Defer removal of k8s inventory plugin to version 5.0. (#723) (#724)

[PR #723/cbadbe32 backport][stable-3] Defer removal of k8s inventory plugin to version 5.0.

This is a backport of PR #723 as merged into main (cbadbe3).
SUMMARY

Defer removal of k8s inventory plugin to version 5.0.

ISSUE TYPE


Bugfix Pull Request
Docs Pull Request
Feature Pull Request
New Module Pull Request

COMPONENT NAME

inventory/k8s.py
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Reviewed-by: Alina Buzachis

changelogs/fragments/inventory-update_removal_date.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - inventory/k8s.py - Defer removal of k8s inventory plugin to version 5.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/723).

meta/runtime.yml

@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ plugin_routing:
       redirect: community.okd.openshift
     k8s:
       deprecation:
-        removal_version: 4.0.0
+        removal_version: 5.0.0
         warning_text: >-
           The k8s inventory plugin has been deprecated and
-          will be removed in release 4.0.0.
+          will be removed in release 5.0.0.
   modules:
     k8s_auth:
       redirect: community.okd.k8s_auth

plugins/inventory/k8s.py

@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
       - Uses k8s.(yml|yaml) YAML configuration file to set parameter values.
 
     deprecated:
-      removed_in: 4.0.0
+      removed_in: 5.0.0
       why: |
         As discussed in U(https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/31), we decided to
-        remove the k8s inventory plugin in release 4.0.0.
+        remove the k8s inventory plugin in release 5.0.0.
       alternative: "Use M(kubernetes.core.k8s_info) and M(ansible.builtin.add_host) instead."
 
     options:
@@ -164,8 +164,8 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         super(InventoryModule, self).parse(inventory, loader, path)
 
         self.display.deprecated(
-            "The 'k8s' inventory plugin has been deprecated and will be removed in release 4.0.0",
-            version="4.0.0",
+            "The 'k8s' inventory plugin has been deprecated and will be removed in release 5.0.0",
+            version="5.0.0",
             collection_name="kubernetes.core",
         )
         cache_key = self._get_cache_prefix(path)