Remove CI config.

CI: Arch Linux now uses Python 3.11 (#6482)

Arch Linux now uses Python 3.11.

(cherry picked from commit 737d37e019)

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

.azure-pipelines/README.md

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-## Azure Pipelines Configuration
-
-Please see the [Documentation](https://github.com/ansible/community/wiki/Testing:-Azure-Pipelines) for more information.

.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml

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-trigger:
-  batch: true
-  branches:
-    include:
-      - main
-      - stable-*
-
-pr:
-  autoCancel: true
-  branches:
-    include:
-      - main
-      - stable-*
-
-schedules:
-  - cron: 0 8 * * *
-    displayName: Nightly (main)
-    always: true
-    branches:
-      include:
-        - main
-  - cron: 0 10 * * *
-    displayName: Nightly (active stable branches)
-    always: true
-    branches:
-      include:
-        - stable-3
-        - stable-4
-  - cron: 0 11 * * 0
-    displayName: Weekly (old stable branches)
-    always: true
-    branches:
-      include:
-        - stable-1
-        - stable-2
-
-variables:
-  - name: checkoutPath
-    value: ansible_collections/community/general
-  - name: coverageBranches
-    value: main
-  - name: pipelinesCoverage
-    value: coverage
-  - name: entryPoint
-    value: tests/utils/shippable/shippable.sh
-  - name: fetchDepth
-    value: 0
-
-resources:
-  containers:
-    - container: default
-      image: quay.io/ansible/azure-pipelines-test-container:1.9.0
-
-pool: Standard
-
-stages:
-### Sanity
-  - stage: Sanity_devel
-    displayName: Sanity devel
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: devel/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
-            - test: extra
-  - 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: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.11/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - 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
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: devel/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.5
-            - test: 3.6
-            - test: 3.7
-            - test: 3.8
-            - test: 3.9
-            - test: '3.10'
-  - 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: 2.7
-            - test: 3.5
-            - test: 3.6
-            - test: 3.7
-            - test: 3.8
-            - test: '3.10'
-  - stage: Units_2_11
-    displayName: Units 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          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: 2.7
-            - test: 3.6
-  - 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
-    displayName: Remote devel
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: devel/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: macOS 12.0
-              test: macos/12.0
-            - name: RHEL 7.9
-              test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: RHEL 8.5
-              test: rhel/8.5
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.3
-              test: freebsd/12.3
-            - name: FreeBSD 13.0
-              test: freebsd/13.0
-          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:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-  - stage: Remote_2_11
-    displayName: Remote 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.11/{0}
-          targets:
-            - 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
-          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: RHEL 7.8
-              test: rhel/7.8
-            - name: FreeBSD 12.0
-              test: freebsd/12.0
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-
-### Docker
-  - stage: Docker_devel
-    displayName: Docker devel
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: devel/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: CentOS 7
-              test: centos7
-            - name: Fedora 34
-              test: fedora34
-            - name: Fedora 35
-              test: fedora35
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py2
-              test: opensuse15py2
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py3
-              test: opensuse15
-            - name: Ubuntu 18.04
-              test: ubuntu1804
-            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
-              test: ubuntu2004
-          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: CentOS 8
-              test: centos8
-            - name: Fedora 34
-              test: fedora34
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py3
-              test: opensuse15
-            - name: Ubuntu 20.04
-              test: ubuntu2004
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_11
-    displayName: Docker 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.11/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: CentOS 7
-              test: centos7
-            - name: Fedora 33
-              test: fedora33
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py2
-              test: opensuse15py2
-          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: Fedora 32
-              test: fedora32
-            - 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: Fedora 31
-              test: fedora31
-            - name: openSUSE 15 py3
-              test: opensuse15
-          groups:
-            - 2
-            - 3
-
-### Cloud
-  - stage: Cloud_devel
-    displayName: Cloud devel
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: devel/cloud/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.9
-  - stage: Cloud_2_12
-    displayName: Cloud 2.12
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.12/cloud/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.8
-  - stage: Cloud_2_11
-    displayName: Cloud 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.11/cloud/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.6
-  - stage: Cloud_2_10
-    displayName: Cloud 2.10
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.10/cloud/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.5
-  - stage: Cloud_2_9
-    displayName: Cloud 2.9
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.9/cloud/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-  - stage: Summary
-    condition: succeededOrFailed()
-    dependsOn:
-      - Sanity_devel
-      - Sanity_2_9
-      - Sanity_2_10
-      - Sanity_2_11
-      - Sanity_2_12
-      - Units_devel
-      - Units_2_9
-      - Units_2_10
-      - Units_2_11
-      - Units_2_12
-      - Remote_devel
-      - Remote_2_9
-      - Remote_2_10
-      - Remote_2_11
-      - Remote_2_12
-      - Docker_devel
-      - Docker_2_9
-      - Docker_2_10
-      - Docker_2_11
-      - Docker_2_12
-      - Cloud_devel
-      - Cloud_2_9
-      - Cloud_2_10
-      - Cloud_2_11
-      - Cloud_2_12
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/coverage.yml

.azure-pipelines/scripts/aggregate-coverage.sh

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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Aggregate code coverage results for later processing.
-
-set -o pipefail -eu
-
-agent_temp_directory="$1"
-
-PATH="${PWD}/bin:${PATH}"
-
-mkdir "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/"
-
-options=(--venv --venv-system-site-packages --color -v)
-
-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.
-    # Doing so allows this script to work unmodified for multiple Ansible versions.
-    ansible-test coverage analyze targets generate "${agent_temp_directory}/coverage/coverage-analyze-targets.json" "${options[@]}"
-fi

.azure-pipelines/scripts/combine-coverage.py

@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-"""
-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}"
-The recommended coverage artifact name format is: Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)
-Keep in mind that Azure Pipelines does not enforce unique job display names (only names).
-It is up to pipeline authors to avoid name collisions when deviating from the recommended format.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-import os
-import re
-import shutil
-import sys
-
-
-def main():
-    """Main program entry point."""
-    source_directory = sys.argv[1]
-
-    if '/ansible_collections/' in os.getcwd():
-        output_path = "tests/output"
-    else:
-        output_path = "test/results"
-
-    destination_directory = os.path.join(output_path, 'coverage')
-
-    if not os.path.exists(destination_directory):
-        os.makedirs(destination_directory)
-
-    jobs = {}
-    count = 0
-
-    for name in os.listdir(source_directory):
-        match = re.search('^Coverage (?P<attempt>[0-9]+) (?P<label>.+)$', name)
-        label = match.group('label')
-        attempt = int(match.group('attempt'))
-        jobs[label] = max(attempt, jobs.get(label, 0))
-
-    for label, attempt in jobs.items():
-        name = 'Coverage {attempt} {label}'.format(label=label, attempt=attempt)
-        source = os.path.join(source_directory, name)
-        source_files = os.listdir(source)
-
-        for source_file in source_files:
-            source_path = os.path.join(source, source_file)
-            destination_path = os.path.join(destination_directory, source_file + '.' + label)
-            print('"%s" -> "%s"' % (source_path, destination_path))
-            shutil.copyfile(source_path, destination_path)
-            count += 1
-
-    print('Coverage file count: %d' % count)
-    print('##vso[task.setVariable variable=coverageFileCount]%d' % count)
-    print('##vso[task.setVariable variable=outputPath]%s' % output_path)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()

.azure-pipelines/scripts/process-results.sh

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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Check the test results and set variables for use in later steps.
-
-set -o pipefail -eu
-
-if [[ "$PWD" =~ /ansible_collections/ ]]; then
-    output_path="tests/output"
-else
-    output_path="test/results"
-fi
-
-echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=outputPath]${output_path}"
-
-if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/junit/*.xml' > /dev/null; then
-    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveTestResults]true"
-fi
-
-if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/bot/ansible-test-*' > /dev/null; then
-    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveBotResults]true"
-fi
-
-if compgen -G "${output_path}"'/coverage/*' > /dev/null; then
-    echo "##vso[task.setVariable variable=haveCoverageData]true"
-fi

.azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py

@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-"""
-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()

.azure-pipelines/scripts/report-coverage.sh

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Generate code coverage reports for uploading to Azure Pipelines and codecov.io.
-
-set -o pipefail -eu
-
-PATH="${PWD}/bin:${PATH}"
-
-if ! ansible-test --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    # Install the devel version of ansible-test for generating code coverage reports.
-    # This is only used by Ansible Collections, which are typically tested against multiple Ansible versions (in separate jobs).
-    # Since a version of ansible-test is required that can work the output from multiple older releases, the devel version is used.
-    pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/devel.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
-fi
-
-ansible-test coverage xml --group-by command --stub --venv --venv-system-site-packages --color -v

.azure-pipelines/scripts/run-tests.sh

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Configure the test environment and run the tests.
-
-set -o pipefail -eu
-
-entry_point="$1"
-test="$2"
-read -r -a coverage_branches <<< "$3"  # space separated list of branches to run code coverage on for scheduled builds
-
-export COMMIT_MESSAGE
-export COMPLETE
-export COVERAGE
-export IS_PULL_REQUEST
-
-if [ "${SYSTEM_PULLREQUEST_TARGETBRANCH:-}" ]; then
-    IS_PULL_REQUEST=true
-    COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(git log --format=%B -n 1 HEAD^2)
-else
-    IS_PULL_REQUEST=
-    COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(git log --format=%B -n 1 HEAD)
-fi
-
-COMPLETE=
-COVERAGE=
-
-if [ "${BUILD_REASON}" = "Schedule" ]; then
-    COMPLETE=yes
-
-    if printf '%s\n' "${coverage_branches[@]}" | grep -q "^${BUILD_SOURCEBRANCHNAME}$"; then
-        COVERAGE=yes
-    fi
-fi
-
-"${entry_point}" "${test}" 2>&1 | "$(dirname "$0")/time-command.py"

.azure-pipelines/scripts/time-command.py

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-"""Prepends a relative timestamp to each input line from stdin and writes it to stdout."""
-
-from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
-__metaclass__ = type
-
-import sys
-import time
-
-
-def main():
-    """Main program entry point."""
-    start = time.time()
-
-    sys.stdin.reconfigure(errors='surrogateescape')
-    sys.stdout.reconfigure(errors='surrogateescape')
-
-    for line in sys.stdin:
-        seconds = time.time() - start
-        sys.stdout.write('%02d:%02d %s' % (seconds // 60, seconds % 60, line))
-        sys.stdout.flush()
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()

.azure-pipelines/templates/coverage.yml

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# 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.
-# This can be done by placing it in a separate summary stage that runs after the test stage(s) have completed.
-
-jobs:
-  - job: Coverage
-    displayName: Code Coverage
-    container: default
-    workspace:
-      clean: all
-    steps:
-      - checkout: self
-        fetchDepth: $(fetchDepth)
-        path: $(checkoutPath)
-      - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
-        displayName: Download Coverage Data
-        inputs:
-          path: coverage/
-          patterns: "Coverage */*=coverage.combined"
-      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/combine-coverage.py coverage/
-        displayName: Combine Coverage Data
-      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/report-coverage.sh
-        displayName: Generate Coverage Report
-        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
-      - task: PublishCodeCoverageResults@1
-        inputs:
-          codeCoverageTool: Cobertura
-          # Azure Pipelines only accepts a single coverage data file.
-          # That means only Python or PowerShell coverage can be uploaded, but not both.
-          # Set the "pipelinesCoverage" variable to determine which type is uploaded.
-          # Use "coverage" for Python and "coverage-powershell" for PowerShell.
-          summaryFileLocation: "$(outputPath)/reports/$(pipelinesCoverage).xml"
-        displayName: Publish to Azure Pipelines
-        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
-      - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/publish-codecov.py "$(outputPath)"
-        displayName: Publish to codecov.io
-        condition: gt(variables.coverageFileCount, 0)
-        continueOnError: true

.azure-pipelines/templates/matrix.yml

@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# 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.
-
-parameters:
-  # A required list of dictionaries, one per test target.
-  # Each item in the list must contain a "test" or "name" key.
-  # Both may be provided. If one is omitted, the other will be used.
-  - name: targets
-    type: object
-
-  # An optional list of values which will be used to multiply the targets list into a matrix.
-  # Values can be strings or numbers.
-  - name: groups
-    type: object
-    default: []
-
-  # An optional format string used to generate the job name.
-  # - {0} is the name of an item in the targets list.
-  - name: nameFormat
-    type: string
-    default: "{0}"
-
-  # An optional format string used to generate the test name.
-  # - {0} is the name of an item in the targets list.
-  - name: testFormat
-    type: string
-    default: "{0}"
-
-  # An optional format string used to add the group to the job name.
-  # {0} is the formatted name of an item in the targets list.
-  # {{1}} is the group -- be sure to include the double "{{" and "}}".
-  - name: nameGroupFormat
-    type: string
-    default: "{0} - {{1}}"
-
-  # An optional format string used to add the group to the test name.
-  # {0} is the formatted test of an item in the targets list.
-  # {{1}} is the group -- be sure to include the double "{{" and "}}".
-  - name: testGroupFormat
-    type: string
-    default: "{0}/{{1}}"
-
-jobs:
-  - template: test.yml
-    parameters:
-      jobs:
-        - ${{ if eq(length(parameters.groups), 0) }}:
-          - ${{ each target in parameters.targets }}:
-            - name: ${{ format(parameters.nameFormat, coalesce(target.name, target.test)) }}
-              test: ${{ format(parameters.testFormat, coalesce(target.test, target.name)) }}
-        - ${{ if not(eq(length(parameters.groups), 0)) }}:
-          - ${{ each group in parameters.groups }}:
-            - ${{ each target in parameters.targets }}:
-              - name: ${{ format(format(parameters.nameGroupFormat, parameters.nameFormat), coalesce(target.name, target.test), group) }}
-                test: ${{ format(format(parameters.testGroupFormat, parameters.testFormat), coalesce(target.test, target.name), group) }}

