Prep kubernetes.core 6.1.0 (#977)

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Reviewed-by: Yuriy Novostavskiy
Reviewed-by: Bianca Henderson <beeankha@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: GomathiselviS <gomathiselvi@gmail.com>

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -1052,3 +1052,32 @@ releases:
     fragments:
     - 20250121-breaking-changes-6.0.0.yml
     release_date: '2025-05-19'
+  6.1.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - module_utils/k8s/service - hide fields first before creating diffs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/915).
+      minor_changes:
+      - Module helm_registry_auth do not support idempotency with `helm >= 3.18.0`
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/946)
+      - Module k8s_json_patch - Add support for `hidden_fields` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/964).
+      - helm - Parameter plain_http added for working with insecure OCI registries
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/934).
+      - helm - Parameter take_ownership added (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/957).
+      - helm_pull - Parameter plain_http added for working with insecure OCI registries
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/934).
+      - helm_template - Parameter plain_http added for working with insecure OCI registries
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/934).
+      release_summary: "This release includes a fix for kubeconfig output, added ``plain_http``
+        and ``take_ownership`` parameters for helm modules, support for ``hidden_fields``
+        in ``k8s_json_patch``, documented lack of idempotency support in ``helm_registry_auth``
+        with ``helm \u2265 3.18.0``, and improved ``k8s_rollback`` test coverage."
+    fragments:
+    - 20250411-kubeconfig-no_log-revert.yaml
+    - 20250428-k8s-service-hide-fields-first.yaml
+    - 20250522-add-plain-http-for-oci-registries.yaml
+    - 20250605-fix-helm_registry_auth-integration_test.yaml
+    - 20250704-k8s-rollback-integration-test-coverage.yaml
+    - 20250720-k8s-patch-add-hidden-fields.yaml
+    - 20250911-add-support-helm-take-ownership.yaml
+    - release_summary.yml
+    release_date: '2025-08-12'

changelogs/fragments/20250428-k8s-service-hide-fields-first.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - module_utils/k8s/service - hide fields first before creating diffs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/915).

changelogs/fragments/20250522-add-plain-http-for-oci-registries.yaml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - helm - Parameter plain_http added for working with insecure OCI registries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/934).
-  - helm_pull - Parameter plain_http added for working with insecure OCI registries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/934).
-  - helm_template - Parameter plain_http added for working with insecure OCI registries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/934).

changelogs/fragments/20250605-fix-helm_registry_auth-integration_test.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - Module helm_registry_auth do not support idempotency with `helm >= 3.18.0` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/946)

changelogs/fragments/20250704-k8s-rollback-integration-test-coverage.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-trivial:
-  - k8s_rollback - Increase integration test coverage for k8s_rollback module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/950).

changelogs/fragments/20250720-k8s-patch-add-hidden-fields.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - Module k8s_json_patch - Add support for `hidden_fields` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/964).

changelogs/fragments/20250911-add-support-helm-take-ownership.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - helm - Parameter take_ownership added (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/957).