messages. Avoid using these internal names, and use general three-component FQCNs (``community.general.<name_of_module>``) instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5373).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- dependent lookup plugin - avoid warning on deprecated parameter for ``Templar.template()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5543).
+- iso_create - the module somtimes failed to add folders for Joliet and UDF formats (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5275).
+- ldap_attrs - fix bug which caused a ``Bad search filter`` error. The error was occuring when the ldap attribute value contained special characters such as ``(`` or ``*`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5434, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5435).
+- nmcli - fix int options idempotence (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4998).
+- nsupdate - fix silent failures when updating ``NS`` entries from Bind9 managed DNS zones (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4657).
+- one_vm - avoid splitting labels that are ``None`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5489).
+- proxmox_disk - avoid duplicate ``vmid`` reference (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5492, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5493).
+- snap - allow values in the ``options`` parameter to contain whitespaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5475).
+
+v5.8.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular feature and bugfix release.
+
+Major Changes
+-------------
+
+- newrelic_deployment - removed New Relic v1 API, added support for v2 API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5341).
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- consul - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5367).
+- lxc_container - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5358).
+- nmcli - add ``transport_mode`` configuration for Infiniband devices (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5361).
+- opentelemetry callback plugin - send logs. This can be disabled by setting ``disable_logs=false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4175).
+- portage - add knobs for Portage's ``--backtrack`` and ``--with-bdeps`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5349).
+- portage - use Portage's python module instead of calling gentoolkit-provided program in shell (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5349).
+- znode - possibility to use ZooKeeper ACL authentication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5306).
+
+Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+--------------------------------
+
+- newrelic_deployment - ``revision`` is required for v2 API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5341).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- ArgFormat module utils - deprecated along ``CmdMixin``, in favor of the ``cmd_runner_fmt`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
+- CmdMixin module utils - deprecated in favor of the ``CmdRunner`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
+- CmdModuleHelper module utils - deprecated in favor of the ``CmdRunner`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
+- CmdStateModuleHelper module utils - deprecated in favor of the ``CmdRunner`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5370).
+- django_manage - support for Django releases older than 4.1 has been deprecated and will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5400).
+- django_manage - support for the commands ``cleanup``, ``syncdb`` and ``validate`` that have been deprecated in Django long time ago will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5400).
+- django_manage - the behavior of "creating the virtual environment when missing" is being deprecated and will be removed in community.general version 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5405).
+- newrelic_deployment - ``appname`` and ``environment`` are no longer valid options in the v2 API. They will be removed in community.general 7.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5341).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- archive - avoid crash when ``lzma`` is not present and ``format`` is not ``xz`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5393).
+- ldap_attrs - fix ordering issue by ignoring the ``{x}`` prefix on attribute values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/977, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5385).
+- opentelemetry callback plugin - support opentelemetry-api 1.13.0 that removed support for ``_time_ns`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5342).
+- pfexec become plugin - remove superflous quotes preventing exe wrap from working as expected (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3671, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3889).
+- pkgng - fix case when ``pkg`` fails when trying to upgrade all packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5363).
+- proxmox_kvm - fix ``agent`` parameter when boolean value is specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5198).
+- virtualbox inventory plugin - skip parsing values with keys that have both a value and nested data. Skip parsing values that are nested more than two keys deep (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5332, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5348).
+- xenserver_facts - fix broken ``AnsibleModule`` call that prevented the module from working at all (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5383).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+Cloud
+~~~~~
+
+scaleway
+^^^^^^^^
+
+- scaleway_container_registry - Scaleway Container registry management module
+- scaleway_container_registry_info - Scaleway Container registry info module
+
+Files
+~~~~~
+
+- iso_customize - Add/remove/change files in ISO file
+
+Remote Management
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+manageiq
+^^^^^^^^
+
+- manageiq_policies_info - Listing of resource policy_profiles in ManageIQ
+- manageiq_tags_info - Retrieve resource tags in ManageIQ
+
+v5.7.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular feature and bugfix release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- bitwarden lookup plugin - add option ``search`` to search for other attributes than name (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5297).
+- machinectl become plugin - combine the success command when building the become command to be consistent with other become plugins (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5287).
+- netcup_dnsapi - add ``timeout`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5301).
+- proxmox module utils, the proxmox* modules - add ``api_task_ok`` helper to standardize API task status checks across all proxmox modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5274).
+- proxmox_snap - add ``unbind`` param to support snapshotting containers with configured mountpoints (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5274).
+- redfish_config - add ``SetSessionService`` to set default session timeout policy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5008).
+- terraform - adds capability to handle complex variable structures for ``variables`` parameter in the module. This must be enabled with the new ``complex_vars`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4797).
+- terraform - run ``terraform init`` with ``-no-color`` not to mess up the stdout of the task (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5147).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- lxc_container - the module will no longer make any effort to support Python 2 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5304).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ini_file - minor refactor fixing a python lint error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5307).
+- locale_gen - fix support for Ubuntu (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5281).
+- lxc_container - the module has been updated to support Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5304).
+- nmcli - fix error when setting previously unset MAC address, ``gsm.apn`` or ``vpn.data``: current values were being normalized without checking if they might be ``None`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5291).
+- redhat_subscription - make module idempotent when ``pool_ids`` are used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5313).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+Cloud
+~~~~~
+
+misc
+^^^^
+
+- proxmox_disk - Management of a disk of a Qemu(KVM) VM in a Proxmox VE cluster.
+
+Identity
+~~~~~~~~
+
+keycloak
+^^^^^^^^
+
+- keycloak_user_rolemapping - Allows administration of Keycloak user_rolemapping with the Keycloak API
+
+v5.6.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ali_instance - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5240).
+- ali_instance_info - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5240).
+- consul_session - adds ``token`` parameter for session (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5193).
+- gitlab module util - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
+- gitlab_branch - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
+- gitlab_deploy_key - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
+- gitlab_group - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
+- gitlab_group_members - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
+- gitlab_group_variable - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
+- gitlab_hook - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
+- gitlab_hook - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5271).
+- gitlab_project - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
+- gitlab_project_members - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
+- gitlab_project_variable - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
+- gitlab_protected_branch - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
+- gitlab_runner - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
+- gitlab_user - minor refactor when checking for installed dependency (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5259).
+- homebrew, homebrew_tap - added Homebrew on Linux path to defaults (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5241).
+- nagios - minor refactoring on parameter validation for different actions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5239).
+- nmcli - add bond option ``xmit_hash_policy`` to bond options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5148).
+- nmcli - honor IP options for VPNs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5228).
+- redfish - added new command GetVirtualMedia, VirtualMediaInsert and VirtualMediaEject to Systems category due to Redfish spec changes the virtualMedia resource location from Manager to System (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5124).
+- seport - added new argument ``local`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5203)
+- wdc_redfish_command - add ``PowerModeLow`` and ``PowerModeNormal`` commands for ``Chassis`` category (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5145).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- proxmox - deprecated the current ``unprivileged`` default value, will be changed to ``true`` in community.general 7.0.0 (https://github.com/pull/5224).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- listen_ports_facts - removed leftover ``EnvironmentError`` . The ``else`` clause had a wrong indentation. The check is now handled in the ``split_pid_name`` function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5202).
+- nmcli - avoid changed status for most cases with VPN connections (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5126).
+- osx_defaults - no longer expand ``~`` in ``value`` to the user's home directory, or expand environment variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5234, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5243).
+- proxmox_kvm - fix exception when no ``agent`` argument is specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5194).
+- proxmox_kvm - replace new condition with proper condition to allow for using ``vmid`` on update (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5206).
+- slack - fix message update for channels which start with ``CP``. When ``message-id`` was passed it failed for channels which started with ``CP`` because the ``#`` symbol was added before the ``channel_id`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5249).
+- tss lookup plugin - adding support for updated Delinea library (https://github.com/DelineaXPM/python-tss-sdk/issues/9, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5151).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+Packaging
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+language
+^^^^^^^^
+
+- pipx_info - Rretrieves information about applications installed with pipx
+
+v5.5.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Feature and bugfix release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- Added MIT license as ``LICENSES/MIT.txt`` for tests/unit/plugins/modules/packaging/language/test_gem.py (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5065).
+- All software licenses are now in the ``LICENSES/`` directory of the collection root (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5065, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5079, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5080, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5083, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5087, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5095, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5098, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5106).
+- The collection repository conforms to the `REUSE specification <https://reuse.software/spec/>`__ except for the changelog fragments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5138).
+- pipx - added state ``latest`` to the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5105).
+- pipx - changed implementation to use ``cmd_runner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5085).
+- pipx - module fails faster when ``name`` is missing for states ``upgrade`` and ``reinstall`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5100).
+- pipx module utils - created new module util ``pipx`` providing a ``cmd_runner`` specific for the ``pipx`` module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5085).
+- proxmox_kvm - allow ``agent`` argument to be a string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5107).
+- wdc_redfish_command - add ``IndicatorLedOn`` and ``IndicatorLedOff`` commands for ``Chassis`` category (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5059).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- apache2_mod_proxy - avoid crash when reporting inability to parse balancer_member_page HTML caused by using an undefined variable in the error message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111).
+- dig lookup plugin - fix evaluation of falsy values for boolean parameters ``fail_on_error`` and ``retry_servfail`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5129).
+- dnsimple_info - correctly report missing library as ``requests`` and not ``another_library`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111).
+- funcd connection plugin - fix signature of ``exec_command`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111).
+- manageiq_alert_profiles - avoid crash when reporting unknown profile caused by trying to return an undefined variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111).
+- nsupdate - compatibility with NS records (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5112).
+- packet_ip_subnet - fix error reporting in case of invalid CIDR prefix lengths (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111).
+- pip_package_info - remove usage of global variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5111).
+- proxmox_kvm - fix wrong condition (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5108).
+
+v5.4.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ModuleHelper module utils - added property ``verbosity`` to base class (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5035).
+- apk - add ``world`` parameter for supporting a custom world file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4976).