.azure-pipelines/templates/test.yml

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-# 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.
-
-parameters:
-  # A required list of dictionaries, one per test job.
-  # Each item in the list must contain a "job" and "name" key.
-  - name: jobs
-    type: object
-
-jobs:
-  - ${{ each job in parameters.jobs }}:
-    - job: test_${{ replace(replace(replace(job.test, '/', '_'), '.', '_'), '-', '_') }}
-      displayName: ${{ job.name }}
-      container: default
-      workspace:
-        clean: all
-      steps:
-        - checkout: self
-          fetchDepth: $(fetchDepth)
-          path: $(checkoutPath)
-        - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/run-tests.sh "$(entryPoint)" "${{ job.test }}" "$(coverageBranches)"
-          displayName: Run Tests
-        - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/process-results.sh
-          condition: succeededOrFailed()
-          displayName: Process Results
-        - bash: .azure-pipelines/scripts/aggregate-coverage.sh "$(Agent.TempDirectory)"
-          condition: eq(variables.haveCoverageData, 'true')
-          displayName: Aggregate Coverage Data
-        - task: PublishTestResults@2
-          condition: eq(variables.haveTestResults, 'true')
-          inputs:
-            testResultsFiles: "$(outputPath)/junit/*.xml"
-          displayName: Publish Test Results
-        - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
-          condition: eq(variables.haveBotResults, 'true')
-          displayName: Publish Bot Results
-          inputs:
-            targetPath: "$(outputPath)/bot/"
-            artifactName: "Bot $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)"
-        - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
-          condition: eq(variables.haveCoverageData, 'true')
-          displayName: Publish Coverage Data
-          inputs:
-            targetPath: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/coverage/"
-            artifactName: "Coverage $(System.JobAttempt) $(System.StageDisplayName) $(System.JobDisplayName)"

.github/BOTMETA.yml

@@ -126,15 +126,23 @@ files:
     maintainers: giner
   $filters/from_csv.py:
     maintainers: Ajpantuso
-  $filters/groupby:
+  $filters/groupby.py:
     maintainers: felixfontein
-  $filters/hashids:
+  $filters/groupby_as_dict.yml:
+    maintainers: felixfontein
+  $filters/hashids.py:
+    maintainers: Ajpantuso
+  $filters/hashids_decode.yml:
+    maintainers: Ajpantuso
+  $filters/hashids_encode.yml:
     maintainers: Ajpantuso
   $filters/jc.py:
     maintainers: kellyjonbrazil
   $filters/json_query.py: {}
   $filters/list.py:
     maintainers: vbotka
+  $filters/lists_mergeby.yml:
+    maintainers: vbotka
   $filters/path_join_shim.py:
     maintainers: felixfontein
   $filters/random_mac.py: {}
@@ -142,6 +150,24 @@ files:
     maintainers: resmo
   $filters/unicode_normalize.py:
     maintainers: Ajpantuso
+  $filters/to_days.yml:
+    maintainers: resmo
+  $filters/to_hours.yml:
+    maintainers: resmo
+  $filters/to_milliseconds.yml:
+    maintainers: resmo
+  $filters/to_minutes.yml:
+    maintainers: resmo
+  $filters/to_months.yml:
+    maintainers: resmo
+  $filters/to_seconds.yml:
+    maintainers: resmo
+  $filters/to_time_unit.yml:
+    maintainers: resmo
+  $filters/to_weeks.yml:
+    maintainers: resmo
+  $filters/to_years.yml:
+    maintainers: resmo
   $filters/version_sort.py:
     maintainers: ericzolf
   $inventories/:
@@ -194,7 +220,8 @@ files:
   $lookups/dnstxt.py:
     maintainers: jpmens
   $lookups/dsv.py:
-    maintainers: amigus endlesstrax
+    maintainers: delineaKrehl tylerezimmerman
+    ignore: amigus
   $lookups/etcd3.py:
     maintainers: eric-belhomme
   $lookups/etcd.py:
@@ -231,7 +258,8 @@ files:
     maintainers: RevBits
   $lookups/shelvefile.py: {}
   $lookups/tss.py:
-    maintainers: amigus endlesstrax
+    maintainers: delineaKrehl tylerezimmerman
+    ignore: amigus
   $module_utils/:
     labels: module_utils
   $module_utils/gitlab.py:
@@ -260,6 +288,8 @@ files:
   $module_utils/module_helper.py:
     maintainers: russoz
     labels: module_helper
+  $module_utils/net_tools/pritunl/:
+    maintainers: Lowess
   $module_utils/oracle/oci_utils.py:
     maintainers: $team_oracle
     labels: cloud
@@ -310,6 +340,8 @@ files:
     ignore: hnakamur
   $modules/cloud/lxd/lxd_profile.py:
     maintainers: conloos
+  $modules/cloud/lxd/lxd_project.py:
+    maintainers: we10710aa
   $modules/cloud/memset/:
     maintainers: glitchcrab
   $modules/cloud/misc/cloud_init_data_facts.py:
@@ -418,6 +450,8 @@ files:
     maintainers: Spredzy
   $modules/cloud/scaleway/scaleway_organization_info.py:
     maintainers: Spredzy
+  $modules/cloud/scaleway/scaleway_private_network.py:
+    maintainers: pastral
   $modules/cloud/scaleway/scaleway_security_group.py:
     maintainers: DenBeke
   $modules/cloud/scaleway/scaleway_security_group_info.py:
@@ -556,6 +590,8 @@ files:
     maintainers: phumpal
     labels: airbrake_deployment
     ignore: bpennypacker
+  $modules/monitoring/alerta_customer.py:
+    maintainers: cwollinger
   $modules/monitoring/bigpanda.py:
     maintainers: hkariti
   $modules/monitoring/circonus_annotation.py:
@@ -587,7 +623,7 @@ files:
   $modules/monitoring/nagios.py:
     maintainers: tbielawa tgoetheyn
   $modules/monitoring/newrelic_deployment.py:
-    maintainers: mcodd
+    ignore: mcodd
   $modules/monitoring/pagerduty.py:
     maintainers: suprememoocow thaumos
     labels: pagerduty
@@ -679,7 +715,7 @@ files:
   $modules/notification/discord.py:
     maintainers: cwollinger
   $modules/notification/flowdock.py:
-    maintainers: mcodd
+    ignore: mcodd
   $modules/notification/grove.py:
     maintainers: zimbatm
   $modules/notification/hipchat.py:
@@ -711,7 +747,8 @@ files:
     labels: rocketchat
     ignore: ramondelafuente
   $modules/notification/say.py:
-    maintainers: $team_ansible_core mpdehaan
+    maintainers: $team_ansible_core
+    ignore: mpdehaan
   $modules/notification/sendgrid.py:
     maintainers: makaimc
   $modules/notification/slack.py:
@@ -819,7 +856,7 @@ files:
   $modules/packaging/os/opkg.py:
     maintainers: skinp
   $modules/packaging/os/pacman.py:
-    maintainers: elasticdog indrajitr tchernomax
+    maintainers: elasticdog indrajitr tchernomax jraby
     labels: pacman
     ignore: elasticdog
   $modules/packaging/os/pacman_key.py:
@@ -887,7 +924,7 @@ files:
   $modules/packaging/os/xbps.py:
     maintainers: dinoocch the-maldridge
   $modules/packaging/os/yum_versionlock.py:
-    maintainers: florianpaulhoberg aminvakil
+    maintainers: gyptazy aminvakil
   $modules/packaging/os/zypper.py:
     maintainers: $team_suse
     labels: zypper
@@ -977,6 +1014,8 @@ files:
     maintainers: farhan7500 gautamphegde
   $modules/storage/ibm/:
     maintainers: tzure
+  $modules/storage/pmem/pmem.py:
+    maintainers: mizumm
   $modules/storage/vexata/:
     maintainers: vexata
   $modules/storage/zfs/:
@@ -1061,7 +1100,8 @@ files:
   $modules/system/nosh.py:
     maintainers: tacatac
   $modules/system/ohai.py:
-    maintainers: $team_ansible_core mpdehaan
+    maintainers: $team_ansible_core
+    ignore: mpdehaan
     labels: ohai
   $modules/system/open_iscsi.py:
     maintainers: srvg
@@ -1164,7 +1204,8 @@ files:
   $modules/web_infrastructure/jenkins_script.py:
     maintainers: hogarthj
   $modules/web_infrastructure/jira.py:
-    maintainers: Slezhuk tarka pertoft DWSR
+    maintainers: Slezhuk tarka pertoft
+    ignore: DWSR
     labels: jira
   $modules/web_infrastructure/nginx_status_info.py:
     maintainers: resmo
@@ -1233,7 +1274,7 @@ macros:
   team_cyberark_conjur: jvanderhoof ryanprior
   team_e_spirit: MatrixCrawler getjack
   team_flatpak: JayKayy oolongbrothers
-  team_gitlab: Lunik Shaps dj-wasabi marwatk waheedi zanssa scodeman metanovii sh0shin
+  team_gitlab: Lunik Shaps dj-wasabi marwatk waheedi zanssa scodeman metanovii sh0shin nejch lgatellier suukit
   team_hpux: bcoca davx8342
   team_huawei: QijunPan TommyLike edisonxiang freesky-edward hwDCN niuzhenguo xuxiaowei0512 yanzhangi zengchen1024 zhongjun2
   team_ipa: Akasurde Nosmoht fxfitz justchris1
@@ -1250,5 +1291,5 @@ macros:
   team_rhn: FlossWare alikins barnabycourt vritant
   team_scaleway: remyleone abarbare
   team_solaris: bcoca fishman jasperla jpdasma mator scathatheworm troy2914 xen0l
-  team_suse: commel dcermak evrardjp lrupp toabctl AnderEnder alxgu andytom sealor
+  team_suse: commel evrardjp lrupp toabctl AnderEnder alxgu andytom sealor
   team_virt: joshainglis karmab tleguern Thulium-Drake Ajpantuso

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-name: "Code scanning - action"
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '26 19 * * 1'
-
-jobs:
-  CodeQL-Build:
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      with:
-        # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
-        # a pull request then we can checkout the head.
-        fetch-depth: 2
-
-    # If this run was triggered by a pull request event, then checkout
-    # the head of the pull request instead of the merge commit.
-    - run: git checkout HEAD^2
-      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-
-    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
-    - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
-      # Override language selection by uncommenting this and choosing your languages
-      # with:
-      #   languages: go, javascript, csharp, python, cpp, java
-
-    # 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
-
-    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
-    # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
-
-    # ✏️ If the Autobuild fails above, remove it and uncomment the following three lines
-    #    and modify them (or add more) to build your code if your project
-    #    uses a compiled language
-
-    #- run: |
-    #   make bootstrap
-    #   make release
-
-    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1

.gitignore

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-# Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/git,linux,pydev,python,windows,pycharm+all,jupyternotebook,vim,webstorm,emacs,dotenv
-# Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?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 +71,19 @@ 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 ###
 
@@ -87,6 +99,39 @@ 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, WebStorm and Rider
 # Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
@@ -151,6 +196,9 @@ 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
@@ -164,20 +212,13 @@ 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
@@ -260,16 +301,13 @@ docs/_build/
 target/
 
 # Jupyter Notebook
-.ipynb_checkpoints
 
 # IPython
-profile_default/
-ipython_config.py
 
 # pyenv
 #   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
+# .python-version
 
 # pipenv
 #   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
@@ -278,7 +316,22 @@ ipython_config.py
 #   install all needed dependencies.
 #Pipfile.lock
 
-# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow
+# 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
@@ -320,6 +373,13 @@ dmypy.json
 # 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]
@@ -381,6 +441,8 @@ tags
 
 # Cursive Clojure plugin
 
+# SonarLint plugin
+
 # Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
 
 # Editor-based Rest Client
@@ -443,4 +505,4 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 # Windows shortcuts
 *.lnk
 
-# End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/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

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,464 @@ Community General Release Notes
 
 This changelog describes changes after version 3.0.0.
 
+v4.8.11
+=======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Final maintenance release of community.general major version 4.
+
+Major Changes
+-------------
+
+- The community.general 4.x.y release stream is now effectively **End of Life**. No more releases will be made, and regular CI runs will stop.
+
+v4.8.10
+=======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Maintenance release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- ModuleHelper - fix bug when adjusting the name of reserved output variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5755).
+- 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).
+- 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 and timezone - slight refactoring to avoid linter reporting potentially undefined variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5933).
+
+v4.8.9
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Bugfix release.
+
+Note that from now on, community.general 4.x.y only receives security fixes and major bugfixes, but no longer regular bugfixes.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- 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).
+- 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).
+
+v4.8.8
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- archive - avoid crash when ``lzma`` is not present and ``format`` is not ``xz`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5393).
+- 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).
+- redhat_subscription - make module idempotent when ``pool_ids`` are used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5313).
+- xenserver_facts - fix broken ``AnsibleModule`` call that prevented the module from working at all (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5383).
+
+v4.8.7
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- 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_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).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- locale_gen - fix support for Ubuntu (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5281).
+- 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).
+
+v4.8.6
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Bugfix and maintenance release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- Added MIT license as ``MIT-license.txt`` for ``tests/unit/plugins/modules/packaging/language/test_gem.py`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5065, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5072).
+
+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).
+- 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).
+
+v4.8.5
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- pacman - fixed name resolution of URL packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4959).
+- proxmox - fix error handling when getting VM by name when ``state=absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4945).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - fix crash when ``enabled=1`` is used in agent config string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4910).
+- 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).
+
+v4.8.4
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+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).
+- 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).
+
+v4.8.3
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Bugfix release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ModuleHelper module utils - improved ``ModuleHelperException``, using ``to_native()`` for the exception message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4755).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- sudoers - fix incorrect handling of ``state: absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4852).
+
+v4.8.2
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular maintenance and bugfix release.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Include ``simplified_bsd.txt`` license file for various module utils, the ``lxca_common`` docs fragment, and the ``utm_utils`` unit tests.
+- 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).
+- gitlab_hook - avoid errors during idempotency check when an attribute does not exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4668).
+- 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).
+
+v4.8.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release. From now on, only bugfix release will be made of the community.general 4.x.y release stream.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Include ``PSF-license.txt`` file for ``plugins/module_utils/_version.py``.
+- 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).
+- gconftool2 - properly escape values when passing them to ``gconftool-2`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4647).
+- onepassword - search all valid configuration locations and use the first found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4640).
+- 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).
+- terraform - fix list initialization to support both Python 2 and Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4531).
+
+v4.8.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular feature and bugfix release. Please note that this is the last minor 4.x.0 release. Further releases with major version 4 will be bugfix releases 4.8.y.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- lxd_container - adds ``project`` option to allow selecting project for LXD instance (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4479).
+- lxd_profile - adds ``project`` option to allow selecting project for LXD profile (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4479).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- profitbricks - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- proxmox - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- 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_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).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- xfconf - added missing value types ``char``, ``uchar``, ``int64`` and ``uint64`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4534).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- 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).
+- 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).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- dnsmadeeasy - fix failure on deleting DNS entries when API response does not contain monitor value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3620).
+- git_branch - remove deprecated and unnecessary branch ``unprotect`` method (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4496).
+- 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_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_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).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- pacman - fixed bug where ``absent`` state did not work for locally installed packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4464).
+- pritunl - fixed bug where pritunl plugin api add unneeded data in ``auth_string`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4527).
+- 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_kvm - fix a bug when getting a state of VM without name will fail (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4508).
+- xbps - fix error message that is reported when installing packages fails (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4438).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+Cloud
+~~~~~
+
+lxd
+^^^
+
+- lxd_project - Manage LXD projects
+
+Monitoring
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- alerta_customer - Manage customers in Alerta
+
+v4.7.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix and feature release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ipa_service - add ``skip_host_check`` parameter. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4417).
+- 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).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - add support for templating the ``url``, ``user``, and ``password`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4418).
+- sudoers - add support for ``runas`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4379).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- 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).
+- 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)
+- nmcli - fix returning "changed" when routes parameters set, also suggest new routes4 and routes6 format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4131).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+
+v4.6.1
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Extraordinary bugfix release to fix a breaking change in ``terraform``.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- lxd inventory plugin - do not crash if OS and release metadata are not present
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4351).
+- terraform - revert bugfix https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4281 that tried to fix ``variable`` handling to allow complex values. It turned out that this was breaking several valid use-cases (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4367, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4370).
+
+v4.6.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular feature and bugfix release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- jira - when creating a comment, ``fields`` now is used for additional data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4304).
+- ldap_entry - add support for recursive deletion (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3613).
+- mksysb - revamped the module using ``ModuleHelper`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3295).
+- nmcli - add missing connection aliases ``802-3-ethernet`` and ``802-11-wireless`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4108).
+- nmcli - remove nmcli modify dependency on ``type`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2858).
+- npm - add ability to use ``production`` flag when ``ci`` is set (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4299).
+- 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 - 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).
+- pipx - added options ``editable`` and ``pip_args`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4300).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - add support for client-side jinja filters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3553).
+- redis - add authentication parameters ``login_user``, ``tls``, ``validate_certs``, and ``ca_certs`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4207).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- 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).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- 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).
+- linode inventory plugin - fix configuration handling relating to inventory filtering (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4336).
+- mksysb - fixed bug for parameter ``backup_dmapi_fs`` was passing the wrong CLI argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3295).
+- 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 - 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).
+- 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 - fixed the ``description`` field being ignored if it contained a comma (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4348).
+- 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).
+- terraform - fix ``variable`` handling to allow complex values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4281).
+
+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).
+
+v4.5.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular feature and bugfix release.
+
+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).
+- ansible_galaxy_install - added option ``no_deps`` to the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4174).
+- 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).
+- keycloak_* modules - added connection timeout parameter when calling server (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4168).
+- linode inventory plugin - add support for caching inventory results (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4179).
+- opentelemetry_plugin - enrich service when using the ``jenkins``, ``hetzner`` or ``jira`` modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4105).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- dconf - skip processes that disappeared while we inspected them (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4151).
+- 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_project_variable - ``value`` is not necessary when deleting variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4150).
+- gitlab_runner - make ``project`` and ``owned`` mutually exclusive (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4136).
+- homebrew_cask - fix force install operation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3703).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- vdo - fix options error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4163).
+- 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).
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+Cloud
+~~~~~
+
+scaleway
+^^^^^^^^
+
+- scaleway_private_network - Scaleway private network management
+
+Storage
+~~~~~~~
+
+pmem
+^^^^
+
+- pmem - Configure Intel Optane Persistent Memory modules
+
 v4.4.0
 ======
 

MIT-license.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
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+
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+
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+
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PSF-license.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
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README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Community General Collection
 
 [![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-4)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
+[![EOL CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/workflows/EOL%20CI/badge.svg?event=push)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions)
 [![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/community.general)
 
 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.
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ If you encounter abusive behavior violating the [Ansible Code of Conduct](https:
 
 ## Tested with Ansible
 
-Tested with the current Ansible 2.9, ansible-base 2.10, ansible-core 2.11, ansible-core 2.12 releases and the current development version of ansible-core. Ansible versions before 2.9.10 are not supported.
+Tested with the current Ansible 2.9, ansible-base 2.10, ansible-core 2.11, ansible-core 2.12, ansible-core 2.13, and ansible-core 2.14 releases of ansible-core. Ansible versions before 2.9.10 are not supported.
 