+- consul - adds ``ttl`` parameter for session  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4996).
+- dig lookup plugin - add option ``fail_on_error`` to allow stopping execution on lookup failures (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4973).
+- keycloak_* modules - add ``http_agent`` parameter with default value ``Ansible`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5023).
+- lastpass - use config manager for handling plugin options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5022).
+- listen_ports_facts - add new ``include_non_listening`` option which adds ``-a`` option to ``netstat`` and ``ss``. This shows both listening and non-listening (for TCP this means established connections) sockets, and returns ``state`` and ``foreign_address`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4762, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4953).
+- maven_artifact - add a new ``unredirected_headers`` option that can be used with ansible-core 2.12 and above. The default value is to not use ``Authorization`` and ``Cookie`` headers on redirects for security reasons. With ansible-core 2.11, all headers are still passed on for redirects (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4812).
+- pacman - added parameters ``reason`` and ``reason_for`` to set/change the install reason of packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4956).
+- xfconf - add ``stdout``, ``stderr`` and ``cmd`` to the module results (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5037).
+- xfconf - use ``do_raise()`` instead of defining custom exception class (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4975).
+- xfconf_info - use ``do_raise()`` instead of defining custom exception class (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4975).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- keyring_info - fix the result from the keyring library never getting returned (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4964).
+- pacman - fixed name resolution of URL packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4959).
+- passwordstore lookup plugin - fix ``returnall`` for gopass (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5027).
+- passwordstore lookup plugin - fix password store path detection for gopass (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4955).
+- proxmox - fix error handling when getting VM by name when ``state=absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4945).
+- proxmox_kvm - fix error handling when getting VM by name when ``state=absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4945).
+- slack - fix incorrect channel prefix ``#`` caused by incomplete pattern detection by adding ``G0`` and ``GF`` as channel ID patterns (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5019).
+- xfconf - fix setting of boolean values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4999, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5007).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Lookup
+~~~~~~
+
+- bitwarden - Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+Remote Management
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+redfish
+^^^^^^^
+
+- wdc_redfish_command - Manages WDC UltraStar Data102 Out-Of-Band controllers using Redfish APIs
+- wdc_redfish_info - Manages WDC UltraStar Data102 Out-Of-Band controllers using Redfish APIs
+
+v5.3.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- machinectl become plugin - can now be used with a password from another user than root, if a polkit rule is present (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4849).
+- opentelemetry callback plugin - allow configuring opentelementry callback via config file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4916).
+- redfish_info - add ``GetManagerInventory`` to report list of Manager inventory information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4899).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- cmd_runner module utils - fix bug caused by using the ``command`` variable instead of ``self.command`` when looking for binary path (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4903).
+- dsv lookup plugin - do not ignore the ``tld`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4911).
+- lxd connection plugin - fix incorrect ``inventory_hostname`` in ``remote_addr``. This is needed for compatibility with ansible-core 2.13 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4886).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - fix crash when ``enabled=1`` is used in agent config string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4910).
+- rax_clb_nodes - fix code to be compatible with Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4933).
+- redfish_info - fix to ``GetChassisPower`` to correctly report power information when multiple chassis exist, but not all chassis report power information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4901).
+
+v5.2.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- cmd_runner module utils - add ``__call__`` method to invoke context (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4791).
+- passwordstore lookup plugin - allow using alternative password managers by detecting wrapper scripts, allow explicit configuration of pass and gopass backends (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4766).
+- sudoers - will attempt to validate the proposed sudoers rule using visudo if available, optionally skipped, or required (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4794, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4745).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Include ``PSF-license.txt`` file for ``plugins/module_utils/_mount.py``.
+- redfish_command - fix the check if a virtual media is unmounted to just check for ``instered= false`` caused by Supermicro hardware that does not clear the ``ImageName`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4839).
+- redfish_command - the Supermicro Redfish implementation only supports the ``image_url`` parameter in the underlying API calls to ``VirtualMediaInsert`` and ``VirtualMediaEject``. Any values set (or the defaults) for ``write_protected`` or ``inserted`` will be ignored (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4839).
+- sudoers - fix incorrect handling of ``state: absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4852).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+Cloud
+~~~~~
+
+scaleway
+^^^^^^^^
+
+- scaleway_compute_private_network - Scaleway compute - private network management
+
+System
+~~~~~~
+
+- keyring - Set or delete a passphrase using the Operating System's native keyring
+- keyring_info - Get a passphrase using the Operating System's native keyring
+
+v5.1.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- alternatives - do not set the priority if the priority was not set by the user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4810).
+- alternatives - only pass subcommands when they are specified as module arguments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4803, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4804, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4836).
+- alternatives - when ``subcommands`` is specified, ``link`` must be given for every subcommand. This was already mentioned in the documentation, but not enforced by the code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4836).
+- nmcli - fix error caused by adding undefined module arguments for list options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4373, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4813).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - fixed extended status detection for qemu (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4816).
+- redhat_subscription - fix unsubscribing on RHEL 9 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4741).
+- sudoers - ensure sudoers config files are created with the permissions requested by sudoers (0440) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4814).
+
+v5.1.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ModuleHelper module utils - improved ``ModuleHelperException``, using ``to_native()`` for the exception message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4755).
+- alternatives - add ``state=absent`` to be able to remove an alternative (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4654).
+- alternatives - add ``subcommands`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4654).
+- ansible_galaxy_install - minor refactoring using latest ``ModuleHelper`` updates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4752).
+- cmd_runner module util - added parameters ``check_mode_skip`` and ``check_mode_return`` to ``CmdRunner.context()``, so that the command is not executed when ``check_mode=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4736).
+- nmcli - adds ``vpn`` type and parameter for supporting VPN with service type L2TP and PPTP (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4746).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - added new flag ``qemu_extended_statuses`` and new groups ``<group_prefix>prelaunch``, ``<group_prefix>paused``. They will be populated only when ``want_facts=true``, ``qemu_extended_statuses=true`` and only for ``QEMU`` machines (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4723).
+- puppet - adds ``confdir`` parameter to configure a custom confir location (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4740).
+- xfconf - changed implementation to use ``cmd_runner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4776).
+- xfconf module utils - created new module util ``xfconf`` providing a ``cmd_runner`` specific for ``xfconf`` modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4776).
+- xfconf_info - changed implementation to use ``cmd_runner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4776).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- cmd_runner module utils - deprecated ``fmt`` in favour of ``cmd_runner_fmt`` as the parameter format object (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4777).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+System
+~~~~~~
+
+- gconftool2_info - Retrieve GConf configurations
+
+v5.0.2
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Maintenance and bugfix release for Ansible 6.0.0.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Include ``simplified_bsd.txt`` license file for various module utils, the ``lxca_common`` docs fragment, and the ``utm_utils`` unit tests.
+
+v5.0.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 6.0.0.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- cpanm - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
+- mksysb - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
+- pipx - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
+- snap - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
+- xfconf - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- consul - fixed bug introduced in PR 4590 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4680).
+- filesystem - handle ``fatresize --info`` output lines without ``:`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4700).
+- filesystem - improve error messages when output cannot be parsed by including newlines in escaped form (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4700).
+- keycloak_realm - fix default groups and roles (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4241).
+- redis* modules - fix call to ``module.fail_json`` when failing because of missing Python libraries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4733).
+- xcc_redfish_command - for compatibility due to Redfish spec changes the virtualMedia resource location changed from Manager to System (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4682).
+- zfs - fix wrong quoting of properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4707, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4726).
+
+v5.0.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+This is release 5.0.0 of ``community.general``, released on 2022-05-17.
+
+Major Changes
+-------------
+
+- The community.general collection no longer supports Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10. While we take no active measures to prevent usage, we will remove a lot of compatibility code and other compatility measures that will effectively prevent using most content from this collection with Ansible 2.9, and some content of this collection with ansible-base 2.10. Both Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10 will very soon be End of Life and if you are still using them, you should consider upgrading to ansible-core 2.11 or later as soon as possible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- Avoid internal ansible-core module_utils in favor of equivalent public API available since at least Ansible 2.9. This fixes some instances added since the last time this was fixed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4232).
+- ModuleHelper module utils - ``ModuleHelperBase` now delegates the attributes ``check_mode``, ``get_bin_path``, ``warn``, and ``deprecate`` to the underlying ``AnsibleModule`` instance (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4600).
+- ModuleHelper module utils - ``ModuleHelperBase`` now has a convenience method ``do_raise`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4660).
+- Remove vendored copy of ``distutils.version`` in favor of vendored copy included with ansible-core 2.12+. For ansible-core 2.11, uses ``distutils.version`` for Python < 3.12. There is no support for ansible-core 2.11 with Python 3.12+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3988).
+- aix_filesystem - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3833).
+- aix_lvg - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3834).
+- alternatives - add ``state`` parameter, which provides control over whether the alternative should be set as the active selection for its alternatives group (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4543, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4557).
+- ansible_galaxy_install - added option ``no_deps`` to the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4174).
+- atomic_container - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- clc_alert_policy - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+- clc_group - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+- clc_loadbalancer - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+- clc_server - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+- cmd_runner module util - reusable command runner with consistent argument formatting and sensible defaults (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4476).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add ``include_profiles`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4068).
+- datadog_monitor - support new datadog event monitor of type `event-v2 alert` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4457)
+- filesystem - add support for resizing btrfs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4465).
+- gitlab - add more token authentication support with the new options ``api_oauth_token`` and ``api_job_token`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/705).
+- gitlab - clean up modules and utils (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3694).
+- gitlab_group, gitlab_project - add new option ``avatar_path`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3792).
+- gitlab_group_variable - new ``variables`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038 and https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4074).
+- gitlab_project - add new option ``default_branch`` to gitlab_project (if ``readme = true``) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3792).
+- gitlab_project_variable - new ``variables`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
+- hponcfg - revamped module using ModuleHelper (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3840).
+- icinga2 inventory plugin - added the ``display_name`` field to variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3875, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3906).