 ## External requirements
 

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -1399,3 +1399,639 @@ releases:
       name: homectl
       namespace: system
     release_date: '2022-02-01'
+  4.5.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - dconf - skip processes that disappeared while we inspected them (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4151).
+      - 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_project_variable - ``value`` is not necessary when deleting variables
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4150).
+      - gitlab_runner - make ``project`` and ``owned`` mutually exclusive (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4136).
+      - homebrew_cask - fix force install operation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3703).
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      - vdo - fix options error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4163).
+      - 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).
+      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).
+      - ansible_galaxy_install - added option ``no_deps`` to the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4174).
+      - 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).
+      - keycloak_* modules - added connection timeout parameter when calling server
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4168).
+      - linode inventory plugin - add support for caching inventory results (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4179).
+      - opentelemetry_plugin - enrich service when using the ``jenkins``, ``hetzner``
+        or ``jira`` modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4105).
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      release_summary: Regular feature and bugfix release.
+    fragments:
+    - 3703-force-install-homebrew-cask.yml
+    - 3907-pacman-speedup.yml
+    - 3916-fix-vdo-options-type.yml
+    - 4.5.0.yml
+    - 4029-proxmox-refactor.yml
+    - 4061-fix-mail-recipient-encoding.yml
+    - 4086-rework_of_gitlab_proyect_variable_over_gitlab_group_variable.yml
+    - 4105-opentelemetry_plugin-enrich_jira_hetzner_jenkins_services.yaml
+    - 4106-proxmox-efidisk0-support.yaml
+    - 4136-gitlab_runner-make-project-owned-mutually-exclusive.yml
+    - 4150-gitlab-project-variable-absent-fix.yml
+    - 4151-dconf-catch-psutil-nosuchprocess.yaml
+    - 4154-ini_file_changed.yml
+    - 4168-add-keycloak-url-timeout.yml
+    - 4179-linode-inventory-cache.yaml
+    - 4183-fix-yum_versionlock.yaml
+    - 4191-proxmox-add-win11.yml
+    - 4192-improve-passwordstore-consistency.yml
+    - 4194-configurable-passwordstore-locking.yml
+    - 4206-imc-rest-module.yaml
+    - 4212-fixes-for-keycloak-user-federation.yml
+    - 4219-passwordstore-locale-fix.yml
+    - 4232-text-converter-import.yml
+    - 4240-ansible_galaxy_install-no_deps.yml
+    modules:
+    - description: Configure Intel Optane Persistent Memory modules
+      name: pmem
+      namespace: storage.pmem
+    - description: Scaleway private network management
+      name: scaleway_private_network
+      namespace: cloud.scaleway
+    release_date: '2022-02-22'
+  4.6.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - 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).
+      - linode inventory plugin - fix configuration handling relating to inventory
+        filtering (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4336).
+      - mksysb - fixed bug for parameter ``backup_dmapi_fs`` was passing the wrong
+        CLI argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3295).
+      - 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 - 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).
+      - 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 - fixed the ``description`` field being ignored if
+        it contained a comma (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4348).
+      - 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).
+      - terraform - fix ``variable`` handling to allow complex values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4281).
+      deprecated_features:
+      - '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).'
+      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).
+      minor_changes:
+      - jira - when creating a comment, ``fields`` now is used for additional data
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4304).
+      - ldap_entry - add support for recursive deletion (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3613).
+      - mksysb - revamped the module using ``ModuleHelper`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3295).
+      - nmcli - add missing connection aliases ``802-3-ethernet`` and ``802-11-wireless``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4108).
+      - nmcli - remove nmcli modify dependency on ``type`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2858).
+      - npm - add ability to use ``production`` flag when ``ci`` is set (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4299).
+      - 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 - 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).
+      - pipx - added options ``editable`` and ``pip_args`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4300).
+      - proxmox inventory plugin - add support for client-side jinja filters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3553).
+      - redis - add authentication parameters ``login_user``, ``tls``, ``validate_certs``,
+        and ``ca_certs`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4207).
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      release_summary: Regular feature and bugfix release.
+    fragments:
+    - 3295-mksysb-revamp.yaml
+    - 4.6.0.yml
+    - 4108-nmcli-support-modifcation-without-type-param.yml
+    - 4192-zypper-add-clean-deps.yml
+    - 4207-add-redis-tls-support.yml
+    - 4223-syslog-json-skip-syslog-option.yml
+    - 4275-pacman-sysupgrade.yml
+    - 4281-terraform-complex-variables.yml
+    - 4286-pacman-url-pkgs.yml
+    - 4287-fix-proxmox-vm-chek.yml
+    - 4288-fix-4259-support-busybox-dd.yml
+    - 4299-npm-add-production-with-ci-flag.yml
+    - 4303-pipx-editable.yml
+    - 4304-jira-fields-in-comment.yml
+    - 4306-proxmox-fix-error-on-vm-clone.yml
+    - 4312-pacman-groups.yml
+    - 4316-pacman-remove-nosave.yml
+    - 4318-pacman-restore-old-changed-behavior.yml
+    - 4330-pacman-packages-update_cache.yml
+    - 4336-linode-inventory-filtering.yaml
+    - 4337-pacman-update_cache.yml
+    - 4349-proxmox-inventory-dict-facts.yml
+    - 4352-proxmox-inventory-filters.yml
+    - 4355-ldap-recursive-delete.yml
+    release_date: '2022-03-15'
+  4.6.1:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - 'lxd inventory plugin - do not crash if OS and release metadata are not present
+
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4351).
+
+        '
+      - terraform - revert bugfix https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4281
+        that tried to fix ``variable`` handling to allow complex values. It turned
+        out that this was breaking several valid use-cases (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4367,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4370).
+      release_summary: Extraordinary bugfix release to fix a breaking change in ``terraform``.
+    fragments:
+    - 4.6.1.yml
+    - 4351-inventory-lxd-handling_metadata_wo_os_and_release.yml
+    - 4368-reverts-4281.yml
+    release_date: '2022-03-16'
+  4.7.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - 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).
+      - 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)
+      - nmcli - fix returning "changed" when routes parameters set, also suggest new
+        routes4 and routes6 format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4131).
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      minor_changes:
+      - ipa_service - add ``skip_host_check`` parameter. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4417).
+      - 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).
+      - proxmox inventory plugin - add support for templating the ``url``, ``user``,
+        and ``password`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4418).
+      - sudoers - add support for ``runas`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4379).
+      release_summary: Regular bugfix and feature release.
+    fragments:
+    - 4.7.0.yml
+    - 4131-nmcli_fix_reports_changed_for_routes4_parameter.yml
+    - 4378-proxmox-inventory-tags.yml
+    - 4380-sudoers-runas-parameter.yml
+    - 4382-keycloak-add-missing-validate_certs-parameters.yml
+    - 4385-keycloak-client-default-optional-scopes.yml
+    - 4386-proxmox-support-templating-in-inventory-file.yml
+    - 4417-ipa_service-add-skip_host_check.yml
+    - 4421-zypper_package_version_handling_fix.yml
+    - 4422-warn-user-if-incorrect-SDK-version-is-installed.yaml
+    - 4429-keycloak-client-add-always-display-in-console.yml
+    release_date: '2022-04-05'
+  4.8.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - dnsmadeeasy - fix failure on deleting DNS entries when API response does not
+        contain monitor value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3620).
+      - git_branch - remove deprecated and unnecessary branch ``unprotect`` method
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4496).
+      - '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_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_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).
+
+        '
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      - pacman - fixed bug where ``absent`` state did not work for locally installed
+        packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4464).
+      - pritunl - fixed bug where pritunl plugin api add unneeded data in ``auth_string``
+        parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4527).
+      - 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_kvm - fix a bug when getting a state of VM without name will fail
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4508).
+      - xbps - fix error message that is reported when installing packages fails (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4438).
+      deprecated_features:
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      minor_changes:
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      - lxd_container - adds ``project`` option to allow selecting project for LXD
+        instance (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4479).
+      - lxd_profile - adds ``project`` option to allow selecting project for LXD profile
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4479).
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      - profitbricks - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+      - proxmox - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+      - 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_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).
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      - xfconf - added missing value types ``char``, ``uchar``, ``int64`` and ``uint64``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4534).
+      release_summary: Regular feature and bugfix release. Please note that this is
+        the last minor 4.x.0 release. Further releases with major version 4 will be
+        bugfix releases 4.8.y.
+    fragments:
+    - 4.8.0.yml
+    - 4084-add-redfish-system-indicator-led.yml
+    - 4320-nmcli-hairpin.yml
+    - 4377-allow-proxmox-snapshot-restoring.yml
+    - 4438-fix-error-message.yaml
+    - 4455-terraform-provider-upgrade.yml
+    - 4457-support-datadog-monitors-type-event-v2.yaml
+    - 4459-only-get-monitor-if-it-is-not-null-api-response.yaml
+    - 4464-pacman-fix-local-remove.yaml
+    - 4465-btrfs-resize.yml
+    - 4466-proxmox-ansible_host-deprecation.yml
+    - 4471-seport-refactor.yaml
+    - 4476-cmd_runner.yml
+    - 4479-add-project-support-for-lxd_container-and-lxd_profile.yml
+    - 4491-specify_all_in_list_calls.yaml
+    - 4492-proxmox_kvm_fix_vm_without_name.yaml
+    - 4496-remove-deprecated-method-in-gitlab-branch-module.yml
+    - 4506-sudo-in-nmap-inv-plugin.yaml
+    - 4524-update-opennebula-inventory-plugin-to-match-documentation.yaml
+    - 4526-keycloak-realm-types.yaml
+    - 4530-fix-unauthorized-pritunl-request.yaml
+    - 4534-xfconf-added-value-types.yaml
+    - 4540-proxmox-inventory-token-auth.yml
+    - 4555-proxmox-lxc-key.yml
+    - 4556-remove-default-none-1.yml
+    - 4557-alternatives-add-state-parameter.yml
+    - 4567-remove-default-none-2.yml
+    modules:
+    - description: Manage customers in Alerta
+      name: alerta_customer
+      namespace: monitoring
+    - description: Manage LXD projects
+      name: lxd_project
+      namespace: cloud.lxd
+    release_date: '2022-04-26'
+  4.8.1:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - Include ``PSF-license.txt`` file for ``plugins/module_utils/_version.py``.
+      - 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).
+      - gconftool2 - properly escape values when passing them to ``gconftool-2`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4647).
+      - onepassword - search all valid configuration locations and use the first found
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4640).
+      - 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).
+      - terraform - fix list initialization to support both Python 2 and Python 3
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4531).
+      release_summary: Regular bugfix release. From now on, only bugfix release will
+        be made of the community.general 4.x.y release stream.
+    fragments:
+    - 4.8.1.yml
+    - 4065-onepassword-config.yml
+    - 4590-consul-fix-service-checks.yaml
+    - 4621-terraform-py2-compat.yml
+    - 4623-opentelemetry_bug_fix_include_tasks.yml
+    - 4624-opentelemetry_bug_fix_hardcoded_value.yml
+    - 4647-gconftool2-command-arg.yaml
+    - psf-license.yml
+    release_date: '2022-05-16'
+  4.8.10:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - ModuleHelper - fix bug when adjusting the name of reserved output variables
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5755).
+      - 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).
+      - 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 and timezone - slight refactoring to avoid linter reporting potentially
+        undefined variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5933).
+      release_summary: Maintenance release.
+    fragments:
+    - 4.8.10.yml
+    - 5755-mh-fix-output-conflict.yml
+    - 5761-callback-types.yml
+    - 5933-linting.yml
+    release_date: '2023-03-26'
+  4.8.11:
+    changes:
+      major_changes:
+      - The community.general 4.x.y release stream is now effectively **End of Life**.
+        No more releases will be made, and regular CI runs will stop.
+      release_summary: Final maintenance release of community.general major version
+        4.
+    fragments:
+    - eol.yml
+    release_date: '2023-05-08'
+  4.8.2:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - Include ``simplified_bsd.txt`` license file for various module utils, the
+        ``lxca_common`` docs fragment, and the ``utm_utils`` unit tests.
+      - 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).
+      - gitlab_hook - avoid errors during idempotency check when an attribute does
+        not exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4668).
+      - 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).
+      release_summary: Regular maintenance and bugfix release.
+    fragments:
+    - 4.8.2.yml
+    - 4668-gitlab_hook-use-None-for-non-existent-attr.yml
+    - 4682-compatibility-virtualmedia-resource-location.yaml
+    - 4700-code-changes.yml
+    - 4712-consul-bugfix.yaml
+    - 4719-fix-keycloak-realm.yaml
+    - 4733-redis-fail.yml
+    - simplified-bsd-license.yml
+    release_date: '2022-06-06'
+  4.8.3:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      - 'sudoers - fix incorrect handling of ``state: absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4852).'
+      minor_changes:
+      - ModuleHelper module utils - improved ``ModuleHelperException``, using ``to_native()``
+        for the exception message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4755).
+      release_summary: Bugfix release.
+    fragments:
+    - 4.8.3.yml
+    - 4755-mhexception-improvement.yml
+    - 4809-redhat_subscription-unsubscribe.yaml
+    - 4813-fix-nmcli-convert-list.yaml
+    - 4814-sudoers-file-permissions.yml
+    - 4852-sudoers-state-absent.yml
+    release_date: '2022-06-20'
+  4.8.4:
+    changes:
+      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).
+      - 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).
+      release_summary: Regular bugfix release.
+    fragments:
+    - 4.8.4.yml
+    - 4886-fix-lxd-inventory-hostname.yml
+    - 4901-fix-redfish-chassispower.yml
+    - 4903-cmdrunner-bugfix.yaml
+    - 4911-dsv-honor-tld-option.yml
+    - 4933-fix-rax-clb-nodes.yaml
+    release_date: '2022-07-12'
+  4.8.5:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - pacman - fixed name resolution of URL packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4959).
+      - proxmox - fix error handling when getting VM by name when ``state=absent``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4945).
+      - proxmox inventory plugin - fix crash when ``enabled=1`` is used in agent config
+        string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4910).
+      - 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).
+      release_summary: Regular bugfix release.
+    fragments:
+    - 4.8.5.yml
+    - 4910-fix-for-agent-enabled.yml
+    - 4945-fix-get_vm-int-parse-handling.yaml
+    - 4959-pacman-fix-url-packages-name.yaml
+    - 5019-slack-support-more-groups.yml
+    release_date: '2022-08-01'
+  4.8.6:
+    changes:
+      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).
+      - 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).
+      minor_changes:
+      - Added MIT license as ``MIT-license.txt`` for ``tests/unit/plugins/modules/packaging/language/test_gem.py``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5065, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5072).
+      release_summary: Bugfix and maintenance release.
+    fragments:
+    - 4.8.6.yml
+    - 5111-fixes.yml
+    - 5112-fix-nsupdate-ns-entry.yaml
+    - licenses.yml
+    release_date: '2022-08-22'
+  4.8.7:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - locale_gen - fix support for Ubuntu (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5281).
+      - 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).
+      minor_changes:
+      - 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_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).
+      release_summary: Regular bugfix release.
+    fragments:
+    - 4.8.7.yml
+    - 5151-add-delinea-support-tss-lookup.yml
+    - 5259-gitlab-imports.yaml
+    - 5282-locale_gen.yaml
+    release_date: '2022-10-03'
+  4.8.8:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - archive - avoid crash when ``lzma`` is not present and ``format`` is not ``xz``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5393).
+      - 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).
+      - redhat_subscription - make module idempotent when ``pool_ids`` are used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5313).
+      - xenserver_facts - fix broken ``AnsibleModule`` call that prevented the module
+        from working at all (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5383).
+      release_summary: Regular bugfix release.
+    fragments:
+    - 3671-illumos-pfexec.yml
+    - 4.8.8.yml
+    - 5313-fix-redhat_subscription-idempotency-pool_ids.yml
+    - 5342-opentelemetry_bug_fix_opentelemetry-api-1.13.yml
+    - 5369-pkgng-fix-update-all.yaml
+    - 5383-xenserver_facts.yml
+    - 5393-archive.yml
+    release_date: '2022-10-24'
+  4.8.9:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      release_summary: 'Bugfix release.
+
+
+        Note that from now on, community.general 4.x.y only receives security fixes
+        and major bugfixes, but no longer regular bugfixes.'
+    fragments:
+    - 4.8.9.yml
+    - 5385-search_s-based-_is_value_present.yaml
+    - 5435-escape-ldap-param.yml
+    release_date: '2022-11-06'

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/default-common.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+list1:
+  - name: foo
+    extra: true
+  - name: bar
+    extra: false
+  - name: meh
+    extra: true
+
+list2:
+  - name: foo
+    path: /foo
+  - name: baz
+    path: /baz

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/default-recursive-true.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+list1:
+  - name: myname01
+    param01:
+      x: default_value
+      y: default_value
+      list:
+        - default_value
+  - name: myname02
+    param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
+
+list2:
+  - name: myname01
+    param01:
+      y: patch_value
+      z: patch_value
+      list:
+        - patch_value
+  - name: myname02
+    param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-001.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+- name: 1. Merge two lists by common attribute 'name'
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-001_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug|d(false)|bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-001.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-001_vars/default-common.yml

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../default-common.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-001_vars/list3.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+list3: "{{ list1|
+           community.general.lists_mergeby(list2, 'name') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-002.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+- name: 2. Merge two lists by common attribute 'name'
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-002_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug|d(false)|bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-002.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-002_vars/default-common.yml

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../default-common.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-002_vars/list3.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+           community.general.lists_mergeby('name') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-003.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+- name: 3. Merge recursive by 'name', replace lists (default)
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-003_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug|d(false)|bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-003.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-003_vars/default-recursive-true.yml

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../default-recursive-true.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-003_vars/list3.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                           recursive=true) }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-004.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+- name: 4. Merge recursive by 'name', keep lists
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-004_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug|d(false)|bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-004.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-004_vars/default-recursive-true.yml

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../default-recursive-true.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-004_vars/list3.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                           recursive=true,
+                                           list_merge='keep') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-005.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+- name: 5. Merge recursive by 'name', append lists
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-005_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug|d(false)|bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-005.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-005_vars/default-recursive-true.yml

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../default-recursive-true.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-005_vars/list3.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                           recursive=true,
+                                           list_merge='append') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-006.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+- name: 6. Merge recursive by 'name', prepend lists
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-006_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug|d(false)|bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-006.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-006_vars/default-recursive-true.yml

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../default-recursive-true.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-006_vars/list3.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                           recursive=true,
+                                           list_merge='prepend') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-007.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+- name: 7. Merge recursive by 'name', append lists 'remove present'
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-007_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug|d(false)|bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-007.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-007_vars/default-recursive-true.yml

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../default-recursive-true.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-007_vars/list3.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                           recursive=true,
+                                           list_merge='append_rp') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-008.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+- name: 8. Merge recursive by 'name', prepend lists 'remove present'
+  include_vars:
+    dir: example-008_vars
+- debug:
+    var: list3
+  when: debug|d(false)|bool
+- template:
+    src: list3.out.j2
+    dest: example-008.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-008_vars/default-recursive-true.yml

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../default-recursive-true.yml

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/example-008_vars/list3.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+           community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                           recursive=true,
+                                           list_merge='prepend_rp') }}"

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/examples.yml

@@ -1,37 +1,49 @@
 ---
 examples:
+  - label: 'In the example below the lists are merged by the attribute ``name``:'
+    file: example-001_vars/list3.yml
+    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
+  - label: 'This produces:'
+    file: example-001.out
+    lang: 'yaml'
+  - label: 'It is possible to use a list of lists as an input of the filter:'
+    file: example-002_vars/list3.yml
+    lang: 'yaml+jinja'
+  - label: 'This produces the same result as in the previous example:'
+    file: example-002.out
+    lang: 'yaml'
   - label: 'Example ``list_merge=replace`` (default):'
-    file: example-003.yml
+    file: example-003_vars/list3.yml
     lang: 'yaml+jinja'
   - label: 'This produces:'
     file: example-003.out
     lang: 'yaml'
   - label: 'Example ``list_merge=keep``:'
-    file: example-004.yml
+    file: example-004_vars/list3.yml
     lang: 'yaml+jinja'
   - label: 'This produces:'
     file: example-004.out
     lang: 'yaml'
   - label: 'Example ``list_merge=append``:'
-    file: example-005.yml
+    file: example-005_vars/list3.yml
     lang: 'yaml+jinja'
   - label: 'This produces:'
     file: example-005.out
     lang: 'yaml'
   - label: 'Example ``list_merge=prepend``:'
-    file: example-006.yml
+    file: example-006_vars/list3.yml
     lang: 'yaml+jinja'
   - label: 'This produces:'
     file: example-006.out
     lang: 'yaml'
   - label: 'Example ``list_merge=append_rp``:'
-    file: example-007.yml
+    file: example-007_vars/list3.yml
     lang: 'yaml+jinja'
   - label: 'This produces:'
     file: example-007.out
     lang: 'yaml'
   - label: 'Example ``list_merge=prepend_rp``:'
-    file: example-008.yml
+    file: example-008_vars/list3.yml
     lang: 'yaml+jinja'
   - label: 'This produces:'
     file: example-008.out

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/examples_all.rst.j2

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 
 .. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
 
-  {{ lookup('file', source_path ~ i.file)|indent(2) }}
+  {{ lookup('file', i.file)|indent(2) }}
 
 {% endfor %}

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+Merging lists of dictionaries
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If you have two or more lists of dictionaries and want to combine them into a list of merged dictionaries, where the dictionaries are merged by an attribute, you can use the ``lists_mergeby`` filter.
+
+.. note:: The output of the examples in this section use the YAML callback plugin. Quoting: "Ansible output that can be quite a bit easier to read than the default JSON formatting." See :ref:`the documentation for the community.general.yaml callback plugin <ansible_collections.community.general.yaml_callback>`.
+
+Let us use the lists below in the following examples:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  {{ lookup('file', 'default-common.yml')|indent(2) }}
+
+{% for i in examples[0:2] %}
+{{ i.label }}
+
+.. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
+
+  {{ lookup('file', i.file)|indent(2) }}
+
+{% endfor %}
+
+.. versionadded:: 2.0.0
+
+{% for i in examples[2:4] %}
+{{ i.label }}
+
+.. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
+
+  {{ lookup('file', i.file)|indent(2) }}
+
+{% endfor %}
+
+The filter also accepts two optional parameters: ``recursive`` and ``list_merge``. These parameters are only supported when used with ansible-base 2.10 or ansible-core, but not with Ansible 2.9. This is available since community.general 4.4.0.
+
+**recursive**
+    Is a boolean, default to ``False``. Should the ``community.general.lists_mergeby`` recursively merge nested hashes. Note: It does not depend on the value of the ``hash_behaviour`` setting in ``ansible.cfg``.
+
+**list_merge**
+    Is a string, its possible values are ``replace`` (default), ``keep``, ``append``, ``prepend``, ``append_rp`` or ``prepend_rp``. It modifies the behaviour of ``community.general.lists_mergeby`` when the hashes to merge contain arrays/lists.
+
+The examples below set ``recursive=true`` and display the differences among all six options of ``list_merge``. Functionality of the parameters is exactly the same as in the filter ``combine``. See :ref:`Combining hashes/dictionaries <combine_filter>` to learn details about these options.
+
+Let us use the lists below in the following examples
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  {{ lookup('file', 'default-recursive-true.yml')|indent(2) }}
+
+{% for i in examples[4:16] %}
+{{ i.label }}
+
+.. code-block:: {{ i.lang }}
+
+  {{ lookup('file', i.file)|indent(2) }}
+
+{% endfor %}

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/list3.out.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+list3:
+{{ list3|to_nice_yaml(indent=0) }}

docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/playbook.yml

@@ -1,41 +1,59 @@
 ---
-# The following runs all examples:
+
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+# 1) Run all examples and create example-XXX.out
+# shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml -e examples=true
 #
-#    ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK=community.general.yaml ansible-playbook playbook.yml -e examples=true
+# 2) Optionally, for testing, create examples_all.rst
+# shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml -e examples_all=true
 #
-# You need to copy the YAML output of example-XXX.yml into example-XXX.out.
+# 3) Create docs REST files
+# shell> ansible-playbook playbook.yml -e merging_lists_of_dictionaries=true
 #
-# The following generates examples.rst out of the .out files:
+# Notes:
+# * Use YAML callback, e.g. set ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK=community.general.yaml
+# * Use sphinx-view to render and review the REST files
+#   shell> sphinx-view <path_to_helper>/examples_all.rst
+# * Proofread and copy completed docs *.rst files into the directory rst.
+# * Then delete the *.rst and *.out files from this directory. Do not
+#   add *.rst and *.out in this directory to the version control.
 #
-#    ansible-playbook playbook.yml -e template=true
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+# community.general/docs/docsite/helper/lists_mergeby/playbook.yml
+
 - hosts: localhost
   gather_facts: false
-  vars:
-    source_path: ../../rst/examples/lists_mergeby/
   tasks:
 
     - block:
-        - import_tasks: '{{ source_path }}example-001.yml'
+        - import_tasks: example-001.yml
           tags: t001
-        - import_tasks: '{{ source_path }}example-002.yml'
+        - import_tasks: example-002.yml
           tags: t002
-        - import_tasks: '{{ source_path }}example-003.yml'
+        - import_tasks: example-003.yml
           tags: t003
-        - import_tasks: '{{ source_path }}example-004.yml'
+        - import_tasks: example-004.yml
           tags: t004
-        - import_tasks: '{{ source_path }}example-005.yml'
+        - import_tasks: example-005.yml
           tags: t005
-        - import_tasks: '{{ source_path }}example-006.yml'
+        - import_tasks: example-006.yml
           tags: t006
-        - import_tasks: '{{ source_path }}example-007.yml'
+        - import_tasks: example-007.yml
           tags: t007
-        - import_tasks: '{{ source_path }}example-008.yml'
+        - import_tasks: example-008.yml
           tags: t008
       when: examples|d(false)|bool
 
     - block:
         - include_vars: examples.yml
         - template:
-            src: examples.rst.j2
-            dest: examples.rst
-      when: template|d(false)|bool
+            src: examples_all.rst.j2
+            dest: examples_all.rst
+      when: examples_all|d(false)|bool
+
+    - block:
+        - include_vars: examples.yml
+        - template:
+            src: filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst.j2
+            dest: filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst
+      when: merging_lists_of_dictionaries|d(false)|bool

docs/docsite/links.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+edit_on_github:
+  repository: ansible-collections/community.general
+  branch: main
+  path_prefix: ''
+
+extra_links:
+  - description: Submit a bug report
+    url: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=bug_report.yml
+  - description: Request a feature
+    url: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=feature_request.yml
+
+communication:
+  matrix_rooms:
+    - topic: General usage and support questions
+      room: '#users:ansible.im'
+  irc_channels:
+    - topic: General usage and support questions
+      network: Libera
+      channel: '#ansible'
+  mailing_lists:
+    - topic: Ansible Project List
+      url: https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-project

docs/docsite/rst/examples/lists_mergeby/example-001.out

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-  list3:
-  - extra: false
-    name: bar
-  - name: baz
-    path: /baz
-  - extra: true
-    name: foo
-    path: /foo
-  - extra: true
-    name: meh

docs/docsite/rst/examples/lists_mergeby/example-001.yml

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: Merge two lists by common attribute 'name'
-  set_fact:
-    list3: "{{ list1|
-               community.general.lists_mergeby(list2, 'name') }}"
-  vars:
-    list1:
-      - name: foo
-        extra: true
-      - name: bar
-        extra: false
-      - name: meh
-        extra: true
-    list2:
-      - name: foo
-        path: /foo
-      - name: baz
-        path: /baz
-- debug:
-    var: list3

docs/docsite/rst/examples/lists_mergeby/example-002.out

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-  list3:
-  - extra: false
-    name: bar
-  - name: baz
-    path: /baz
-  - extra: true
-    name: foo
-    path: /foo
-  - extra: true
-    name: meh

docs/docsite/rst/examples/lists_mergeby/example-002.yml

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: Merge two lists by common attribute 'name'
-  set_fact:
-    list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-               community.general.lists_mergeby('name') }}"
-  vars:
-    list1:
-      - name: foo
-        extra: true
-      - name: bar
-        extra: false
-      - name: meh
-        extra: true
-    list2:
-      - name: foo
-        path: /foo
-      - name: baz
-        path: /baz
-- debug:
-    var: list3

docs/docsite/rst/examples/lists_mergeby/example-003.out

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-  list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - patch_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value

docs/docsite/rst/examples/lists_mergeby/example-003.yml

@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: Merge recursive by 'name', replace lists (default)
-  set_fact:
-    list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-               community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                               recursive=true) }}"
-  vars:
-    list1:
-      - name: myname01
-        param01:
-          x: default_value
-          y: default_value
-          list:
-            - default_value
-      - name: myname02
-        param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
-
-    list2:
-      - name: myname01
-        param01:
-          y: patch_value
-          z: patch_value
-          list:
-            - patch_value
-      - name: myname02
-        param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
-- debug:
-    var: list3

docs/docsite/rst/examples/lists_mergeby/example-004.out

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-  list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - default_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
-    - 3

docs/docsite/rst/examples/lists_mergeby/example-004.yml

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: Merge recursive by 'name', keep lists
-  set_fact:
-    list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-               community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                               recursive=true,
-                                               list_merge='keep') }}"
-  vars:
-    list1:
-      - name: myname01
-        param01:
-          x: default_value
-          y: default_value
-          list:
-            - default_value
-      - name: myname02
-        param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
-
-    list2:
-      - name: myname01
-        param01:
-          y: patch_value
-          z: patch_value
-          list:
-            - patch_value
-      - name: myname02
-        param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
-- debug:
-    var: list3

docs/docsite/rst/examples/lists_mergeby/example-005.out

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-  list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - default_value
-      - patch_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
-    - 3
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value

docs/docsite/rst/examples/lists_mergeby/example-005.yml

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: Merge recursive by 'name', append lists
-  set_fact:
-    list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-               community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                               recursive=true,
-                                               list_merge='append') }}"
-  vars:
-    list1:
-      - name: myname01
-        param01:
-          x: default_value
-          y: default_value
-          list:
-            - default_value
-      - name: myname02
-        param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
-
-    list2:
-      - name: myname01
-        param01:
-          y: patch_value
-          z: patch_value
-          list:
-            - patch_value
-      - name: myname02
-        param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
-- debug:
-    var: list3

docs/docsite/rst/examples/lists_mergeby/example-006.out

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-  list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - patch_value
-      - default_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
-    - 3

docs/docsite/rst/examples/lists_mergeby/example-006.yml

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: Merge recursive by 'name', prepend lists
-  set_fact:
-    list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-               community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                               recursive=true,
-                                               list_merge='prepend') }}"
-  vars:
-    list1:
-      - name: myname01
-        param01:
-          x: default_value
-          y: default_value
-          list:
-            - default_value
-      - name: myname02
-        param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
-
-    list2:
-      - name: myname01
-        param01:
-          y: patch_value
-          z: patch_value
-          list:
-            - patch_value
-      - name: myname02
-        param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
-- debug:
-    var: list3

docs/docsite/rst/examples/lists_mergeby/example-007.out

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-  list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - default_value
-      - patch_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value

docs/docsite/rst/examples/lists_mergeby/example-007.yml

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: Merge recursive by 'name', append lists 'remove present'
-  set_fact:
-    list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-               community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                               recursive=true,
-                                               list_merge='append_rp') }}"
-  vars:
-    list1:
-      - name: myname01
-        param01:
-          x: default_value
-          y: default_value
-          list:
-            - default_value
-      - name: myname02
-        param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
-
-    list2:
-      - name: myname01
-        param01:
-          y: patch_value
-          z: patch_value
-          list:
-            - patch_value
-      - name: myname02
-        param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
-- debug:
-    var: list3

docs/docsite/rst/examples/lists_mergeby/example-008.out

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-  list3:
-  - name: myname01
-    param01:
-      list:
-      - patch_value
-      - default_value
-      x: default_value
-      y: patch_value
-      z: patch_value
-  - name: myname02
-    param01:
-    - 3
-    - 4
-    - 4
-    - key: value
-    - 1
-    - 1
-    - 2

docs/docsite/rst/examples/lists_mergeby/example-008.yml

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: Merge recursive by 'name', prepend lists 'remove present'
-  set_fact:
-    list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-               community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                               recursive=true,
-                                               list_merge='prepend_rp') }}"
-  vars:
-    list1:
-      - name: myname01
-        param01:
-          x: default_value
-          y: default_value
-          list:
-            - default_value
-      - name: myname02
-        param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
-
-    list2:
-      - name: myname01
-        param01:
-          y: patch_value
-          z: patch_value
-          list:
-            - patch_value
-      - name: myname02
-        param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
-- debug:
-    var: list3

docs/docsite/rst/filter_guide_abstract_informations_merging_lists_of_dictionaries.rst

@@ -5,30 +5,30 @@ If you have two or more lists of dictionaries and want to combine them into a li
 
 .. note:: The output of the examples in this section use the YAML callback plugin. Quoting: "Ansible output that can be quite a bit easier to read than the default JSON formatting." See :ref:`the documentation for the community.general.yaml callback plugin <ansible_collections.community.general.yaml_callback>`.
 
+Let us use the lists below in the following examples:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  list1:
+    - name: foo
+      extra: true
+    - name: bar
+      extra: false
+    - name: meh
+      extra: true
+
+  list2:
+    - name: foo
+      path: /foo
+    - name: baz
+      path: /baz
+
 In the example below the lists are merged by the attribute ``name``:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  ---
-  - name: Merge two lists by common attribute 'name'
-    set_fact:
-      list3: "{{ list1|
-                 community.general.lists_mergeby(list2, 'name') }}"
-    vars:
-      list1:
-        - name: foo
-          extra: true
-        - name: bar
-          extra: false
-        - name: meh
-          extra: true
-      list2:
-        - name: foo
-          path: /foo
-        - name: baz
-          path: /baz
-  - debug:
-      var: list3
+  list3: "{{ list1|
+             community.general.lists_mergeby(list2, 'name') }}"
 
 This produces:
 
@@ -45,32 +45,15 @@ This produces:
   - extra: true
     name: meh
 
+
 .. versionadded:: 2.0.0
 
 It is possible to use a list of lists as an input of the filter:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  ---
-  - name: Merge two lists by common attribute 'name'
-    set_fact:
-      list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-                 community.general.lists_mergeby('name') }}"
-    vars:
-      list1:
-        - name: foo
-          extra: true
-        - name: bar
-          extra: false
-        - name: meh
-          extra: true
-      list2:
-        - name: foo
-          path: /foo
-        - name: baz
-          path: /baz
-  - debug:
-      var: list3
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+             community.general.lists_mergeby('name') }}"
 
 This produces the same result as in the previous example:
 
@@ -87,6 +70,7 @@ This produces the same result as in the previous example:
   - extra: true
     name: meh
 
+
 The filter also accepts two optional parameters: ``recursive`` and ``list_merge``. These parameters are only supported when used with ansible-base 2.10 or ansible-core, but not with Ansible 2.9. This is available since community.general 4.4.0.
 