+- icinga2 inventory plugin - implemented constructed interface (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4088).
+- icinga2 inventory plugin - inventory object names are changable using ``inventory_attr`` in your config file to the host object name, address, or display_name fields (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3875, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3906).
+- ip_netns - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3822).
+- ipa_dnsrecord - add new argument ``record_values``, mutually exclusive to ``record_value``, which supports multiple values for one record (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4578).
+- ipa_dnszone - ``dynamicupdate`` is now a boolean parameter, instead of a string parameter accepting ``"true"`` and ``"false"``. Also the module is now idempotent with respect to ``dynamicupdate`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3374).
+- ipa_dnszone - add DNS zone synchronization support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3374).
+- ipa_service - add ``skip_host_check`` parameter. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4417).
+- ipmi_boot - add support for user-specified IPMI encryption key (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3698).
+- ipmi_power - add ``machine`` option to ensure the power state via the remote target address (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3968).
+- ipmi_power - add support for user-specified IPMI encryption key (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3698).
+- iso_extract - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3805).
+- java_cert - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3835).
+- jira - add support for Bearer token auth (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3838).
+- jira - when creating a comment, ``fields`` now is used for additional data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4304).
+- keycloak_* modules - added connection timeout parameter when calling server (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4168).
+- keycloak_client - add ``always_display_in_console`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4390).
+- keycloak_client - add ``default_client_scopes`` and ``optional_client_scopes`` parameters. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4385).
+- keycloak_user_federation - add sssd user federation support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3767).
+- ldap_entry - add support for recursive deletion (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3613).
+- linode inventory plugin - add support for caching inventory results (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4179).
+- linode inventory plugin - allow templating of ``access_token`` variable in Linode inventory plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4040).
+- listen_ports_facts - add support for ``ss`` command besides ``netstat`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3708).
+- lists_mergeby filter plugin - add parameters ``list_merge`` and ``recursive``. These are only supported when used with ansible-base 2.10 or ansible-core, but not with Ansible 2.9 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4058).
+- logentries - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3807).
+- logstash_plugin - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3808).
+- lxc_container - added ``wait_for_container`` parameter. If ``true`` the module will wait until the running task reports success as the status (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4039).
+- lxc_container - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3851).
+- lxd connection plugin - make sure that ``ansible_lxd_host``, ``ansible_executable``, and ``ansible_lxd_executable`` work (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3798).
+- lxd inventory plugin - support virtual machines (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3519).
+- lxd_container - adds ``project`` option to allow selecting project for LXD instance (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4479).
+- lxd_container - adds ``type`` option which also allows to operate on virtual machines and not just containers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3661).
+- lxd_profile - adds ``project`` option to allow selecting project for LXD profile (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4479).
+- mail callback plugin - add ``Message-ID`` and ``Date`` headers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4055, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4056).
+- mail callback plugin - properly use Ansible's option handling to split lists (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4140).
+- mattermost - add the possibility to send attachments instead of text messages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3946).
+- mksysb - revamped the module using ``ModuleHelper`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3295).
+- module_helper module utils - added decorators ``check_mode_skip`` and ``check_mode_skip_returns`` for skipping methods when ``check_mode=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3849).
+- monit - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3821).
+- nmap inventory plugin - add ``sudo`` option in plugin in order to execute ``sudo nmap`` so that ``nmap`` runs with elevated privileges (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4506).
+- nmcli - add ``wireguard`` connection type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3985).
+- nmcli - add missing connection aliases ``802-3-ethernet`` and ``802-11-wireless`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4108).
+- nmcli - add multiple addresses support for ``ip4`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1088, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3738).
+- nmcli - add multiple addresses support for ``ip6`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1088).
+- nmcli - add support for ``eui64`` and ``ipv6privacy`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3357).
+- nmcli - adds ``routes6`` and ``route_metric6`` parameters for supporting IPv6 routes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4059).
+- nmcli - remove nmcli modify dependency on ``type`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2858).
+- nomad_job - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- nomad_job_info - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- npm - add ability to use ``production`` flag when ``ci`` is set (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4299).
+- open_iscsi - extended module to allow rescanning of established session for one or all targets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3763).
+- opennebula - add the release action for VMs in the ``HOLD`` state (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4036).
+- opentelemetry_plugin - enrich service when using the ``docker_login`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4104).
+- opentelemetry_plugin - enrich service when using the ``jenkins``, ``hetzner`` or ``jira`` modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4105).
+- packet_device - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- packet_sshkey - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- packet_volume - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- pacman - add ``remove_nosave`` parameter to avoid saving modified configuration files as ``.pacsave`` files. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4316, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4315).
+- pacman - add ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` as return values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3758).
+- pacman - now implements proper change detection for ``update_cache=true``. Adds ``cache_updated`` return value to when ``update_cache=true`` to report this result independently of the module's overall changed return value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4337).
+- pacman - the module has been rewritten and is now much faster when using ``state=latest``. Operations are now done all packages at once instead of package per package and the configured output format of ``pacman`` no longer affect the module's operation. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3907, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3783, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4079)
+- passwordstore lookup plugin - add configurable ``lock`` and ``locktimeout`` options to avoid race conditions in itself and in the ``pass`` utility it calls. By default, the plugin now locks on write operations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4194).
+- pipx - added options ``editable`` and ``pip_args`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4300).
+- pritunl_user - add ``mac_addresses`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4535).
+- profitbricks - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- proxmox - add ``clone`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3930).
+- proxmox - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - add support for client-side jinja filters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3553).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - add support for templating the ``url``, ``user``, and ``password`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4418).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - add token authentication as an alternative to username/password (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4540).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - parse LXC configs returned by the proxmox API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4472).
+- proxmox modules - move ``HAS_PROXMOXER`` check into ``module_utils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4030).
+- proxmox modules - move common code into ``module_utils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4029).
+- proxmox_kvm - added EFI disk support when creating VM with OVMF UEFI BIOS with new ``efidisk0`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4106, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1638).
+- proxmox_kwm - add ``win11`` to ``ostype`` parameter for Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4023, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4191).
+- proxmox_snap - add restore snapshot option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4377).
+- proxmox_snap - fixed timeout value to correctly reflect time in seconds. The timeout was off by one second (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4377).
+- puppet - remove deprecation for ``show_diff`` parameter. Its alias ``show-diff`` is still deprecated and will be removed in community.general 7.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3980).
+- python_requirements_info - returns python version broken down into its components, and some minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3797).
+- rax_files_objects - minor refactoring improving code quality (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4649).
+- redfish_* modules - the contents of ``@Message.ExtendedInfo`` will be returned as a string in the event that ``@Message.ExtendedInfo.Messages`` does not exist. This is likely more useful than the standard HTTP error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4596).
+- redfish_command - add ``GetHostInterfaces`` command to enable reporting Redfish Host Interface information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3693).
+- redfish_command - add ``IndicatorLedOn``, ``IndicatorLedOff``, and ``IndicatorLedBlink`` commands to the Systems category for controling system LEDs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4084).
+- redfish_command - add ``SetHostInterface`` command to enable configuring the Redfish Host Interface (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3632).
+- redis - add authentication parameters ``login_user``, ``tls``, ``validate_certs``, and ``ca_certs`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4207).
+- scaleway inventory plugin - add profile parameter ``scw_profile`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4049).
+- scaleway_compute - add possibility to use project identifier (new ``project`` option) instead of deprecated organization identifier (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3951).
+- scaleway_volume - all volumes are systematically created on par1 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3964).
+- seport - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4471).
+- smartos_image_info - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- snap - add option ``options`` permitting to set options using the ``snap set`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3943).
+- sudoers - add support for ``runas`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4379).
+- svc - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3829).
+- syslog_json - add option to skip logging of ``gather_facts`` playbook tasks; use v2 callback API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4223).
+- terraform - adds ``terraform_upgrade`` parameter which allows ``terraform init`` to satisfy new provider constraints in an existing Terraform project (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4333).
+- to_time_unit filter plugins - the time filters has been extended to also allow ``0`` as input (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4612).
+- udm_group - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+- udm_share - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+- vmadm - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- vmadm - minor refactoring and improvement on the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4581).
+- vmadm - minor refactoring and improvement on the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4648).
+- webfaction_app - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- webfaction_db - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- xattr - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3806).
+- xfconf - added missing value types ``char``, ``uchar``, ``int64`` and ``uint64`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4534).
+- xfconf - minor refactor on the base class for the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3919).
+- zfs - minor refactoring in the code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4650).
+- zypper - add support for ``--clean-deps`` option to remove packages that depend on a package being removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4195).
+
+Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+--------------------------------
+
+- Parts of this collection do not work with ansible-core 2.11 on Python 3.12+. Please either upgrade to ansible-core 2.12+, or use Python 3.11 or earlier (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3988).
+- The symbolic links used to implement flatmapping for all modules were removed and replaced by ``meta/runtime.yml`` redirects. This effectively breaks compatibility with Ansible 2.9 for all modules (without using their "long" names, which is discouraged and which can change without previous notice since they are considered an implementation detail) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- a_module test plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- archive - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- git_config - remove Ansible 2.9 and early ansible-base 2.10 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- java_keystore - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- lists_mergeby and groupby_as_dict filter plugins - adjust filter plugin filename. This change is not visible to end-users, it only affects possible other collections importing Python paths (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4625).
+- lists_mergeby filter plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- maven_artifact - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- memcached cache plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- path_join filter plugin shim - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- redis cache plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- yarn - remove unsupported and unnecessary ``--no-emoji`` flag (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4662).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- ansible_galaxy_install - deprecated support for ``ansible`` 2.9 and ``ansible-base`` 2.10 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4601).
+- dig lookup plugin - the ``DLV`` record type has been decommissioned in 2017 and support for it will be removed from community.general 6.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4618).
+- gem - the default of the ``norc`` option has been deprecated and will change to ``true`` in community.general 6.0.0. Explicitly specify a value to avoid a deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4517).