 **recursive**
@@ -97,337 +81,212 @@ The filter also accepts two optional parameters: ``recursive`` and ``list_merge`
 
 The examples below set ``recursive=true`` and display the differences among all six options of ``list_merge``. Functionality of the parameters is exactly the same as in the filter ``combine``. See :ref:`Combining hashes/dictionaries <combine_filter>` to learn details about these options.
 
+Let us use the lists below in the following examples
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  list1:
+    - name: myname01
+      param01:
+        x: default_value
+        y: default_value
+        list:
+          - default_value
+    - name: myname02
+      param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
+
+  list2:
+    - name: myname01
+      param01:
+        y: patch_value
+        z: patch_value
+        list:
+          - patch_value
+    - name: myname02
+      param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
+
 Example ``list_merge=replace`` (default):
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  ---
-  - name: Merge recursive by 'name', replace lists (default)
-    set_fact:
-      list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-                 community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                                 recursive=true) }}"
-    vars:
-      list1:
-        - name: myname01
-          param01:
-            x: default_value
-            y: default_value
-            list:
-              - default_value
-        - name: myname02
-          param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
-
-      list2:
-        - name: myname01
-          param01:
-            y: patch_value
-            z: patch_value
-            list:
-              - patch_value
-        - name: myname02
-          param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
-  - debug:
-      var: list3
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+             community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                             recursive=true) }}"
 
 This produces:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
-    list3:
-    - name: myname01
-      param01:
-        list:
-        - patch_value
-        x: default_value
-        y: patch_value
-        z: patch_value
-    - name: myname02
-      param01:
-      - 3
-      - 4
-      - 4
-      - key: value
+  list3:
+  - name: myname01
+    param01:
+      list:
+      - patch_value
+      x: default_value
+      y: patch_value
+      z: patch_value
+  - name: myname02
+    param01:
+    - 3
+    - 4
+    - 4
+    - key: value
 
 Example ``list_merge=keep``:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  ---
-  - name: Merge recursive by 'name', keep lists
-    set_fact:
-      list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-                 community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                                 recursive=true,
-                                                 list_merge='keep') }}"
-    vars:
-      list1:
-        - name: myname01
-          param01:
-            x: default_value
-            y: default_value
-            list:
-              - default_value
-        - name: myname02
-          param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
-
-      list2:
-        - name: myname01
-          param01:
-            y: patch_value
-            z: patch_value
-            list:
-              - patch_value
-        - name: myname02
-          param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
-  - debug:
-      var: list3
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+             community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                             recursive=true,
+                                             list_merge='keep') }}"
 
 This produces:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
-    list3:
-    - name: myname01
-      param01:
-        list:
-        - default_value
-        x: default_value
-        y: patch_value
-        z: patch_value
-    - name: myname02
-      param01:
-      - 1
-      - 1
-      - 2
-      - 3
+  list3:
+  - name: myname01
+    param01:
+      list:
+      - default_value
+      x: default_value
+      y: patch_value
+      z: patch_value
+  - name: myname02
+    param01:
+    - 1
+    - 1
+    - 2
+    - 3
 
 Example ``list_merge=append``:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  ---
-  - name: Merge recursive by 'name', append lists
-    set_fact:
-      list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-                 community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                                 recursive=true,
-                                                 list_merge='append') }}"
-    vars:
-      list1:
-        - name: myname01
-          param01:
-            x: default_value
-            y: default_value
-            list:
-              - default_value
-        - name: myname02
-          param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
-
-      list2:
-        - name: myname01
-          param01:
-            y: patch_value
-            z: patch_value
-            list:
-              - patch_value
-        - name: myname02
-          param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
-  - debug:
-      var: list3
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+             community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                             recursive=true,
+                                             list_merge='append') }}"
 
 This produces:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
-    list3:
-    - name: myname01
-      param01:
-        list:
-        - default_value
-        - patch_value
-        x: default_value
-        y: patch_value
-        z: patch_value
-    - name: myname02
-      param01:
-      - 1
-      - 1
-      - 2
-      - 3
-      - 3
-      - 4
-      - 4
-      - key: value
+  list3:
+  - name: myname01
+    param01:
+      list:
+      - default_value
+      - patch_value
+      x: default_value
+      y: patch_value
+      z: patch_value
+  - name: myname02
+    param01:
+    - 1
+    - 1
+    - 2
+    - 3
+    - 3
+    - 4
+    - 4
+    - key: value
 
 Example ``list_merge=prepend``:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  ---
-  - name: Merge recursive by 'name', prepend lists
-    set_fact:
-      list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-                 community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                                 recursive=true,
-                                                 list_merge='prepend') }}"
-    vars:
-      list1:
-        - name: myname01
-          param01:
-            x: default_value
-            y: default_value
-            list:
-              - default_value
-        - name: myname02
-          param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
-
-      list2:
-        - name: myname01
-          param01:
-            y: patch_value
-            z: patch_value
-            list:
-              - patch_value
-        - name: myname02
-          param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
-  - debug:
-      var: list3
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+             community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                             recursive=true,
+                                             list_merge='prepend') }}"
 
 This produces:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
-    list3:
-    - name: myname01
-      param01:
-        list:
-        - patch_value
-        - default_value
-        x: default_value
-        y: patch_value
-        z: patch_value
-    - name: myname02
-      param01:
-      - 3
-      - 4
-      - 4
-      - key: value
-      - 1
-      - 1
-      - 2
-      - 3
+  list3:
+  - name: myname01
+    param01:
+      list:
+      - patch_value
+      - default_value
+      x: default_value
+      y: patch_value
+      z: patch_value
+  - name: myname02
+    param01:
+    - 3
+    - 4
+    - 4
+    - key: value
+    - 1
+    - 1
+    - 2
+    - 3
 
 Example ``list_merge=append_rp``:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  ---
-  - name: Merge recursive by 'name', append lists 'remove present'
-    set_fact:
-      list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-                 community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                                 recursive=true,
-                                                 list_merge='append_rp') }}"
-    vars:
-      list1:
-        - name: myname01
-          param01:
-            x: default_value
-            y: default_value
-            list:
-              - default_value
-        - name: myname02
-          param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
-
-      list2:
-        - name: myname01
-          param01:
-            y: patch_value
-            z: patch_value
-            list:
-              - patch_value
-        - name: myname02
-          param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
-  - debug:
-      var: list3
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+             community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                             recursive=true,
+                                             list_merge='append_rp') }}"
 
 This produces:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
-    list3:
-    - name: myname01
-      param01:
-        list:
-        - default_value
-        - patch_value
-        x: default_value
-        y: patch_value
-        z: patch_value
-    - name: myname02
-      param01:
-      - 1
-      - 1
-      - 2
-      - 3
-      - 4
-      - 4
-      - key: value
+  list3:
+  - name: myname01
+    param01:
+      list:
+      - default_value
+      - patch_value
+      x: default_value
+      y: patch_value
+      z: patch_value
+  - name: myname02
+    param01:
+    - 1
+    - 1
+    - 2
+    - 3
+    - 4
+    - 4
+    - key: value
 
 Example ``list_merge=prepend_rp``:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml+jinja
 
-  ---
-  - name: Merge recursive by 'name', prepend lists 'remove present'
-    set_fact:
-      list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
-                 community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
-                                                 recursive=true,
-                                                 list_merge='prepend_rp') }}"
-    vars:
-      list1:
-        - name: myname01
-          param01:
-            x: default_value
-            y: default_value
-            list:
-              - default_value
-        - name: myname02
-          param01: [1, 1, 2, 3]
-
-      list2:
-        - name: myname01
-          param01:
-            y: patch_value
-            z: patch_value
-            list:
-              - patch_value
-        - name: myname02
-          param01: [3, 4, 4, {key: value}]
-  - debug:
-      var: list3
+  list3: "{{ [list1, list2]|
+             community.general.lists_mergeby('name',
+                                             recursive=true,
+                                             list_merge='prepend_rp') }}"
 
 This produces:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
-    list3:
-    - name: myname01
-      param01:
-        list:
-        - patch_value
-        - default_value
-        x: default_value
-        y: patch_value
-        z: patch_value
-    - name: myname02
-      param01:
-      - 3
-      - 4
-      - 4
-      - key: value
-      - 1
-      - 1
-      - 2
+  list3:
+  - name: myname01
+    param01:
+      list:
+      - patch_value
+      - default_value
+      x: default_value
+      y: patch_value
+      z: patch_value
+  - name: myname02
+    param01:
+    - 3
+    - 4
+    - 4
+    - key: value
+    - 1
+    - 1
+    - 2
+

galaxy.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace: community
 name: general
-version: 4.4.0
+version: 4.8.11
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Ansible (https://github.com/ansible)

plugins/become/pfexec.py

@@ -101,4 +101,4 @@ class BecomeModule(BecomeBase):
 
         flags = self.get_option('become_flags')
         noexe = not self.get_option('wrap_exe')
-        return '%s %s "%s"' % (exe, flags, self._build_success_command(cmd, shell, noexe=noexe))
+        return '%s %s %s' % (exe, flags, self._build_success_command(cmd, shell, noexe=noexe))

plugins/become/sudosu.py

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
     name: sudosu
     short_description: Run tasks using sudo su -
     description:
-        - This become plugins allows your remote/login user to execute commands as another user via the C(sudo) and C(su) utilities combined.
+      - This become plugin allows your remote/login user to execute commands as another user via the C(sudo) and C(su) utilities combined.
     author:
-    - Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)
+      - Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)
     version_added: 2.4.0
     options:
         become_user:

plugins/cache/memcached.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
           - List of connection information for the memcached DBs
         default: ['127.0.0.1:11211']
         type: list
+        elements: string
         env:
           - name: ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION
         ini:

plugins/callback/dense.py

@@ -232,13 +232,13 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackModule_default):
         # Remove non-essential attributes
         for attr in self.removed_attributes:
             if attr in result:
-                del(result[attr])
+                del result[attr]
 
         # Remove empty attributes (list, dict, str)
         for attr in result.copy():
             if isinstance(result[attr], (MutableSequence, MutableMapping, binary_type, text_type)):
                 if not result[attr]:
-                    del(result[attr])
+                    del result[attr]
 
     def _handle_exceptions(self, result):
         if 'exception' in result:

plugins/callback/log_plays.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
     type: notification
     short_description: write playbook output to log file
     description:
-      - This callback writes playbook output to a file per host in the `/var/log/ansible/hosts` directory
+      - This callback writes playbook output to a file per host in the C(/var/log/ansible/hosts) directory
     requirements:
      - Whitelist in configuration
      - A writeable /var/log/ansible/hosts directory by the user executing Ansible on the controller

plugins/callback/loganalytics.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
     name: loganalytics
-    type: aggregate
+    type: notification
     short_description: Posts task results to Azure Log Analytics
     author: "Cyrus Li (@zhcli) <cyrus1006@gmail.com>"
     description:
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class AzureLogAnalyticsSource(object):
 
 class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
     CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0
-    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'aggregate'
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'notification'
     CALLBACK_NAME = 'loganalytics'
     CALLBACK_NEEDS_WHITELIST = True
 

plugins/callback/logdna.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
     author: Unknown (!UNKNOWN)
     name: logdna
-    type: aggregate
+    type: notification
     short_description: Sends playbook logs to LogDNA
     description:
       - This callback will report logs from playbook actions, tasks, and events to LogDNA (https://app.logdna.com)
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def isJSONable(obj):
 class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
 
     CALLBACK_VERSION = 0.1
-    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'aggregate'
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'notification'
     CALLBACK_NAME = 'community.general.logdna'
     CALLBACK_NEEDS_WHITELIST = True
 

plugins/callback/logstash.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = r'''
             version_added: 1.0.0
         default: ansible
       pre_command:
-        description: Executes command before run and result put to ansible_pre_command_output field.
+        description: Executes command before run and its result is added to the C(ansible_pre_command_output) logstash field.
         version_added: 2.0.0
         ini:
           - section: callback_logstash
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase
 class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
 
     CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0
-    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'aggregate'
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'notification'
     CALLBACK_NAME = 'community.general.logstash'
     CALLBACK_NEEDS_WHITELIST = True
 

plugins/callback/mail.py

@@ -120,27 +120,34 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
 
         smtp = smtplib.SMTP(self.smtphost, port=self.smtpport)
 
-        content = 'Date: %s\n' % email.utils.formatdate()
-        content += 'From: %s\n' % self.sender
+        sender_address = email.utils.parseaddr(self.sender)
         if self.to:
-            content += 'To: %s\n' % ','.join(self.to)
+            to_addresses = email.utils.getaddresses(self.to)
         if self.cc:
-            content += 'Cc: %s\n' % ','.join(self.cc)
+            cc_addresses = email.utils.getaddresses(self.cc)
+        if self.bcc:
+            bcc_addresses = email.utils.getaddresses(self.bcc)
+
+        content = 'Date: %s\n' % email.utils.formatdate()
+        content += 'From: %s\n' % email.utils.formataddr(sender_address)
+        if self.to:
+            content += 'To: %s\n' % ', '.join([email.utils.formataddr(pair) for pair in to_addresses])
+        if self.cc:
+            content += 'Cc: %s\n' % ', '.join([email.utils.formataddr(pair) for pair in cc_addresses])
         content += 'Message-ID: %s\n' % email.utils.make_msgid()
         content += 'Subject: %s\n\n' % subject.strip()
         content += body
 
-        addresses = self.to
+        addresses = to_addresses
         if self.cc:
-            addresses += self.cc
+            addresses += cc_addresses
         if self.bcc:
-            addresses += self.bcc
+            addresses += bcc_addresses
 
         if not addresses:
             self._display.warning('No receiver has been specified for the mail callback plugin.')
 
-        for address in addresses:
-            smtp.sendmail(self.sender, address, to_bytes(content))
+        smtp.sendmail(self.sender, [address for name, address in addresses], to_bytes(content))
 
         smtp.quit()
 

plugins/callback/opentelemetry.py

@@ -94,13 +94,32 @@ try:
     from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import (
         BatchSpanProcessor
     )
-    from opentelemetry.util._time import _time_ns
+
+    # Support for opentelemetry-api <= 1.12
+    try:
+        from opentelemetry.util._time import _time_ns
+    except ImportError as imp_exc:
+        OTEL_LIBRARY_TIME_NS_ERROR = imp_exc
+    else:
+        OTEL_LIBRARY_TIME_NS_ERROR = None
+
 except ImportError as imp_exc:
     OTEL_LIBRARY_IMPORT_ERROR = imp_exc
+    OTEL_LIBRARY_TIME_NS_ERROR = imp_exc
 else:
     OTEL_LIBRARY_IMPORT_ERROR = None
 
 
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
+    time_ns = time.time_ns
+elif not OTEL_LIBRARY_TIME_NS_ERROR:
+    time_ns = _time_ns
+else:
+    def time_ns():
+        # Support versions older than 3.7 with opentelemetry-api > 1.12
+        return int(time.time() * 1e9)
+
+
 class TaskData:
     """
     Data about an individual task.
@@ -112,10 +131,7 @@ class TaskData:
         self.path = path
         self.play = play
         self.host_data = OrderedDict()
-        if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
-            self.start = time.time_ns()
-        else:
-            self.start = _time_ns()
+        self.start = time_ns()
         self.action = action
         self.args = args
 
@@ -140,10 +156,7 @@ class HostData:
         self.name = name
         self.status = status
         self.result = result
-        if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
-            self.finish = time.time_ns()
-        else:
-            self.finish = _time_ns()
+        self.finish = time_ns()
 
 
 class OpenTelemetrySource(object):
@@ -197,7 +210,7 @@ class OpenTelemetrySource(object):
 
         task = tasks_data[task_uuid]
 
-        if self.ansible_version is None and result._task_fields['args'].get('_ansible_version'):
+        if self.ansible_version is None and hasattr(result, '_task_fields') and result._task_fields['args'].get('_ansible_version'):
             self.ansible_version = result._task_fields['args'].get('_ansible_version')
 
         task.add_host(HostData(host_uuid, host_name, status, result))
@@ -258,8 +271,9 @@ class OpenTelemetrySource(object):
             else:
                 res = host_data.result._result
                 rc = res.get('rc', 0)
-                message = self.get_error_message(res)
-                enriched_error_message = self.enrich_error_message(res)
+                if host_data.status == 'failed':
+                    message = self.get_error_message(res)
+                    enriched_error_message = self.enrich_error_message(res)
 
             if host_data.status == 'failed':
                 status = Status(status_code=StatusCode.ERROR, description=message)
@@ -319,7 +333,7 @@ class OpenTelemetrySource(object):
     @staticmethod
     def url_from_args(args):
         # the order matters
-        url_args = ("url", "api_url", "baseurl", "repo", "server_url", "chart_repo_url", "registry_url")
+        url_args = ("url", "api_url", "baseurl", "repo", "server_url", "chart_repo_url", "registry_url", "endpoint", "uri", "updates_url")
         for arg in url_args:
             if args is not None and args.get(arg):
                 return args.get(arg)

plugins/callback/selective.py

@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       - set as main display callback
     short_description: only print certain tasks
     description:
-      - This callback only prints tasks that have been tagged with `print_action` or that have failed.
+      - This callback only prints tasks that have been tagged with C(print_action) or that have failed.
         This allows operators to focus on the tasks that provide value only.
-      - Tasks that are not printed are placed with a '.'.
+      - Tasks that are not printed are placed with a C(.).
       - If you increase verbosity all tasks are printed.
     options:
       nocolor:

plugins/callback/splunk.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
     name: splunk
-    type: aggregate
+    type: notification
     short_description: Sends task result events to Splunk HTTP Event Collector
     author: "Stuart Hirst (!UNKNOWN) <support@convergingdata.com>"
     description:
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class SplunkHTTPCollectorSource(object):
 
 class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
     CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0
-    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'aggregate'
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'notification'
     CALLBACK_NAME = 'community.general.splunk'
     CALLBACK_NEEDS_WHITELIST = True
 

plugins/callback/sumologic.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
 name: sumologic
-type: aggregate
+type: notification
 short_description: Sends task result events to Sumologic
 author: "Ryan Currah (@ryancurrah)"
 description:
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class SumologicHTTPCollectorSource(object):
 
 class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
     CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0
-    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'aggregate'
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'notification'
     CALLBACK_NAME = 'community.general.sumologic'
     CALLBACK_NEEDS_WHITELIST = True
 

plugins/callback/syslog_json.py

@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         ini:
           - section: callback_syslog_json
             key: syslog_facility
+      setup:
+        description: Log setup tasks.
+        env:
+          - name: ANSIBLE_SYSLOG_SETUP
+        type: bool
+        default: true
+        ini:
+          - section: callback_syslog_json
+            key: syslog_setup
+        version_added: 4.5.0
 '''
 
 import os
@@ -60,7 +70,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
     """
 
     CALLBACK_VERSION = 2.0
-    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'aggregate'
+    CALLBACK_TYPE = 'notification'
     CALLBACK_NAME = 'community.general.syslog_json'
     CALLBACK_NEEDS_WHITELIST = True
 
@@ -86,23 +96,36 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackBase):
         self.logger.addHandler(self.handler)
         self.hostname = socket.gethostname()
 
-    def runner_on_failed(self, host, res, ignore_errors=False):
+    def v2_runner_on_failed(self, result, ignore_errors=False):
+        res = result._result
+        host = result._host.get_name()
         self.logger.error('%s ansible-command: task execution FAILED; host: %s; message: %s', self.hostname, host, self._dump_results(res))
 
-    def runner_on_ok(self, host, res):
-        self.logger.info('%s ansible-command: task execution OK; host: %s; message: %s', self.hostname, host, self._dump_results(res))
+    def v2_runner_on_ok(self, result):
+        res = result._result
+        host = result._host.get_name()
+        if result._task.action != "gather_facts" or self.get_option("setup"):
+            self.logger.info('%s ansible-command: task execution OK; host: %s; message: %s', self.hostname, host, self._dump_results(res))
 
-    def runner_on_skipped(self, host, item=None):
+    def v2_runner_on_skipped(self, result):
+        host = result._host.get_name()
         self.logger.info('%s ansible-command: task execution SKIPPED; host: %s; message: %s', self.hostname, host, 'skipped')
 
-    def runner_on_unreachable(self, host, res):
+    def v2_runner_on_unreachable(self, result):
+        res = result._result
+        host = result._host.get_name()
         self.logger.error('%s ansible-command: task execution UNREACHABLE; host: %s; message: %s', self.hostname, host, self._dump_results(res))
 
-    def runner_on_async_failed(self, host, res, jid):
+    def v2_runner_on_async_failed(self, result):
+        res = result._result
+        host = result._host.get_name()
+        jid = result._result.get('ansible_job_id')
         self.logger.error('%s ansible-command: task execution FAILED; host: %s; message: %s', self.hostname, host, self._dump_results(res))
 
-    def playbook_on_import_for_host(self, host, imported_file):
+    def v2_playbook_on_import_for_host(self, result, imported_file):
+        host = result._host.get_name()
         self.logger.info('%s ansible-command: playbook IMPORTED; host: %s; message: imported file %s', self.hostname, host, imported_file)
 
-    def playbook_on_not_import_for_host(self, host, missing_file):
+    def v2_playbook_on_not_import_for_host(self, result, missing_file):
+        host = result._host.get_name()
         self.logger.info('%s ansible-command: playbook NOT IMPORTED; host: %s; message: missing file %s', self.hostname, host, missing_file)

plugins/connection/funcd.py

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         self.client = fc.Client(self.host)
         return self
 
-    def exec_command(self, cmd, become_user=None, sudoable=False, executable='/bin/sh', in_data=None):
+    def exec_command(self, cmd, in_data=None, sudoable=True):
         """ run a command on the remote minion """
 
         if in_data:

plugins/connection/lxd.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
             - Container identifier.
         default: inventory_hostname
         vars:
+            - name: inventory_hostname
             - name: ansible_host
             - name: ansible_lxd_host
       executable:
@@ -61,7 +62,6 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
     def __init__(self, play_context, new_stdin, *args, **kwargs):
         super(Connection, self).__init__(play_context, new_stdin, *args, **kwargs)
 
-        self._host = self._play_context.remote_addr
         try:
             self._lxc_cmd = get_bin_path("lxc")
         except ValueError:
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         super(Connection, self)._connect()
 
         if not self._connected:
-            self._display.vvv(u"ESTABLISH LXD CONNECTION FOR USER: root", host=self._host)
+            self._display.vvv(u"ESTABLISH LXD CONNECTION FOR USER: root", host=self.get_option('remote_addr'))
             self._connected = True
 
     def exec_command(self, cmd, in_data=None, sudoable=True):
         """ execute a command on the lxd host """
         super(Connection, self).exec_command(cmd, in_data=in_data, sudoable=sudoable)
 
-        self._display.vvv(u"EXEC {0}".format(cmd), host=self._host)
+        self._display.vvv(u"EXEC {0}".format(cmd), host=self.get_option('remote_addr'))
 
         local_cmd = [self._lxc_cmd]
         if self.get_option("project"):
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         stderr = to_text(stderr)
 
         if stderr == "error: Container is not running.\n":
-            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("container not running: %s" % self._host)
+            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("container not running: %s" % self.get_option('remote_addr'))
 
         if stderr == "error: not found\n":
-            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("container not found: %s" % self._host)
+            raise AnsibleConnectionFailure("container not found: %s" % self.get_option('remote_addr'))
 
         return process.returncode, stdout, stderr
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         """ put a file from local to lxd """
         super(Connection, self).put_file(in_path, out_path)
 
-        self._display.vvv(u"PUT {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path), host=self._host)
+        self._display.vvv(u"PUT {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path), host=self.get_option('remote_addr'))
 
         if not os.path.isfile(to_bytes(in_path, errors='surrogate_or_strict')):
             raise AnsibleFileNotFound("input path is not a file: %s" % in_path)
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class Connection(ConnectionBase):
         """ fetch a file from lxd to local """
         super(Connection, self).fetch_file(in_path, out_path)
 
-        self._display.vvv(u"FETCH {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path), host=self._host)
+        self._display.vvv(u"FETCH {0} TO {1}".format(in_path, out_path), host=self.get_option('remote_addr'))
 
         local_cmd = [self._lxc_cmd]
         if self.get_option("project"):

plugins/doc_fragments/influxdb.py

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ options:
     - The path on which InfluxDB server is accessible
     - Only available when using python-influxdb >= 5.1.0
     type: str
+    default: ''
     version_added: '0.2.0'
   validate_certs:
     description:
@@ -79,4 +80,5 @@ options:
     description:
     - HTTP(S) proxy to use for Requests to connect to InfluxDB server.
     type: dict
+    default: {}
 '''

plugins/doc_fragments/keycloak.py

@@ -61,4 +61,11 @@ options:
             - Verify TLS certificates (do not disable this in production).
         type: bool
         default: yes
+
+    connection_timeout:
+        description:
+            - Controls the HTTP connections timeout period (in seconds) to Keycloak API.
+        type: int
+        default: 10
+        version_added: 4.5.0
 '''

plugins/doc_fragments/ldap.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ options:
     description:
       - The password to use with I(bind_dn).
     type: str
+    default: ''
   dn:
     required: true
     description:
@@ -38,8 +39,10 @@ options:
     version_added: 2.0.0
   server_uri:
     description:
-      - A URI to the LDAP server.
+      - The I(server_uri) parameter may be a comma- or whitespace-separated list of URIs containing only the schema, the host, and the port fields.
       - The default value lets the underlying LDAP client library look for a UNIX domain socket in its default location.
+      - Note that when using multiple URIs you cannot determine to which URI your client gets connected.
+      - For URIs containing additional fields, particularly when using commas, behavior is undefined.
     type: str
     default: ldapi:///
   start_tls:
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ options:
   sasl_class:
     description:
       - The class to use for SASL authentication.
-      - possible choices are C(external), C(gssapi).
+      - Possible choices are C(external), C(gssapi).
     type: str
     choices: ['external', 'gssapi']
     default: external

plugins/doc_fragments/lxca_common.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 # Copyright (C) 2017 Lenovo, Inc.
-# Simplified BSD License (see licenses/simplified_bsd.txt or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause)
+# Simplified BSD License (see simplified_bsd.txt or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause)
 
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type

plugins/doc_fragments/utm.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ options:
           - Is needed for some modules
         type: dict
         required: false
+        default: {}
     utm_host:
         description:
           - The REST Endpoint of the Sophos UTM.