+- mail callback plugin - not specifying ``sender`` is deprecated and will be disallowed in community.general 6.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4140).
+- module_helper module utils - deprecated the attribute ``ModuleHelper.VarDict`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3801).
+- nmcli - deprecate default hairpin mode for a bridge. This so we can change it to ``false`` in community.general 7.0.0, as this is also the default in ``nmcli`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4334).
+- pacman - from community.general 5.0.0 on, the ``changed`` status of ``update_cache`` will no longer be ignored if ``name`` or ``upgrade`` is specified. To keep the old behavior, add something like ``register: result`` and ``changed_when: result.packages | length > 0`` to your task (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4329).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - the current default ``true`` of the ``want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host`` option has been deprecated. The default will change to ``false`` in community.general 6.0.0. To keep the current behavior, explicitly set ``want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host`` to ``true`` in your inventory configuration. We suggest to already switch to the new behavior by explicitly setting it to ``false``, and by using ``compose:`` to set ``ansible_host`` to the correct value. See the examples in the plugin documentation for details (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4466).
+- vmadm - deprecated module parameter ``debug`` that was not used anywhere (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4580).
+
+Removed Features (previously deprecated)
+----------------------------------------
+
+- ali_instance_info - removed the options ``availability_zone``, ``instance_ids``, and ``instance_names``. Use filter item ``zone_id`` instead of ``availability_zone``, filter item ``instance_ids`` instead of ``instance_ids``, and filter item ``instance_name`` instead of ``instance_names`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- apt_rpm - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- compose - removed various deprecated aliases. Use the version with ``_`` instead of ``-`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- dnsimple - remove support for dnsimple < 2.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- github_deploy_key - removed the deprecated alias ``2fa_token`` of ``otp`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- homebrew, homebrew_cask - removed the deprecated alias ``update-brew`` of ``update_brew`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- linode - removed the ``backupsenabled`` option. Use ``backupweeklyday`` or ``backupwindow`` to enable backups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- opkg - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- pacman - if ``update_cache=true`` is used with ``name`` or ``upgrade``, the changed state will now also indicate if only the cache was updated. To keep the old behavior - only indicate ``changed`` when a package was installed/upgraded -, use ``changed_when`` as indicated in the module examples (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- pacman - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- proxmox, proxmox_kvm, proxmox_snap - no longer allow to specify a VM name that matches multiple VMs. If this happens, the modules now fail (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- serverless - removed the ``functions`` option. It was not used by the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- slackpkg - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- urpmi - removed the deprecated alias ``no-recommends`` of ``no_recommends`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- urpmi - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- xbps - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- xfconf - the ``get`` state has been removed. Use the ``xfconf_info`` module instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Various modules and plugins - use vendored version of ``distutils.version`` instead of the deprecated Python standard library ``distutils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3936).
+- a_module test plugin - fix crash when testing a module name that was tombstoned (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3660).
+- alternatives - fix output parsing for alternatives groups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3976).
+- cargo - fix detection of outdated packages when ``state=latest`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4052).
+- cargo - fix incorrectly reported changed status for packages with a name containing a hyphen (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4044, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4052).
+- consul - fixed bug where class ``ConsulService`` was overwriting the field ``checks``, preventing the addition of checks to a service (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4590).
+- counter_enabled callback plugin - fix output to correctly display host and task counters in serial mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3709).
+- dconf - skip processes that disappeared while we inspected them (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4151).
+- dnsmadeeasy - fix failure on deleting DNS entries when API response does not contain monitor value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3620).
+- dsv lookup plugin - raise an Ansible error if the wrong ``python-dsv-sdk`` version is installed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4422).
+- filesize - add support for busybox dd implementation, that is used by default on Alpine linux (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4288, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4259).
+- gconftool2 - properly escape values when passing them to ``gconftool-2`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4647).
+- git_branch - remove deprecated and unnecessary branch ``unprotect`` method (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4496).
+- github_repo - ``private`` and ``description`` attributes should not be set to default values when the repo already exists (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2386).
+- gitlab_group - improve searching for projects inside group on deletion (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
+- gitlab_group_members - handle more than 20 groups when finding a group (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4460, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3729).
+- gitlab_group_variable - add missing documentation about GitLab versions that support ``environment_scope`` and ``variable_type`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038).
+- gitlab_group_variable - allow to set same variable name under different environment scopes. Due this change, the return value ``group_variable`` differs from previous version in check mode. It was counting ``updated`` values, because it was accidentally overwriting environment scopes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038).
+- gitlab_group_variable - fix idempotent change behaviour for float and integer variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038).
+- gitlab_hook - avoid errors during idempotency check when an attribute does not exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4668).
+- gitlab_hook - handle more than 20 hooks when finding a hook (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
+- gitlab_project - handle more than 20 namespaces when finding a namespace (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
+- gitlab_project_members - handle more than 20 projects and users when finding a project resp. user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
+- gitlab_project_variable - ``value`` is not necessary when deleting variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4150).
+- gitlab_project_variable - add missing documentation about GitLab versions that support ``environment_scope`` and ``variable_type`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
+- gitlab_project_variable - allow to set same variable name under different environment scopes. Due this change, the return value ``project_variable`` differs from previous version in check mode. It was counting ``updated`` values, because it was accidentally overwriting environment scopes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
+- gitlab_project_variable - fix idempotent change behaviour for float and integer variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
+- gitlab_runner - make ``project`` and ``owned`` mutually exclusive (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4136).
+- gitlab_runner - use correct API endpoint to create and retrieve project level runners when using ``project`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3965).
+- gitlab_user - handle more than 20 users and SSH keys when finding a user resp. SSH key (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
+- homebrew_cask - fix force install operation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3703).
+- icinga2 inventory plugin - handle 404 error when filter produces no results (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3875, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3906).
+- imc_rest - fixes the module failure due to the usage of ``itertools.izip_longest`` which is not available in Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4206).
+- ini_file - when removing nothing do not report changed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4154).
+- interfaces_file - fixed the check for existing option in interface (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3841).
+- jail connection plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable`` with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
+- jira - fixed bug where module returns error related to dictionary key ``body`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3419).
+- keycloak - fix parameters types for ``defaultDefaultClientScopes`` and ``defaultOptionalClientScopes`` from list of dictionaries to list of strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4526).
+- keycloak_* - the documented ``validate_certs`` parameter was not taken into account when calling the ``open_url`` function in some cases, thus enforcing certificate validation even when ``validate_certs`` was set to ``false``. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4382)
+- keycloak_user_federation - creating a user federation while specifying an ID (that does not exist yet) no longer fail with a 404 Not Found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4212).
+- keycloak_user_federation - mappers auto-created by keycloak are matched and merged by their name and no longer create duplicated entries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4212).
+- ldap_search - allow it to be used even in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3619).
+- linode inventory plugin - fix configuration handling relating to inventory filtering (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4336).
+- listen_ports_facts - local port regex was not handling well IPv6 only binding. Fixes the regex for ``ss`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4092).
+- lvol - allows logical volumes to be created with certain size arguments prefixed with ``+`` to preserve behavior of older versions of this module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3665).
+- lxd connection plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable`` with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the ``lxc`` executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
+- lxd inventory plugin - do not crash if OS and release metadata are not present
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4351).
+- mail callback plugin - fix crash on Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4025, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4026).
+- mail callback plugin - fix encoding of the name of sender and recipient (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4060, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4061).
+- mksysb - fixed bug for parameter ``backup_dmapi_fs`` was passing the wrong CLI argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3295).
+- nmcli - fix returning "changed" when no mask set for IPv4 or IPv6 addresses on task rerun (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3768).
+- nmcli - fix returning "changed" when routes parameters set, also suggest new routes4 and routes6 format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4131).
+- nmcli - fixed falsely reported changed status when ``mtu`` is omitted with ``dummy`` connections (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3612, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3625).
+- nmcli - pass ``flags``, ``ingress``, ``egress`` params to ``nmcli`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1086).
+- nrdp callback plugin - fix error ``string arguments without an encoding`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3903).
+- onepassword - search all valid configuration locations and use the first found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4640).
+- opennebula inventory plugin - complete the implementation of ``constructable`` for opennebula inventory plugin. Now ``keyed_groups``, ``compose``, ``groups`` actually work (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4497).
+- opentelemetry - fix generating a trace with a task containing ``no_log: true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4043).
+- opentelemetry callback plugin - fix task message attribute that is reported failed regardless of the task result (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4624).
+- opentelemetry callback plugin - fix warning for the include_tasks (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4623).
+- opentelemetry_plugin - honour ``ignore_errors`` when a task has failed instead of reporting an error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3837).
+- pacman - Use ``--groups`` instead of ``--group`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4312).
+- pacman - fix URL based package installation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4286, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4285).
+- pacman - fix ``upgrade=yes`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4275, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4274).
+- pacman - fixed bug where ``absent`` state did not work for locally installed packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4464).
+- pacman - make sure that ``packages`` is always returned when ``name`` or ``upgrade`` is specified, also if nothing is done (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4329).
+- pacman - when the ``update_cache`` option is combined with another option such as ``upgrade``, report ``changed`` based on the actions performed by the latter option. This was the behavior in community.general 4.4.0 and before. In community.general 4.5.0, a task combining these options would always report ``changed`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4318).
+- passwordstore lookup plugin - fix error detection for non-English locales (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4219).
+- passwordstore lookup plugin - prevent returning path names as passwords by accident (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4185, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4192).
+- passwordstore lookup plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.util.strtobool`` with Ansible's ``convert_bool.boolean`` to interpret values for the ``create``, ``returnall``, ``overwrite``, 'backup``, and ``nosymbols`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
+- pipx - passes the correct command line option ``--include-apps`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3791).
+- pritunl - fixed bug where pritunl plugin api add unneeded data in ``auth_string`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4527).
+- proxmox - fixed ``onboot`` parameter causing module failures when undefined (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3844).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - always convert strings that follow the ``key=value[,key=value[...]]`` form into dictionaries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4349).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - fix error when parsing container with LXC configs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4472, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4472).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - fixed the ``description`` field being ignored if it contained a comma (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4348).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - fixed the ``tags_parsed`` field when Proxmox returns a single space for the ``tags`` entry (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4378).
+- proxmox_kvm - fix a bug when getting a state of VM without name will fail (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4508).
+- proxmox_kvm - fix error in check when creating or cloning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4306).
+- proxmox_kvm - fix error when checking whether Proxmox VM exists (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4287).
+- python_requirements_info - fails if version operator used without version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3785).
+- python_requirements_info - store ``mismatched`` return values per package as documented in the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4078).
+- redfish_command - the iLO4 Redfish implementation only supports the ``image_url`` parameter in the underlying API calls to ``VirtualMediaInsert`` and ``VirtualMediaEject``. Any values set (or the defaults) for ``write_protected`` or ``inserted`` will be ignored (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4596).
+- say callback plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable`` with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the ``say`` resp. ``espeak`` executables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
+- scaleway_user_data - fix double-quote added where no double-quote is needed to user data in scaleway's server (``Content-type`` -> ``Content-Type``) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3940).
+- slack - add ``charset`` to HTTP headers to avoid Slack API warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3932).
+- terraform - fix command options being ignored during planned/plan in function ``build_plan`` such as ``lock`` or ``lock_timeout`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3707, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3726).
+- terraform - fix list initialization to support both Python 2 and Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4531).
+- vdo - fix options error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4163).
+- xattr - fix exception caused by ``_run_xattr()`` raising a ``ValueError`` due to a mishandling of base64-encoded value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3673).
+- xbps - fix error message that is reported when installing packages fails (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4438).
+- yarn - fix incorrect handling of ``yarn list`` and ``yarn global list`` output that could result in fatal error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4050).
+- yarn - fix incorrectly reported status when installing a package globally (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4045, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4050).
+- yarn - fix missing ``~`` expansion in yarn global install folder which resulted in incorrect task status (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4045, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4048).
+- yum_versionlock - fix matching of existing entries with names passed to the module. Match yum and dnf lock format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4183).
+- zone connection plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable`` with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
+- zypper - fix undefined variable when running in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4667).
+- zypper - fixed bug that caused zypper to always report [ok] and do nothing on ``state=present`` when all packages in ``name`` had a version specification (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4371, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4421).
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+- pacman - ``update_cache`` cannot differentiate between up to date and outdated package lists and will report ``changed`` in both situations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4318).
+- pacman - binaries specified in the ``executable`` parameter must support ``--print-format`` in order to be used by this module. In particular, AUR helper ``yay`` is known not to currently support it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4312).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Filter
+~~~~~~
+
+- counter - Counts hashable elements in a sequence
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst.license
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst.license
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Ansible Project
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+<!--
+Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+-->
+
+# Contributing
+
+We follow [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html) in all our contributions and interactions within this repository.
+
+If you are a committer, also refer to the [collection's committer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/commit-rights.md).
+
+## Issue tracker
+
+Whether you are looking for an opportunity to contribute or you found a bug and already know how to solve it, please go to the [issue tracker](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues).
+There you can find feature ideas to implement, reports about bugs to solve, or submit an issue to discuss your idea before implementing it which can help choose a right direction at the beginning of your work and potentially save a lot of time and effort.
+Also somebody may already have started discussing or working on implementing the same or a similar idea,
+so you can cooperate to create a better solution together.
+
+* If you are interested in starting with an easy issue, look for [issues with an `easyfix` label](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/labels/easyfix).
+* Often issues that are waiting for contributors to pick up have [the `waiting_on_contributor` label](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/labels/waiting_on_contributor).
+
+## Open pull requests
+
+Look through currently [open pull requests](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pulls).
+You can help by reviewing them. Reviews help move pull requests to merge state. Some good pull requests cannot be merged only due to a lack of reviews. And it is always worth saying that good reviews are often more valuable than pull requests themselves.
+Note that reviewing does not only mean code review, but also offering comments on new interfaces added to existing plugins/modules, interfaces of new plugins/modules, improving language (not everyone is a native english speaker), or testing bugfixes and new features!
+
+Also, consider taking up a valuable, reviewed, but abandoned pull request which you could politely ask the original authors to complete yourself.
+
+* Try committing your changes with an informative but short commit message.
+* Do not squash your commits and force-push to your branch if not needed. Reviews of your pull request are much easier with individual commits to comprehend the pull request history. All commits of your pull request branch will be squashed into one commit by GitHub upon merge.
+* Do not add merge commits to your PR. The bot will complain and you will have to rebase ([instructions for rebasing](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_rebasing.html)) to remove them before your PR can be merged. To avoid that git automatically does merges during pulls, you can configure it to do rebases instead by running `git config pull.rebase true` inside the repository checkout.
+* Make sure your PR includes a [changelog fragment](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/development_process.html#creating-changelog-fragments). (You must not include a fragment for new modules or new plugins, except for test and filter plugins. Also you shouldn't include one for docs-only changes. If you're not sure, simply don't include one, we'll tell you whether one is needed or not :) )
+* Avoid reformatting unrelated parts of the codebase in your PR. These types of changes will likely be requested for reversion, create additional work for reviewers, and may cause approval to be delayed.
+
+You can also read [our Quick-start development guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/create_pr_quick_start_guide.rst).
+
+## Test pull requests
+
+If you want to test a PR locally, refer to [our testing guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/test_pr_locally_guide.rst) for instructions on how do it quickly.
+
+If you find any inconsistencies or places in this document which can be improved, feel free to raise an issue or pull request to fix it.
+
+## Run sanity, unit or integration tests locally
+
+You have to check out the repository into a specific path structure to be able to run `ansible-test`. The path to the git checkout must end with `.../ansible_collections/community/general`. Please see [our testing guide](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/test_pr_locally_guide.rst) for instructions on how to check out the repository into a correct path structure. The short version of these instructions is:
+
+```.bash
+mkdir -p ~/dev/ansible_collections/community
+git clone https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general.git ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/general
+cd ~/dev/ansible_collections/community/general
+```
+
+Then you can run `ansible-test` (which is a part of [ansible-core](https://pypi.org/project/ansible-core/)) inside the checkout. The following example commands expect that you have installed Docker or Podman. Note that Podman has only been supported by more recent ansible-core releases. If you are using Docker, the following will work with Ansible 2.9+.
+
+The following commands show how to run sanity tests:
+
+```.bash
+# Run sanity tests for all files in the collection:
+ansible-test sanity --docker -v
+
+# Run sanity tests for the given files and directories:
+ansible-test sanity --docker -v plugins/modules/system/pids.py tests/integration/targets/pids/
+```
+
+The following commands show how to run unit tests:
+
+```.bash
+# Run all unit tests:
+ansible-test units --docker -v
+
+# Run all unit tests for one Python version (a lot faster):
+ansible-test units --docker -v --python 3.8
+
+# Run a specific unit test (for the nmcli module) for one Python version:
+ansible-test units --docker -v --python 3.8 tests/unit/plugins/modules/net_tools/test_nmcli.py
+```
+
+The following commands show how to run integration tests:
+
+```.bash
+# Run integration tests for the interfaces_files module in a Docker container using the
+# fedora35 operating system image (the supported images depend on your ansible-core version):
+ansible-test integration --docker fedora35 -v interfaces_file
+
+# Run integration tests for the flattened lookup **without any isolation**:
+ansible-test integration -v lookup_flattened
+```
+
+If you are unsure about the integration test target name for a module or plugin, you can take a look in `tests/integration/targets/`. Tests for plugins have the plugin type prepended.
+
+## Creating new modules or plugins
+
+Creating new modules and plugins requires a bit more work than other Pull Requests.
+
+1. Please make sure that your new module or plugin is of interest to a larger audience. Very specialized modules or plugins that
+   can only be used by very few people should better be added to more specialized collections.
+
+2. Please do not add more than one plugin/module in one PR, especially if it is the first plugin/module you are contributing.
+   That makes it easier for reviewers, and increases the chance that your PR will get merged. If you plan to contribute a group
+   of plugins/modules (say, more than a module and a corresponding ``_info`` module), please mention that in the first PR. In
+   such cases, you also have to think whether it is better to publish the group of plugins/modules in a new collection.
+
+3. When creating a new module or plugin, please make sure that you follow various guidelines:
+
+   - Follow [development conventions](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_best_practices.html);
+   - Follow [documentation standards](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_modules_documenting.html) and
+     the [Ansible style guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/style_guide/index.html#style-guide);
+   - Make sure your modules and plugins are [GPL-3.0-or-later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0-standalone.html) licensed
+     (new module_utils can also be [BSD-2-clause](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause) licensed);
+   - Make sure that new plugins and modules have tests (unit tests, integration tests, or both); it is preferable to have some tests
+     which run in CI.
+
+4. For modules and action plugins, make sure to create your module/plugin in the correct subdirectory, and add a redirect entry
+   in `meta/runtime.yml`. For example, for the `aerospike_migrations` module located in
+   `plugins/modules/database/aerospike/aerospike_migrations.py`, you need to create the following entry:
+   ```.yaml
+       aerospike_migrations:
+         redirect: community.general.database.aerospike.aerospike_migrations
+   ```
+   Here, the relative path `database/aerospike/` is inserted into the module's FQCN (Fully Qualified Collection Name) after the
+   collection's name and before the module's name. This must not be done for other plugin types but modules and action plugins!
+
+   - Action plugins need to be accompanied by a module, even if the module file only contains documentation
+     (`DOCUMENTATION`, `EXAMPLES` and `RETURN`). The module must have the same name and directory path in `plugins/modules/`
+     than the action plugin has in `plugins/action/`.
+
+5. Make sure to add a BOTMETA entry for your new module/plugin in `.github/BOTMETA.yml`. Search for other plugins/modules in the
+   same directory to see how entries could look. You should list all authors either as `maintainers` or under `ignore`. People
+   listed as `maintainers` will be pinged for new issues and PRs that modify the module/plugin or its tests.
+
+   When you add a new plugin/module, we expect that you perform maintainer duty for at least some time after contributing it.
+
+## pre-commit
+
+To help ensure high-quality contributions this repository includes a [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com) configuration which
+corrects and tests against common issues that would otherwise cause CI to fail. To begin using these pre-commit hooks see
+the [Installation](#installation) section below.
+
+This is optional and not required to contribute to this repository.
+
+### Installation
+
+Follow the [instructions](https://pre-commit.com/#install) provided with pre-commit and run `pre-commit install` under the repository base. If for any reason you would like to disable the pre-commit hooks run `pre-commit uninstall`.
+
+This is optional to run it locally.
+
+You can trigger it locally with `pre-commit run --all-files` or even to run only for a given file `pre-commit run --files YOUR_FILE`.
--- a/LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt
+++ b/LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
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+
--- a/LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt
+++ b/LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../COPYING
--- a/LICENSES/MIT.txt
+++ b/LICENSES/MIT.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
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--- a/LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt
+++ b/LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION LICENSE VERSION 2
+--------------------------------------------
+
+1. This LICENSE AGREEMENT is between the Python Software Foundation
+("PSF"), and the Individual or Organization ("Licensee") accessing and
+otherwise using this software ("Python") in source or binary form and
+its associated documentation.
+
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+analyze, test, perform and/or display publicly, prepare derivative works,
+distribute, and otherwise use Python alone or in any derivative version,
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+All Rights Reserved" are retained in Python alone or in any derivative version
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+or incorporates Python or any part thereof, and wants to make
+the derivative work available to others as provided herein, then
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+the changes made to Python.
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+4. PSF is making Python available to Licensee on an "AS IS"
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+FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSS AS
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+
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+agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this License
+Agreement.
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,15 +1,31 @@
+<!--
+Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+-->
+
 # Community General Collection

-[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=main)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
+[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-5)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
 [![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/community.general)

-This repo contains the `community.general` Ansible Collection. The collection includes many modules and plugins supported by Ansible community which are not part of more specialized community collections.
+This repository contains the `community.general` Ansible Collection. The collection is a part of the Ansible package and includes many modules and plugins supported by Ansible community which are not part of more specialized community collections.

 You can find [documentation for this collection on the Ansible docs site](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/).

+Please note that this collection does **not** support Windows targets. Only connection plugins included in this collection might support Windows targets, and will explicitly mention that in their documentation if they do so.
+
+## Code of Conduct
+
+We follow [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html) in all our interactions within this project.
+
+If you encounter abusive behavior violating the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html), please refer to the [policy violations](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/code_of_conduct.html#policy-violations) section of the Code of Conduct for information on how to raise a complaint.
+
 ## Tested with Ansible

-Tested with the current Ansible 2.9, ansible-base 2.10 and ansible-core 2.11 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible versions before 2.9.10 are not supported.
+Tested with the current ansible-core 2.11, ansible-core 2.12, ansible-core 2.13, ansible-core 2.14 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible-core versions before 2.11.0 are not supported. This includes all ansible-base 2.10 and Ansible 2.9 releases.
+
+Parts of this collection will not work with ansible-core 2.11 on Python 3.12+.

 ## External requirements

@@ -21,7 +37,9 @@ Please check the included content on the [Ansible Galaxy page for this collectio

 ## Using this collection

-Before using the General community collection, you need to install the collection with the `ansible-galaxy` CLI:
+This collection is shipped with the Ansible package. So if you have it installed, no more action is required.
+
+If you have a minimal installation (only Ansible Core installed) or you want to use the latest version of the collection along with the whole Ansible package, you need to install the collection from [Ansible Galaxy](https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/general) manually with the `ansible-galaxy` command-line tool:

    ansible-galaxy collection install community.general

@@ -32,58 +50,84 @@ collections:
 - name: community.general
 ```

+Note that if you install the collection manually, it will not be upgraded automatically when you upgrade the Ansible package. To upgrade the collection to the latest available version, run the following command:
+
+```bash
+ansible-galaxy collection install community.general --upgrade
+```
+
+You can also install a specific version of the collection, for example, if you need to downgrade when something is broken in the latest version (please report an issue in this repository). Use the following syntax where `X.Y.Z` can be any [available version](https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/general):
+
+```bash
+ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==X.Y.Z
+```
+
 See [Ansible Using collections](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/collections_using.html) for more details.

+### FQCNs for modules and actions
+
+⚠️ The collection uses a similar directory structure for modules as the Ansible repository used for Ansible 2.9 and before. This directory structure was never exposed to the user. Due to changes in community.general 5.0.0 (using `meta/runtime.yml` redirects instead of symbolic links) some tooling started exposing the internal module names to end-users. These **internal names**, like `community.general.system.ufw` for the UFW firewall managing module, do work, but should be avoided since they are treated as an implementation detail that can change at any time, even in bugfix releases. Always use the three-component FQCN form, for example `community.general.ufw` for the UFW module. ⚠️
+
 ## Contributing to this collection

-If you want to develop new content for this collection or improve what is already here, the easiest way to work on the collection is to clone it into one of the configured [`COLLECTIONS_PATH`](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#collections-paths), and work on it there.
+The content of this collection is made by good people just like you, a community of individuals collaborating on making the world better through developing automation software.

-For example, if you are working in the `~/dev` directory:
+We are actively accepting new contributors.

-```
-cd ~/dev
-git clone git@github.com:ansible-collections/community.general.git collections/ansible_collections/community/general
-export COLLECTIONS_PATH=$(pwd)/collections:$COLLECTIONS_PATH
-```
+All types of contributions are very welcome.
+
+You don't know how to start? Refer to our [contribution guide](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)!
+
+The current maintainers are listed in the [commit-rights.md](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/commit-rights.md#people) file. If you have questions or need help, feel free to mention them in the proposals.

 You can find more information in the [developer guide for collections](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#contributing-to-collections), and in the [Ansible Community Guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/index.html).

+Also for some notes specific to this collection see [our CONTRIBUTING documentation](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
 ### Running tests

 See [here](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/dev_guide/developing_collections.html#testing-collections).

-### Communication
+## Collection maintenance

-We have a dedicated Working Group for Ansible development.
+To learn how to maintain / become a maintainer of this collection, refer to:

-You can find other people interested on the following Freenode IRC channels -
- `#ansible` - For general use questions and support.
- `#ansible-devel` - For discussions on developer topics and code related to features or bugs.
- `#ansible-community` - For discussions on community topics and community meetings.
+* [Committer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/commit-rights.md).
+* [Maintainer guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/maintaining.rst).
+
+It is necessary for maintainers of this collection to be subscribed to:
+
+* The collection itself (the `Watch` button → `All Activity` in the upper right corner of the repository's homepage).
+* The "Changes Impacting Collection Contributors and Maintainers" [issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview/issues/45).
+
+They also should be subscribed to Ansible's [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#the-bullhorn).
+
+## Communication
+
+We announce important development changes and releases through Ansible's [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://eepurl.com/gZmiEP). If you are a collection developer, be sure you are subscribed.
+
+Join us in the `#ansible` (general use questions and support), `#ansible-community` (community and collection development questions), and other [IRC channels](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html#irc-channels) on [Libera.chat](https://libera.chat).
+
+We take part in the global quarterly [Ansible Contributor Summit](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Contributor-Summit) virtually or in-person. Track [The Bullhorn newsletter](https://eepurl.com/gZmiEP) and join us.

 For more information about communities, meetings and agendas see [Community Wiki](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Community).

-For more information about [communication](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/community/communication.html)
+For more information about communication, refer to Ansible's the [Communication guide](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/community/communication.html).

-### Publishing New Version
+## Publishing New Version

-Basic instructions without release branches:
-
-1. Create `changelogs/fragments/<version>.yml` with `release_summary:` section (which must be a string, not a list).
-2. Run `antsibull-changelog release --collection-flatmap yes`
-3. Make sure `CHANGELOG.rst` and `changelogs/changelog.yaml` are added to git, and the deleted fragments have been removed.
-4. Tag the commit with `<version>`. Push changes and tag to the main repository.
+See the [Releasing guidelines](https://github.com/ansible/community-docs/blob/main/releasing_collections.rst) to learn how to release this collection.

 ## Release notes

-See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst).
+See the [changelog](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/stable-5/CHANGELOG.rst).

 ## Roadmap

-See [this issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/582) for information on releasing, versioning and deprecation.
-
 In general, we plan to release a major version every six months, and minor versions every two months. Major versions can contain breaking changes, while minor versions only contain new features and bugfixes.

+See [this issue](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/582) for information on releasing, versioning, and deprecation.
+
 ## More information

 - [Ansible Collection overview](https://github.com/ansible-collections/overview)
@@ -93,6 +137,10 @@ In general, we plan to release a major version every six months, and minor versi

 ## Licensing

-GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.
+This collection is primarily licensed and distributed as a whole under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.

-See [COPYING](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) to see the full text.
+See [LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/COPYING) for the full text.
+
+Parts of the collection are licensed under the [BSD 2-Clause license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/LICENSES/BSD-2-Clause.txt), the [MIT license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/LICENSES/MIT.txt), and the [PSF 2.0 license](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/blob/main/LICENSES/PSF-2.0.txt).
+
+All files have a machine readable `SDPX-License-Identifier:` comment denoting its respective license(s) or an equivalent entry in an accompanying `.license` file. Only changelog fragments (which will not be part of a release) are covered by a blanket statement in `.reuse/dep5`. This conforms to the [REUSE specification](https://reuse.software/spec/).
--- a/changelogs/.gitignore
+++ b/changelogs/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 /.plugin-cache.yaml
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml.license
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml.license
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Ansible Project
--- a/changelogs/config.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/config.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 changelog_filename_template: ../CHANGELOG.rst
 changelog_filename_version_depth: 0
 changes_file: changelog.yaml
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1475-xfconf-facts.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1475-xfconf-facts.yml
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - xfconf - added option ``disable_facts`` to disable facts and its associated deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1475).
-deprecated_features:
-  - xfconf - returning output as facts is deprecated, this will be removed in community.general 4.0.0. Please register the task output in a variable and use it instead. You can already switch to the new behavior now by using the new ``disable_facts`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1747).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1478-filesystem-fix-1457-resizefs-idempotency.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1478-filesystem-fix-1457-resizefs-idempotency.yml
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
-  - filesystem - do not fail when ``resizefs=yes`` and ``fstype=xfs`` if there is nothing to do, even if
-    the filesystem is not mounted. This only covers systems supporting access to unmounted XFS filesystems.
-    Others will still fail (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1457, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1478).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1596-xfs_quota-feedback_on_projects_not_initialized_has_changed.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1596-xfs_quota-feedback_on_projects_not_initialized_has_changed.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
-  - xfs_quota - the feedback for initializing project quota using xfs_quota binary from ``xfsprogs`` has changed since the version it was written for (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1596).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1661-gitlab-deploy-key-update-pubkey.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1661-gitlab-deploy-key-update-pubkey.yml
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
---
-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab_deploy_key - when the given key title already exists but has a different public key, the public key will now be updated to given value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1661).
-breaking_changes:
-  - gitlab_deploy_key - if for an already existing key title a different public key was given as parameter nothing happened, now this changed so that the public key is updated to the new value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1661).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1691-add-name-and-id-props-to-redfish-inventory-output.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1691-add-name-and-id-props-to-redfish-inventory-output.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - redfish_info module, redfish_utils module utils - add ``Name`` and ``Id`` properties to output of Redfish inventory commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1650).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1695-parted-updatedregex.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1695-parted-updatedregex.yaml
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - parted - change the regex that decodes the partition size to better support different formats that parted uses.
-    Change the regex that validates parted's version string
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1695).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1702_homebrew_tap.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1702_homebrew_tap.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
- homebrew_tap - add support to specify search path for ``brew`` executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1702).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1703-sensu_silence-fix_json_parsing.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1703-sensu_silence-fix_json_parsing.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - sensu-silence module - fix json parsing of sensu API responses on Python 3.5 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1703).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1714-gitlab_runner-required-reg-token.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1714-gitlab_runner-required-reg-token.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - gitlab_runner - parameter ``registration_token`` was required but is used only when ``state`` is ``present`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1714).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1715-proxmox_kvm-add-vmid-to-returns.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1715-proxmox_kvm-add-vmid-to-returns.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox_kvm module - actually implemented ``vmid`` and ``status`` return values. Updated documentation to reflect current situation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1410, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1715).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1721-fix-nomad_job_info-no-jobs-failure.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1721-fix-nomad_job_info-no-jobs-failure.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - nomad_job_info - fix module failure when nomad client returns no jobs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1721).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1722_timezone.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1722_timezone.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
- timezone - add Gentoo and Alpine Linux support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/781).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1723-datadog_monitor-add-missing-monitor-types.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1723-datadog_monitor-add-missing-monitor-types.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - datadog_monitor - add missing monitor types ``query alert``, ``trace-analytics alert``, ``rum alert`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1723).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1724-various-fixes-for-updating-existing-gitlab-user.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1724-various-fixes-for-updating-existing-gitlab-user.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - gitlab_user - make updates to the ``isadmin``, ``password`` and ``confirm`` options of an already existing GitLab user work (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1724).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1735-imc-sessions.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1735-imc-sessions.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - imc_rest - explicitly logging out instead of registering the call in ```atexit``` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1735).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1740-aerospike_migration.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1740-aerospike_migration.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
- "aerospike_migration - fix typo that caused ``migrate_tx_key`` instead of ``migrate_rx_key`` being used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1739)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1741-use-path-argspec.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1741-use-path-argspec.yml
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
- "oci_vcn - ``api_user_key_file`` is now of type ``path`` and no longer ``str``. A side effect is that certain expansions are made, like ``~`` is replaced by the user's home directory, and environment variables like ``$HOME`` or ``$TEMP`` are evaluated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1741)."
- "lxd_container - ``client_key`` and ``client_cert`` are now of type ``path`` and no longer ``str``. A side effect is that certain expansions are made, like ``~`` is replaced by the user's home directory, and environment variables like ``$HOME`` or ``$TEMP`` are evaluated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1741)."
- "lxd_profile - ``client_key`` and ``client_cert`` are now of type ``path`` and no longer ``str``. A side effect is that certain expansions are made, like ``~`` is replaced by the user's home directory, and environment variables like ``$HOME`` or ``$TEMP`` are evaluated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1741)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1744-case-insensitive-hostname-fqdn-matching.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1744-case-insensitive-hostname-fqdn-matching.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_config - case insensitive search for situations where the hostname/FQDN case on iLO doesn't match variable's case (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1744).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1753-document-fstypes-supported-by-resizefs.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1753-document-fstypes-supported-by-resizefs.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
-  - filesystem - remove ``swap`` from list of FS supported by ``resizefs=yes`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/790).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1761-redfish-tidy-up-validation.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1761-redfish-tidy-up-validation.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish modules - explicitly setting lists' elements to ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1761).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1765-proxmox-params.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1765-proxmox-params.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox* modules - refactored some parameter validation code into use of ``env_fallback``, ``required_if``, ``required_together``, ``required_one_of`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1765).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1766-zfs-fixed-sanity.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1766-zfs-fixed-sanity.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - zfs_delegate_admin - the elements of ``users``, ``groups`` and ``permissions`` are now enforced to be strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1766).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1771-centurylink-validation-elements.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1771-centurylink-validation-elements.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - clc_* modules - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1771).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1776-git_config-tilde_value.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1776-git_config-tilde_value.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - git_config - prevent ``run_command`` from expanding values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1776).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1783-proxmox-kvm-fix-args-500-error.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1783-proxmox-kvm-fix-args-500-error.yaml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox_kvm - do not add ``args`` if ``proxmox_default_behavior`` is set to no_defaults  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1641).
-  - proxmox_kvm - stop implicitly adding ``force`` equal to ``false``. Proxmox API requires not implemented parameters otherwise, and assumes ``force`` to be ``false`` by default anyways (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1783).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1788-ease-nios_host_record-dns-bypass-check.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1788-ease-nios_host_record-dns-bypass-check.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
-  - nios_host_record - allow DNS Bypass for views other than default (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1786).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1795-list-elements-batch1.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1795-list-elements-batch1.yml
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - plugins/module_utils/oracle/oci_utils.py - elements of list parameter ``key_by`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - lxd_container - elements of list parameter ``profiles`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - packet_device - elements of list parameters ``device_ids``, ``hostnames`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - pubnub_blocks - elements of list parameters ``event_handlers`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - vmadm - elements of list parameters ``disks``, ``nics``, ``resolvers``, ``filesystems`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - sl_vm - elements of list parameters ``disks``, ``ssh_keys`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - xml - elements of list parameters ``add_children``, ``set_children`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - keycloak_client - elements of list parameters ``default_roles``, ``redirect_uris``, ``web_origins`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - onepassword_info - elements of list parameters ``search_terms`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - librato_annotation - elements of list parameters ``links`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - pagerduty - elements of list parameters ``service`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - statusio_maintenance - elements of list parameters ``components``, ``containers`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - dnsimple - elements of list parameters ``record_ids`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - nsupdate - elements of list parameters ``value`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - omapi_host - elements of list parameters ``statements`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - mail - elements of list parameters ``to``, ``cc``, ``bcc``, ``attach``, ``headers`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - nexmo - elements of list parameters ``dest`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - rocketchat - elements of list parameters ``attachments`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - sendgrid - elements of list parameters ``to_addresses``, ``cc``, ``bcc``, ``attachments`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - slack - elements of list parameters ``attachments`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - twilio - elements of list parameters ``to_numbers`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - redhat_subscription - elements of list parameters ``pool_ids``, ``addons`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - gitlab_runner - elements of list parameters ``tag_list`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-  - na_ontap_gather_facts - elements of list parameters ``gather_subset`` are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
-bugfixes:
-  - redhat_subscription - ``mutually_exclusive`` was referring to parameter alias instead of name (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1795).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1813-lxd_profile-merge-profiles.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1813-lxd_profile-merge-profiles.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
- lxd_profile - added ``merge_profile`` parameter to merge configurations from the play to an existing profile (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1813). 
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1814-dnsimple-add-support-for-caa-records.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1814-dnsimple-add-support-for-caa-records.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - dnsimple - add CAA records to the whitelist of valid record types (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1814).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1819-tidyup-pylint-blacklistnames.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1819-tidyup-pylint-blacklistnames.yml
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "alternatives - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819)."
-  - "beadm - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819)."
-  - "cronvar - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819)."
-  - "dconf - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819)."
-  - "filesystem - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819)."
-  - "hipchat - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819)."
-  - "interfaces_file - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819)."
-  - "java_cert - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819)."
-  - "lvg - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819)."
-  - "lvol - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819)."
-  - "lxc - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819)."
-  - "lxc_container - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819)."
-  - "parted - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819)."
-  - "rundeck_acl_policy - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819)."
-  - "statusio_maintenance - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819)."
-  - "timezone - internal refactoring: replaced uses of ``_`` with ``dummy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1819)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1830-valmod_docmissingtype_batch1.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1830-valmod_docmissingtype_batch1.yml
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - kibana_plugin - ``state`` parameter choices must use ``list()`` in python3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1830).
-  - elasticsearch_plugin - ``state`` parameter choices must use ``list()`` in python3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1830).
-  - riak - parameters ``wait_for_handoffs`` and ``wait_for_ring`` are ``int`` but the default value was ``false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1830).
-  - logstash_plugin - wrapped ``dict.keys()`` with ``list`` for use in ``choices`` setting (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1830).
-  - iso_extract - use proper alias deprecation mechanism for ``thirsty`` alias of ``force`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1830).
-  - runit - removed unused code, and passing command as ``list`` instead of ``str`` to ``run_command()`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1830).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1833-zfs-creation-only-properties.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1833-zfs-creation-only-properties.yaml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - zfs - some ZFS properties could be passed when the dataset/volume did not exist, but would fail if the dataset already existed, even if the property matched what was specified in the ansible task (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/868, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1833).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1838-runit-deprecate-param-dist.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1838-runit-deprecate-param-dist.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - runit - unused parameter ``dist`` marked for deprecation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1830).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1847-proxmox-kvm-fix-status.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1847-proxmox-kvm-fix-status.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox_kvm - fix undefined local variable ``status`` when the parameter ``state`` is either ``stopped``, ``started``, ``restarted`` or ``absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1847).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1852-deploy-helper-fix-state-is-clean-without-release.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1852-deploy-helper-fix-state-is-clean-without-release.yaml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - deploy_helper - allow ``state=clean`` to be used without defining a ``release`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1852).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1861-python3-keys.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1861-python3-keys.yml
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - redis cache plugin - wrapped usages of ``keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - memcached cache plugin - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - diy callback plugin - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - selective callback plugin - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - chef_databag lookup plugin - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - net_tools.nios.api module_utils - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - utm_utils module_utils - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - lxc_container - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - lxd_container - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - oneandone_monitoring_policy - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - oci_vcn - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - spotinst_aws_elastigroup - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - sensu_check - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - redhat_subscription - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - idrac_redfish_command - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - idrac_redfish_config - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - idrac_redfish_info - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - redfish_command - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - redfish_config - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - vdo - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
-  - nsot inventory script - wrapped usages of ``dict.keys()`` in ``list()`` for Python 3 compatibility (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1861).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1867-modhelper-cmdmixin-dict-params.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1867-modhelper-cmdmixin-dict-params.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - module_helper module utils - ``CmdMixin.run_command()`` now accepts ``dict`` command arguments, providing the parameter and its value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1867).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1871-infoblox-inventory.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1871-infoblox-inventory.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
- "infoblox inventory script - make sure that the script also works with Ansible 2.9, and returns a more helpful error when community.general is not installed as part of Ansible 2.10/3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1871)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1880-fix_cobbler_system_ssl.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1880-fix_cobbler_system_ssl.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - cobbler_sync, cobbler_system - fix SSL/TLS certificate check when ``validate_certs`` set to ``false`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1880).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1882-fix-nmcli-ensure-slave-type-for-bond-slave.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1882-fix-nmcli-ensure-slave-type-for-bond-slave.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - nmcli - ensure the ``slave-type`` option is passed to ``nmcli`` for type ``bond-slave`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1882).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1885-sanity-check-fixes-batch3.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1885-sanity-check-fixes-batch3.yml
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - oneandone_firewall_policy - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
-  - oneandone_load_balancer - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
-  - oneandone_monitoring_policy - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
-  - oneandone_private_network - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
-  - oneandone_server - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
-  - profitbricks - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
-  - profitbricks_volume - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
-  - webfaction_domain - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
-  - webfaction_site - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
-  - consul - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
-  - consul_acl - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
-  - consul_session - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
-  - datadog_monitor - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
-  - sensu_check - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
-  - sensu_client - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
-  - sensu_handler - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
-  - bundler - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1885).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1894-feat-nmcli-add-method4-and-method6.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1894-feat-nmcli-add-method4-and-method6.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - nmcli - add ``method4`` and ``method6`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1894).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1895-proxmox-kvm-fix-issue-1875.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1895-proxmox-kvm-fix-issue-1875.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox_kvm - fix parameter ``vmid`` passed twice to ``exit_json`` while creating a virtual machine without cloning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1875, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1895).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1912-yum_versionlock-lock_unlock_concurrently.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1912-yum_versionlock-lock_unlock_concurrently.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-minor_changes:
-  - yum_versionlock - Do the lock/unlock concurrently to speed up (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1912).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1914-add-sanitization-to-url.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1914-add-sanitization-to-url.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox inventory - added handling of extra trailing slashes in the URL (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1914).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1916-add-version-sort-filter.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1916-add-version-sort-filter.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-add plugin.filter:
-  - name: version_sort
-    description: Sort a list according to version order instead of pure alphabetical one
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1927-removed-parameter-invalid.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1927-removed-parameter-invalid.yml
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - composer - deprecated invalid parameter aliases ``working-dir``, ``global-command``, ``prefer-source``, ``prefer-dist``, ``no-dev``, ``no-scripts``, ``no-plugins``, ``optimize-autoloader``, ``classmap-authoritative``, ``apcu-autoloader``, ``ignore-platform-reqs``, will be removed in 5.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1927).
-  - apt_rpm - deprecated invalid parameter alias ``update-cache``, will be removed in 5.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1927).
-  - homebrew - deprecated invalid parameter alias ``update-brew``, will be removed in 5.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1927).
-  - homebrew_cask - deprecated invalid parameter alias ``update-brew``, will be removed in 5.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1927).
-  - opkg - deprecated invalid parameter alias ``update-cache``, will be removed in 5.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1927).
-  - pacman - deprecated invalid parameter alias ``update-cache``, will be removed in 5.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1927).
-  - slackpkg - deprecated invalid parameter alias ``update-cache``, will be removed in 5.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1927).
-  - urmpi - deprecated invalid parameter aliases ``update-cache`` and ``no-recommends``, will be removed in 5.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1927).
-  - xbps - deprecated invalid parameter alias ``update-cache``, will be removed in 5.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1927).
-  - github_deploy_key - deprecated invalid parameter alias ``2fa_token``, will be removed in 5.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1927).
-  - puppet - deprecated undocumented parameter ``show_diff``, will be removed in 7.0.0. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1927).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1928-bigpanda-message.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1928-bigpanda-message.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
- "bigpanda - actually use the ``deployment_message`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1928)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1929-grove-message.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1929-grove-message.yml
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
- "grove - the option ``message`` has been renamed to ``message_content``. The old name ``message`` is kept as an alias and will be removed for community.general 4.0.0. This was done because ``message`` is used internally by Ansible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1929)."
-deprecated_features:
- "grove - the option ``message`` will be removed in community.general 4.0.0. Use the new option ``message_content`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1929)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1949-proxmox-inventory-tags.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1949-proxmox-inventory-tags.yml
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
- proxmox inventory plugin - allowed proxomox tag string to contain commas when returned as fact (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1949).
-minor_changes:
- proxmox inventory plugin - added ``tags_parsed`` fact containing tags parsed as a list (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1949).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1970-valmod-batch7.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1970-valmod-batch7.yml
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - heroku_collaborator - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1970).
-  - linode_v4 - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1970).
-  - one_host - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1970).
-  - one_image_info - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1970).
-  - one_vm - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1970).
-  - scaleway_compute - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1970).
-  - scaleway_lb - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1970).
-  - manageiq_alert_profiles - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1970).
-  - manageiq_policies - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1970).
-  - manageiq_tags - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1970).
-  - oneview_datacenter_info - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1970).
-  - oneview_enclosure_info - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1970).
-  - oneview_ethernet_network_info - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1970).
-  - oneview_network_set_info - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1970).
-bugfixes:
-  - manageiq_provider - wrapped ``dict.keys()`` with ``list`` for use in ``choices`` setting (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1970).
-  - packet_volume_attachment - removed extraneous ``print`` call - old debug? (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1970).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1972-ini_file-empty-str-value.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1972-ini_file-empty-str-value.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ini_file - allows an empty string as a value for an option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1972).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1977-jenkinsjob-validate-certs.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1977-jenkinsjob-validate-certs.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - jenkins_job - add a ``validate_certs`` parameter that allows disabling TLS/SSL certificate validation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/255).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1978-jira-transition-logic.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1978-jira-transition-logic.yml
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - jira - fixed fields' update in ticket transitions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/818).
-minor_changes:
-  - jira - added parameter ``account_id`` for compatibility with recent versions of JIRA (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/818, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1978).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1991-proxmox-inventory-fix-template-in-pool.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1991-proxmox-inventory-fix-template-in-pool.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox inventory - exclude qemu templates from inclusion to the inventory via pools (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1986, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1991).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1993-haproxy-fix-draining.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1993-haproxy-fix-draining.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
-  - haproxy - fix a bug preventing haproxy from properly entering ``DRAIN`` mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1913).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1999-proxmox-fix-issue-1955.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1999-proxmox-fix-issue-1955.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-bugfixes:
- proxmox - removed requirement that root password is provided when containter state is ``present`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1999).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2000-proxmox_kvm-tag-support.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/2000-proxmox_kvm-tag-support.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-minor_changes:
- proxmox_kvm - added new module parameter ``tags`` for use with PVE 6+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2000).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2001-no_log-false.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/2001-no_log-false.yml
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
- "Mark various module options with ``no_log=False`` which have a name that potentially could leak secrets, but which do not (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2001)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2006-valmod-batch8.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/2006-valmod-batch8.yml
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - rax - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2006).
-  - rax_cdb_user - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2006).
-  - rax_scaling_group - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2006).
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2008-update-java-cert-replace-cert-when-changed.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/2008-update-java-cert-replace-cert-when-changed.yml
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "java_cert - change ``state: present`` to check certificates by hash, not just alias name (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/43249)."
-bugfixes:
-  - "java_cert - allow setting ``state: absent`` by providing just the ``cert_alias`` (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/27982)."
-  - "java_cert - properly handle proxy arguments when the scheme is provided (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/54481)."
-security_fixes:
-  - "java_cert - remove password from ``run_command`` arguments (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2008)."
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2013-proxmox-purge-parameter.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/2013-proxmox-purge-parameter.yml
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---
-minor_changes:
- proxmox - added ``purge`` module parameter for use when deleting lxc's with HA options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2013).
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