plugins/filter/counter.py

@@ -5,6 +5,35 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+  name: counter
+  short_description: Counts hashable elements in a sequence
+  version_added: 4.3.0
+  author: Rémy Keil (@keilr)
+  description:
+    - Counts hashable elements in a sequence.
+  options:
+    _input:
+      description: A sequence.
+      type: list
+      elements: any
+      required: true
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Count occurences
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: >-
+      {{ [1, 'a', 2, 2, 'a', 'b', 'a'] | community.general.counter }}
+    # Produces: {1: 1, 'a': 3, 2: 2, 'b': 1}
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+  _value:
+    description: A dictionary with the elements of the sequence as keys, and their number of occurance in the sequence as values.
+    type: dictionary
+'''
+
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleFilterError
 from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import Sequence
 from collections import Counter

plugins/filter/dict.py

@@ -6,6 +6,60 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type
 
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+  name: dict
+  short_description: Convert a list of tuples into a dictionary
+  version_added: 3.0.0
+  author: Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)
+  description:
+    - Convert a list of tuples into a dictionary. This is a filter version of the C(dict) function.
+  options:
+    _input:
+      description: A list of tuples (with exactly two elements).
+      type: list
+      elements: tuple
+      required: true
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Convert list of tuples into dictionary
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    dictionary: "{{ [[1, 2], ['a', 'b']] | community.general.dict }}"
+    # Result is {1: 2, 'a': 'b'}
+
+- name: Create a list of dictionaries with map and the community.general.dict filter
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: >-
+      {{ values | map('zip', ['k1', 'k2', 'k3'])
+                | map('map', 'reverse')
+                | map('community.general.dict') }}
+  vars:
+    values:
+      - - foo
+        - 23
+        - a
+      - - bar
+        - 42
+        - b
+  # Produces the following list of dictionaries:
+  #   {
+  #     "k1": "foo",
+  #     "k2": 23,
+  #     "k3": "a"
+  #   },
+  #   {
+  #     "k1": "bar",
+  #     "k2": 42,
+  #     "k3": "b"
+  #   }
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+  _value:
+    description: The dictionary having the provided key-value pairs.
+    type: boolean
+'''
+
 
 def dict_filter(sequence):
     '''Convert a list of tuples to a dictionary.

plugins/filter/dict_kv.py

@@ -5,6 +5,38 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+  name: dict_kv
+  short_description: Convert a value to a dictionary with a single key-value pair
+  version_added: 1.3.0
+  author: Stanislav German-Evtushenko (@giner)
+  description:
+    - Convert a value to a dictionary with a single key-value pair.
+  positional: key
+  options:
+    _input:
+      description: The value for the single key-value pair.
+      type: any
+      required: true
+    key:
+      description: The key for the single key-value pair.
+      type: any
+      required: true
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Create a one-element dictionary from a value
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "{{ 'myvalue' | dict_kv('mykey') }}"
+    # Produces the dictionary {'mykey': 'myvalue'}
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+  _value:
+    description: A dictionary with a single key-value pair.
+    type: dictionary
+'''
+
 
 def dict_kv(value, key):
     '''Return a dictionary with a single key-value pair

plugins/filter/from_csv.py

@@ -7,6 +7,78 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type
 
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+  name: from_csv
+  short_description: Converts CSV text input into list of dicts
+  version_added: 2.3.0
+  author: Andrew Pantuso (@Ajpantuso)
+  description:
+    - Converts CSV text input into list of dictionaries.
+  options:
+    _input:
+      description: A string containing a CSV document.
+      type: string
+      required: true
+    dialect:
+      description:
+        - The CSV dialect to use when parsing the CSV file.
+        - Possible values include C(excel), C(excel-tab) or C(unix).
+      type: str
+      default: excel
+    fieldnames:
+      description:
+        - A list of field names for every column.
+        - This is needed if the CSV does not have a header.
+      type: list
+      elements: str
+    delimiter:
+      description:
+        - A one-character string used to separate fields.
+        - When using this parameter, you change the default value used by I(dialect).
+        - The default value depends on the dialect used.
+      type: str
+    skipinitialspace:
+      description:
+        - Whether to ignore any whitespaces immediately following the delimiter.
+        - When using this parameter, you change the default value used by I(dialect).
+        - The default value depends on the dialect used.
+      type: bool
+    strict:
+      description:
+        - Whether to raise an exception on bad CSV input.
+        - When using this parameter, you change the default value used by I(dialect).
+        - The default value depends on the dialect used.
+      type: bool
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Parse a CSV file's contents
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: >-
+      {{ csv_data | community.genera.from_csv(dialect='unix') }}
+  vars:
+    csv_data: |
+      Column 1,Value
+      foo,23
+      bar,42
+  # Produces the following list of dictionaries:
+  #   {
+  #     "Column 1": "foo",
+  #     "Value": "23",
+  #   },
+  #   {
+  #     "Column 1": "bar",
+  #     "Value": "42",
+  #   }
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+  _value:
+    description: A list with one dictionary per row.
+    type: list
+    elements: dictionary
+'''
+
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleFilterError
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 

plugins/filter/groupby_as_dict.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+DOCUMENTATION:
+  name: groupby_as_dict
+  short_description: Transform a sequence of dictionaries to a dictionary where the dictionaries are indexed by an attribute
+  version_added: 3.1.0
+  author: Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)
+  description:
+    - Transform a sequence of dictionaries to a dictionary where the dictionaries are indexed by an attribute.
+  positional: attribute
+  options:
+    _input:
+      description: A list of dictionaries
+      type: list
+      elements: dictionary
+      required: true
+    attribute:
+      description: The attribute to use as the key.
+      type: str
+      required: true
+
+EXAMPLES: |
+  - name: Arrange a list of dictionaries as a dictionary of dictionaries
+    ansible.builtin.debug:
+      msg: "{{ sequence | community.general.groupby_as_dict('key') }}"
+    vars:
+      sequence:
+        - key: value
+          foo: bar
+        - key: other_value
+          baz: bar
+    # Produces the following nested structure:
+    #
+    #  value:
+    #    key: value
+    #    foo: bar
+    #  other_value:
+    #    key: other_value
+    #    baz: bar
+
+RETURN:
+  _value:
+    description: A dictionary containing the dictionaries from the list as values.
+    type: dictionary

plugins/filter/hashids_decode.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+DOCUMENTATION:
+  name: hashids_decode
+  short_description: Decodes a sequence of numbers from a YouTube-like hash
+  version_added: 3.0.0
+  author: Andrew Pantuso (@Ajpantuso)
+  description:
+    - Decodes a sequence of numbers from a YouTube-like hash.
+  options:
+    _input:
+      description: A YouTube-like hash.
+      type: string
+      required: true
+    salt:
+      description:
+        - String to use as salt when hashing.
+      type: str
+      default: excel
+    alphabet:
+      description:
+        - String of 16 or more unique characters to produce a hash.
+      type: list
+      elements: str
+    min_length:
+      description:
+        - Minimum length of hash produced.
+      type: integer
+
+EXAMPLES: |
+  - name: Convert hash to list of integers
+    ansible.builtin.debug:
+      msg: "{{ 'o2fXhV' | community.general.hashids_decode }}"
+      # Produces: [1, 2, 3]
+
+RETURN:
+  _value:
+    description: A list of integers.
+    type: list
+    elements: integer

plugins/filter/hashids_encode.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+DOCUMENTATION:
+  name: hashids_encode
+  short_description: Encodes YouTube-like hashes from a sequence of integers
+  version_added: 3.0.0
+  author: Andrew Pantuso (@Ajpantuso)
+  description:
+    - Encodes YouTube-like hashes from a sequence of integers.
+  options:
+    _input:
+      description: A list of integers.
+      type: list
+      elements: integer
+      required: true
+    salt:
+      description:
+        - String to use as salt when hashing.
+      type: str
+      default: excel
+    alphabet:
+      description:
+        - String of 16 or more unique characters to produce a hash.
+      type: list
+      elements: str
+    min_length:
+      description:
+        - Minimum length of hash produced.
+      type: integer
+
+EXAMPLES: |
+  - name: Convert list of integers to hash
+    ansible.builtin.debug:
+      msg: "{{ [1, 2, 3] | community.general.hashids_encode }}"
+      # Produces: 'o2fXhV'
+
+RETURN:
+  _value:
+    description: A YouTube-like hash.
+    type: string

plugins/filter/jc.py

@@ -21,6 +21,73 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+  name: jc
+  short_description: Convert output of many shell commands and file-types to JSON
+  version_added: 1.1.0
+  author: Kelly Brazil (@kellyjonbrazil)
+  description:
+    - Convert output of many shell commands and file-types to JSON.
+    - Uses the L(jc library,https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jc).
+  positional: parser
+  options:
+    _input:
+      description: The data to convert.
+      type: string
+      required: true
+    parser:
+      description:
+        - The correct parser for the input data.
+        - For exmaple C(ifconfig).
+        - See U(https://github.com/kellyjonbrazil/jc#parsers) for the latest list of parsers.
+      type: string
+      required: true
+    quiet:
+      description: Set to C(false) to not suppress warnings.
+      type: boolean
+      default: true
+    raw:
+      description: Set to C(true) to return pre-processed JSON.
+      type: boolean
+      default: false
+  requirements:
+    - jc installed as a Python library (U(https://pypi.org/project/jc/))
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Install the prereqs of the jc filter (jc Python package) on the Ansible controller
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  ansible.builtin.pip:
+    name: jc
+    state: present
+
+- name: Run command
+  ansible.builtin.command: uname -a
+  register: result
+
+- name: Convert command's result to JSON
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "{{ result.stdout | community.general.jc('uname') }}"
+  # Possible output:
+  #
+  # "msg": {
+  #   "hardware_platform": "x86_64",
+  #   "kernel_name": "Linux",
+  #   "kernel_release": "4.15.0-112-generic",
+  #   "kernel_version": "#113-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 9 23:41:39 UTC 2020",
+  #   "machine": "x86_64",
+  #   "node_name": "kbrazil-ubuntu",
+  #   "operating_system": "GNU/Linux",
+  #   "processor": "x86_64"
+  # }
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+  _value:
+    description: The processed output.
+    type: any
+'''
+
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleFilterError
 import importlib
 
@@ -46,15 +113,19 @@ def jc(data, parser, quiet=True, raw=False):
         dictionary or list of dictionaries
 
     Example:
-
         - name: run date command
           hosts: ubuntu
           tasks:
-          - shell: date
+          - name: install the prereqs of the jc filter (jc Python package) on the Ansible controller
+            delegate_to: localhost
+            ansible.builtin.pip:
+              name: jc
+              state: present
+          - ansible.builtin.shell: date
             register: result
-          - set_fact:
+          - ansible.builtin.set_fact:
               myvar: "{{ result.stdout | community.general.jc('date') }}"
-          - debug:
+          - ansible.builtin.debug:
               msg: "{{ myvar }}"
 
         produces:
@@ -76,7 +147,7 @@ def jc(data, parser, quiet=True, raw=False):
     """
 
     if not HAS_LIB:
-        raise AnsibleError('You need to install "jc" prior to running jc filter')
+        raise AnsibleError('You need to install "jc" as a Python library on the Ansible controller prior to running jc filter')
 
     try:
         jc_parser = importlib.import_module('jc.parsers.' + parser)

plugins/filter/json_query.py

@@ -19,6 +19,107 @@
 from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+  name: json_query
+  short_description: Select a single element or a data subset from a complex data structure
+  description:
+    - This filter lets you query a complex JSON structure and iterate over it using a loop structure.
+  positional: expr
+  options:
+    _input:
+      description:
+        - The JSON data to query.
+      type: any
+      required: true
+    expr:
+      description:
+        - The query expression.
+        - See U(http://jmespath.org/examples.html) for examples.
+      type: string
+      required: true
+  requirements:
+    - jmespath
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Define data to work on in the examples below
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    domain_definition:
+      domain:
+        cluster:
+          - name: cluster1
+          - name: cluster2
+        server:
+          - name: server11
+            cluster: cluster1
+            port: '8080'
+          - name: server12
+            cluster: cluster1
+            port: '8090'
+          - name: server21
+            cluster: cluster2
+            port: '9080'
+          - name: server22
+            cluster: cluster2
+            port: '9090'
+        library:
+          - name: lib1
+            target: cluster1
+          - name: lib2
+            target: cluster2
+
+- name: Display all cluster names
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    var: item
+  loop: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query('domain.cluster[*].name') }}"
+
+- name: Display all server names
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    var: item
+  loop: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query('domain.server[*].name') }}"
+
+- name: Display all ports from cluster1
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    var: item
+  loop: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query(server_name_cluster1_query) }}"
+  vars:
+    server_name_cluster1_query: "domain.server[?cluster=='cluster1'].port"
+
+- name: Display all ports from cluster1 as a string
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query('domain.server[?cluster==`cluster1`].port') | join(', ') }}"
+
+- name: Display all ports from cluster1
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    var: item
+  loop: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query('domain.server[?cluster==''cluster1''].port') }}"
+
+- name: Display all server ports and names from cluster1
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    var: item
+  loop: "{{ domain_definition | community.general.json_query(server_name_cluster1_query) }}"
+  vars:
+    server_name_cluster1_query: "domain.server[?cluster=='cluster2'].{name: name, port: port}"
+
+- name: Display all ports from cluster1
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "{{ domain_definition | to_json | from_json | community.general.json_query(server_name_query) }}"
+  vars:
+    server_name_query: "domain.server[?starts_with(name,'server1')].port"
+
+- name: Display all ports from cluster1
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "{{ domain_definition | to_json | from_json | community.general.json_query(server_name_query) }}"
+  vars:
+    server_name_query: "domain.server[?contains(name,'server1')].port"
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+  _value:
+    description: The result of the query.
+    type: any
+'''
+
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleFilterError
 
 try: