ancestor: 4.0.0
releases:
  5.0.0:
    changes:
      breaking_changes:
      - lists_mergeby and groupby_as_dict filter plugins - adjust filter plugin filename.
        This change is not visible to end-users, it only affects possible other collections
        importing Python paths (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4625).
      - yarn - remove unsupported and unnecessary ``--no-emoji`` flag (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4662).
      bugfixes:
      - 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).
      - gitlab_hook - avoid errors during idempotency check when an attribute does
        not exist (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4668).
      - 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).
      - redfish_command - the iLO4 Redfish implementation only supports the ``image_url``
        parameter in the underlying API calls to ``VirtualMediaInsert`` and ``VirtualMediaEject``.
        Any values set (or the defaults) for ``write_protected`` or ``inserted`` will
        be ignored (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4596).
      - terraform - fix list initialization to support both Python 2 and Python 3
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4531).
      - zypper - fix undefined variable when running in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4667).
      deprecated_features:
      - ansible_galaxy_install - deprecated support for ``ansible`` 2.9 and ``ansible-base``
        2.10 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4601).
      - dig lookup plugin - the ``DLV`` record type has been decommissioned in 2017
        and support for it will be removed from community.general 6.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4618).
      minor_changes:
      - ModuleHelper module utils - ``ModuleHelperBase` now delegates the attributes
        ``check_mode``, ``get_bin_path``, ``warn``, and ``deprecate`` to the underlying
        ``AnsibleModule`` instance (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4600).
      - ModuleHelper module utils - ``ModuleHelperBase`` now has a convenience method
        ``do_raise`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4660).
      - ipa_dnsrecord - add new argument ``record_values``, mutually exclusive to
        ``record_value``, which supports multiple values for one record (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4578).
      - pritunl_user - add ``mac_addresses`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4535).
      - rax_files_objects - minor refactoring improving code quality (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4649).
      - redfish_* modules - the contents of ``@Message.ExtendedInfo`` will be returned
        as a string in the event that ``@Message.ExtendedInfo.Messages`` does not
        exist. This is likely more useful than the standard HTTP error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4596).
      - to_time_unit filter plugins - the time filters has been extended to also allow
        ``0`` as input (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4612).
      - vmadm - minor refactoring and improvement on the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4581).
      - vmadm - minor refactoring and improvement on the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4648).
      - zfs - minor refactoring in the code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4650).
      release_summary: This is release 5.0.0 of ``community.general``, released on
        2022-05-17.
    fragments:
    - 4065-onepassword-config.yml
    - 4535-pritunl-add-mac_addresses-parameter.yml
    - 4578-ipa_dnsrecord-add_multiple_record_support.yml
    - 4581-vmadm-improvements.yaml
    - 4590-consul-fix-service-checks.yaml
    - 4595-fix-VirtualMediaInsert-iLO4.yml
    - 4600-mh-delegate.yaml
    - 4601-ansible-galaxy-install-deprecate-ansible29-and-210.yaml
    - 4612-time_filter_zero.yml
    - 4618-dig-dlv.yml
    - 4621-terraform-py2-compat.yml
    - 4623-opentelemetry_bug_fix_include_tasks.yml
    - 4624-opentelemetry_bug_fix_hardcoded_value.yml
    - 4625-fix-filter-filenames.yml
    - 4647-gconftool2-command-arg.yaml
    - 4648-vmadm-improvements-2.yaml
    - 4649-rax-files-objects-improvements.yaml
    - 4650-zfs-improvements.yaml
    - 4651-zypper-checkmode-fix.yaml
    - 4660-mh-added-do-raise.yaml
    - 4662-yarn-emoji.yml
    - 4668-gitlab_hook-use-None-for-non-existent-attr.yml
    - 5.0.0.yml
    release_date: '2022-05-17'
  5.0.0-a1:
    changes:
      breaking_changes:
      - Parts of this collection do not work with ansible-core 2.11 on Python 3.12+.
        Please either upgrade to ansible-core 2.12+, or use Python 3.11 or earlier
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3988).
      - The symbolic links used to implement flatmapping for all modules were removed
        and replaced by ``meta/runtime.yml`` redirects. This effectively breaks compatibility
        with Ansible 2.9 for all modules (without using their "long" names, which
        is discouraged and which can change without previous notice since they are
        considered an implementation detail) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
      - a_module test plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
      - archive - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
      - git_config - remove Ansible 2.9 and early ansible-base 2.10 compatibility
        code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
      - java_keystore - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
      - lists_mergeby filter plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
      - maven_artifact - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
      - memcached cache plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
      - path_join filter plugin shim - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
      - redis cache plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
      bugfixes:
      - Various modules and plugins - use vendored version of ``distutils.version``
        instead of the deprecated Python standard library ``distutils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3936).
      - a_module test plugin - fix crash when testing a module name that was tombstoned
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3660).
      - alternatives - fix output parsing for alternatives groups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3976).
      - cargo - fix detection of outdated packages when ``state=latest`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4052).
      - cargo - fix incorrectly reported changed status for packages with a name containing
        a hyphen (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4044,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4052).
      - counter_enabled callback plugin - fix output to correctly display host and
        task counters in serial mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3709).
      - dconf - skip processes that disappeared while we inspected them (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4151).
      - dnsmadeeasy - fix failure on deleting DNS entries when API response does not
        contain monitor value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3620).
      - dsv lookup plugin - raise an Ansible error if the wrong ``python-dsv-sdk``
        version is installed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4422).
      - filesize - add support for busybox dd implementation, that is used by default
        on Alpine linux (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4288,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4259).
      - git_branch - remove deprecated and unnecessary branch ``unprotect`` method
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4496).
      - github_repo - ``private`` and ``description`` attributes should not be set
        to default values when the repo already exists (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2386).
      - 'gitlab_group - improve searching for projects inside group on deletion (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).

        '
      - 'gitlab_group_members - handle more than 20 groups when finding a group (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4460, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3729).

        '
      - gitlab_group_variable - add missing documentation about GitLab versions that
        support ``environment_scope`` and ``variable_type`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038).
      - 'gitlab_group_variable - allow to set same variable name under different environment
        scopes. Due this change, the return value ``group_variable`` differs from
        previous version in check mode. It was counting ``updated`` values, because
        it was accidentally overwriting environment scopes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038).

        '
      - gitlab_group_variable - fix idempotent change behaviour for float and integer
        variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038).
      - 'gitlab_hook - handle more than 20 hooks when finding a hook (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).

        '
      - 'gitlab_project - handle more than 20 namespaces when finding a namespace
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).

        '
      - 'gitlab_project_members - handle more than 20 projects and users when finding
        a project resp. user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).

        '
      - gitlab_project_variable - ``value`` is not necessary when deleting variables
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4150).
      - gitlab_project_variable - add missing documentation about GitLab versions
        that support ``environment_scope`` and ``variable_type`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
      - 'gitlab_project_variable - allow to set same variable name under different
        environment scopes. Due this change, the return value ``project_variable``
        differs from previous version in check mode. It was counting ``updated`` values,
        because it was accidentally overwriting environment scopes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).

        '
      - gitlab_project_variable - fix idempotent change behaviour for float and integer
        variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
      - gitlab_runner - make ``project`` and ``owned`` mutually exclusive (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4136).
      - gitlab_runner - use correct API endpoint to create and retrieve project level
        runners when using ``project`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3965).
      - 'gitlab_user - handle more than 20 users and SSH keys when finding a user
        resp. SSH key (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).

        '
      - homebrew_cask - fix force install operation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3703).
      - icinga2 inventory plugin - handle 404 error when filter produces no results
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3875, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3906).
      - imc_rest - fixes the module failure due to the usage of ``itertools.izip_longest``
        which is not available in Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4206).
      - ini_file - when removing nothing do not report changed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4154).
      - interfaces_file - fixed the check for existing option in interface (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3841).
      - jail connection plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable``
        with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
      - jira - fixed bug where module returns error related to dictionary key ``body``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3419).
      - keycloak - fix parameters types for ``defaultDefaultClientScopes`` and ``defaultOptionalClientScopes``
        from list of dictionaries to list of strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4526).
      - keycloak_* - the documented ``validate_certs`` parameter was not taken into
        account when calling the ``open_url`` function in some cases, thus enforcing
        certificate validation even when ``validate_certs`` was set to ``false``.
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4382)
      - keycloak_user_federation - creating a user federation while specifying an
        ID (that does not exist yet) no longer fail with a 404 Not Found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4212).
      - keycloak_user_federation - mappers auto-created by keycloak are matched and
        merged by their name and no longer create duplicated entries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4212).
      - ldap_search - allow it to be used even in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3619).
      - linode inventory plugin - fix configuration handling relating to inventory
        filtering (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4336).
      - listen_ports_facts - local port regex was not handling well IPv6 only binding.
        Fixes the regex for ``ss`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4092).
      - lvol - allows logical volumes to be created with certain size arguments prefixed
        with ``+`` to preserve behavior of older versions of this module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3665).
      - lxd connection plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable``
        with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the ``lxc`` executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
      - 'lxd inventory plugin - do not crash if OS and release metadata are not present

        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4351).

        '
      - mail callback plugin - fix crash on Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4025,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4026).
      - mail callback plugin - fix encoding of the name of sender and recipient (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4060,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4061).
      - mksysb - fixed bug for parameter ``backup_dmapi_fs`` was passing the wrong
        CLI argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3295).
      - nmcli - fix returning "changed" when no mask set for IPv4 or IPv6 addresses
        on task rerun (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3768).
      - nmcli - fix returning "changed" when routes parameters set, also suggest new
        routes4 and routes6 format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4131).
      - nmcli - fixed falsely reported changed status when ``mtu`` is omitted with
        ``dummy`` connections (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3612,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3625).
      - nmcli - pass ``flags``, ``ingress``, ``egress`` params to ``nmcli`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1086).
      - nrdp callback plugin - fix error ``string arguments without an encoding``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3903).
      - opennebula inventory plugin - complete the implementation of ``constructable``
        for opennebula inventory plugin. Now ``keyed_groups``, ``compose``, ``groups``
        actually work (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4497).
      - 'opentelemetry - fix generating a trace with a task containing ``no_log: true``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4043).'
      - opentelemetry_plugin - honour ``ignore_errors`` when a task has failed instead
        of reporting an error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3837).
      - pacman - Use ``--groups`` instead of ``--group`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4312).
      - pacman - fix URL based package installation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4286,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4285).
      - pacman - fix ``upgrade=yes`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4275,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4274).
      - pacman - fixed bug where ``absent`` state did not work for locally installed
        packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4464).
      - pacman - make sure that ``packages`` is always returned when ``name`` or ``upgrade``
        is specified, also if nothing is done (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4329).
      - pacman - when the ``update_cache`` option is combined with another option
        such as ``upgrade``, report ``changed`` based on the actions performed by
        the latter option. This was the behavior in community.general 4.4.0 and before.
        In community.general 4.5.0, a task combining these options would always report
        ``changed`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4318).
      - passwordstore lookup plugin - fix error detection for non-English locales
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4219).
      - passwordstore lookup plugin - prevent returning path names as passwords by
        accident (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4185,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4192).
      - passwordstore lookup plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.util.strtobool``
        with Ansible's ``convert_bool.boolean`` to interpret values for the ``create``,
        ``returnall``, ``overwrite``, 'backup``, and ``nosymbols`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
      - pipx - passes the correct command line option ``--include-apps`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3791).
      - pritunl - fixed bug where pritunl plugin api add unneeded data in ``auth_string``
        parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4527).
      - proxmox - fixed ``onboot`` parameter causing module failures when undefined
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3844).
      - proxmox inventory plugin - always convert strings that follow the ``key=value[,key=value[...]]``
        form into dictionaries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4349).
      - proxmox inventory plugin - fix error when parsing container with LXC configs
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4472, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4472).
      - proxmox inventory plugin - fixed the ``description`` field being ignored if
        it contained a comma (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4348).
      - proxmox inventory plugin - fixed the ``tags_parsed`` field when Proxmox returns
        a single space for the ``tags`` entry (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4378).
      - proxmox_kvm - fix a bug when getting a state of VM without name will fail
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4508).
      - proxmox_kvm - fix error in check when creating or cloning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4306).
      - proxmox_kvm - fix error when checking whether Proxmox VM exists (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4287).
      - python_requirements_info - fails if version operator used without version
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3785).
      - python_requirements_info - store ``mismatched`` return values per package
        as documented in the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4078).
      - say callback plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable``
        with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the ``say`` resp. ``espeak`` executables
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
      - scaleway_user_data - fix double-quote added where no double-quote is needed
        to user data in scaleway's server (``Content-type`` -> ``Content-Type``) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3940).
      - slack - add ``charset`` to HTTP headers to avoid Slack API warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3932).
      - terraform - fix command options being ignored during planned/plan in function
        ``build_plan`` such as ``lock`` or ``lock_timeout`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3707,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3726).
      - vdo - fix options error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4163).
      - xattr - fix exception caused by ``_run_xattr()`` raising a ``ValueError``
        due to a mishandling of base64-encoded value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3673).
      - xbps - fix error message that is reported when installing packages fails (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4438).
      - yarn - fix incorrect handling of ``yarn list`` and ``yarn global list`` output
        that could result in fatal error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4050).
      - yarn - fix incorrectly reported status when installing a package globally
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4045, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4050).
      - yarn - fix missing ``~`` expansion in yarn global install folder which resulted
        in incorrect task status (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4045,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4048).
      - yum_versionlock - fix matching of existing entries with names passed to the
        module. Match yum and dnf lock format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4183).
      - zone connection plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable``
        with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
      - zypper - 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).
      deprecated_features:
      - gem - the default of the ``norc`` option has been deprecated and will change
        to ``true`` in community.general 6.0.0. Explicitly specify a value to avoid
        a deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4517).
      - mail callback plugin - not specifying ``sender`` is deprecated and will be
        disallowed in community.general 6.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4140).
      - module_helper module utils - deprecated the attribute ``ModuleHelper.VarDict``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3801).
      - nmcli - deprecate default hairpin mode for a bridge. This so we can change
        it to ``false`` in community.general 7.0.0, as this is also the default in
        ``nmcli`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4334).
      - 'pacman - from community.general 5.0.0 on, the ``changed`` status of ``update_cache``
        will no longer be ignored if ``name`` or ``upgrade`` is specified. To keep
        the old behavior, add something like ``register: result`` and ``changed_when:
        result.packages | length > 0`` to your task (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4329).'
      - proxmox inventory plugin - the current default ``true`` of the ``want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host``
        option has been deprecated. The default will change to ``false`` in community.general
        6.0.0. To keep the current behavior, explicitly set ``want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host``
        to ``true`` in your inventory configuration. We suggest to already switch
        to the new behavior by explicitly setting it to ``false``, and by using ``compose:``
        to set ``ansible_host`` to the correct value. See the examples in the plugin
        documentation for details (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4466).
      - vmadm - deprecated module parameter ``debug`` that was not used anywhere (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4580).
      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).
      major_changes:
      - The community.general collection no longer supports Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base
        2.10. While we take no active measures to prevent usage, we will remove a
        lot of compatibility code and other compatility measures that will effectively
        prevent using most content from this collection with Ansible 2.9, and some
        content of this collection with ansible-base 2.10. Both Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base
        2.10 will very soon be End of Life and if you are still using them, you should
        consider upgrading to ansible-core 2.11 or later as soon as possible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
      minor_changes:
      - Avoid internal ansible-core module_utils in favor of equivalent public API
        available since at least Ansible 2.9. This fixes some instances added since
        the last time this was fixed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4232).
      - Remove vendored copy of ``distutils.version`` in favor of vendored copy included
        with ansible-core 2.12+. For ansible-core 2.11, uses ``distutils.version``
        for Python < 3.12. There is no support for ansible-core 2.11 with Python 3.12+
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3988).
      - aix_filesystem - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead
        of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3833).
      - aix_lvg - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3834).
      - alternatives - add ``state`` parameter, which provides control over whether
        the alternative should be set as the active selection for its alternatives
        group (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4543,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4557).
      - ansible_galaxy_install - added option ``no_deps`` to the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4174).
      - atomic_container - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
      - clc_alert_policy - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
      - clc_group - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
      - clc_loadbalancer - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
      - clc_server - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
      - cmd_runner module util - reusable command runner with consistent argument
        formatting and sensible defaults (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4476).
      - cobbler inventory plugin - add ``include_profiles`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4068).
      - datadog_monitor - support new datadog event monitor of type `event-v2 alert`
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4457)
      - filesystem - add support for resizing btrfs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4465).
      - gitlab - add more token authentication support with the new options ``api_oauth_token``
        and ``api_job_token`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/705).
      - gitlab - clean up modules and utils (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3694).
      - gitlab_group, gitlab_project - add new option ``avatar_path`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3792).
      - gitlab_group_variable - new ``variables`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038
        and https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4074).
      - gitlab_project - add new option ``default_branch`` to gitlab_project (if ``readme
        = true``) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3792).
      - gitlab_project_variable - new ``variables`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
      - hponcfg - revamped module using ModuleHelper (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3840).
      - icinga2 inventory plugin - added the ``display_name`` field to variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3875,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3906).
      - icinga2 inventory plugin - implemented constructed interface (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4088).
      - icinga2 inventory plugin - inventory object names are changable using ``inventory_attr``
        in your config file to the host object name, address, or display_name fields
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3875, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3906).
      - ip_netns - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3822).
      - ipa_dnszone - ``dynamicupdate`` is now a boolean parameter, instead of a string
        parameter accepting ``"true"`` and ``"false"``. Also the module is now idempotent
        with respect to ``dynamicupdate`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3374).
      - ipa_dnszone - add DNS zone synchronization support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3374).
      - ipa_service - add ``skip_host_check`` parameter. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4417).
      - ipmi_boot - add support for user-specified IPMI encryption key (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3698).
      - ipmi_power - add ``machine`` option to ensure the power state via the remote
        target address (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3968).
      - ipmi_power - add support for user-specified IPMI encryption key (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3698).
      - iso_extract - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of
        ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3805).
      - java_cert - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of
        ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3835).
      - jira - add support for Bearer token auth (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3838).
      - jira - when creating a comment, ``fields`` now is used for additional data
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4304).
      - keycloak_* modules - added connection timeout parameter when calling server
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4168).
      - keycloak_client - add ``always_display_in_console`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4390).
      - keycloak_client - add ``default_client_scopes`` and ``optional_client_scopes``
        parameters. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4385).
      - keycloak_user_federation - add sssd user federation support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3767).
      - ldap_entry - add support for recursive deletion (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3613).
      - linode inventory plugin - add support for caching inventory results (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4179).
      - linode inventory plugin - allow templating of ``access_token`` variable in
        Linode inventory plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4040).
      - listen_ports_facts - add support for ``ss`` command besides ``netstat`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3708).
      - lists_mergeby filter plugin - add parameters ``list_merge`` and ``recursive``.
        These are only supported when used with ansible-base 2.10 or ansible-core,
        but not with Ansible 2.9 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4058).
      - logentries - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of
        ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3807).
      - logstash_plugin - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead
        of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3808).
      - lxc_container - added ``wait_for_container`` parameter. If ``true`` the module
        will wait until the running task reports success as the status (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4039).
      - lxc_container - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead
        of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3851).
      - lxd connection plugin - make sure that ``ansible_lxd_host``, ``ansible_executable``,
        and ``ansible_lxd_executable`` work (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3798).
      - lxd inventory plugin - support virtual machines (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3519).
      - lxd_container - adds ``project`` option to allow selecting project for LXD
        instance (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4479).
      - lxd_container - adds ``type`` option which also allows to operate on virtual
        machines and not just containers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3661).
      - lxd_profile - adds ``project`` option to allow selecting project for LXD profile
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4479).
      - mail callback plugin - add ``Message-ID`` and ``Date`` headers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4055,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4056).
      - mail callback plugin - properly use Ansible's option handling to split lists
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4140).
      - mattermost - add the possibility to send attachments instead of text messages
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3946).
      - mksysb - revamped the module using ``ModuleHelper`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3295).
      - module_helper module utils - added decorators ``check_mode_skip`` and ``check_mode_skip_returns``
        for skipping methods when ``check_mode=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3849).
      - monit - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3821).
      - nmap inventory plugin - add ``sudo`` option in plugin in order to execute
        ``sudo nmap`` so that ``nmap`` runs with elevated privileges (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4506).
      - nmcli - add ``wireguard`` connection type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3985).
      - nmcli - add missing connection aliases ``802-3-ethernet`` and ``802-11-wireless``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4108).
      - nmcli - add multiple addresses support for ``ip4`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1088,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3738).
      - nmcli - add multiple addresses support for ``ip6`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1088).
      - nmcli - add support for ``eui64`` and ``ipv6privacy`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3357).
      - nmcli - adds ``routes6`` and ``route_metric6`` parameters for supporting IPv6
        routes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4059).
      - nmcli - remove nmcli modify dependency on ``type`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2858).
      - nomad_job - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
      - nomad_job_info - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
      - npm - add ability to use ``production`` flag when ``ci`` is set (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4299).
      - open_iscsi - extended module to allow rescanning of established session for
        one or all targets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3763).
      - opennebula - add the release action for VMs in the ``HOLD`` state (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4036).
      - opentelemetry_plugin - enrich service when using the ``docker_login`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4104).
      - opentelemetry_plugin - enrich service when using the ``jenkins``, ``hetzner``
        or ``jira`` modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4105).
      - packet_device - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
      - packet_sshkey - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
      - packet_volume - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
      - pacman - add ``remove_nosave`` parameter to avoid saving modified configuration
        files as ``.pacsave`` files. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4316,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4315).
      - pacman - add ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` as return values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3758).
      - pacman - now implements proper change detection for ``update_cache=true``.
        Adds ``cache_updated`` return value to when ``update_cache=true`` to report
        this result independently of the module's overall changed return value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4337).
      - pacman - the module has been rewritten and is now much faster when using ``state=latest``.
        Operations are now done all packages at once instead of package per package
        and the configured output format of ``pacman`` no longer affect the module's
        operation. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3907,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3783, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4079)
      - passwordstore lookup plugin - add configurable ``lock`` and ``locktimeout``
        options to avoid race conditions in itself and in the ``pass`` utility it
        calls. By default, the plugin now locks on write operations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4194).
      - pipx - added options ``editable`` and ``pip_args`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4300).
      - profitbricks - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
      - proxmox - add ``clone`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3930).
      - proxmox - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
      - proxmox inventory plugin - add support for client-side jinja filters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3553).
      - proxmox inventory plugin - add support for templating the ``url``, ``user``,
        and ``password`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4418).
      - proxmox inventory plugin - add token authentication as an alternative to username/password
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4540).
      - proxmox inventory plugin - parse LXC configs returned by the proxmox API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4472).
      - proxmox modules - move ``HAS_PROXMOXER`` check into ``module_utils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4030).
      - proxmox modules - move common code into ``module_utils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4029).
      - proxmox_kvm - added EFI disk support when creating VM with OVMF UEFI BIOS
        with new ``efidisk0`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4106,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1638).
      - proxmox_kwm - add ``win11`` to ``ostype`` parameter for Windows 11 and Windows
        Server 2022 support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4023,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4191).
      - proxmox_snap - add restore snapshot option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4377).
      - proxmox_snap - fixed timeout value to correctly reflect time in seconds. The
        timeout was off by one second (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4377).
      - puppet - remove deprecation for ``show_diff`` parameter. Its alias ``show-diff``
        is still deprecated and will be removed in community.general 7.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3980).
      - python_requirements_info - returns python version broken down into its components,
        and some minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3797).
      - redfish_command - add ``GetHostInterfaces`` command to enable reporting Redfish
        Host Interface information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3693).
      - redfish_command - add ``IndicatorLedOn``, ``IndicatorLedOff``, and ``IndicatorLedBlink``
        commands to the Systems category for controling system LEDs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4084).
      - redfish_command - add ``SetHostInterface`` command to enable configuring the
        Redfish Host Interface (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3632).
      - redis - add authentication parameters ``login_user``, ``tls``, ``validate_certs``,
        and ``ca_certs`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4207).
      - scaleway inventory plugin - add profile parameter ``scw_profile`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4049).
      - scaleway_compute - add possibility to use project identifier (new ``project``
        option) instead of deprecated organization identifier (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3951).
      - scaleway_volume - all volumes are systematically created on par1 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3964).
      - seport - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4471).
      - smartos_image_info - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
      - snap - add option ``options`` permitting to set options using the ``snap set``
        command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3943).
      - sudoers - add support for ``runas`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4379).
      - svc - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3829).
      - syslog_json - add option to skip logging of ``gather_facts`` playbook tasks;
        use v2 callback API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4223).
      - terraform - adds ``terraform_upgrade`` parameter which allows ``terraform
        init`` to satisfy new provider constraints in an existing Terraform project
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4333).
      - 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).
      - xattr - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3806).
      - xfconf - added missing value types ``char``, ``uchar``, ``int64`` and ``uint64``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4534).
      - xfconf - minor refactor on the base class for the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3919).
      - 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: Alpha release for community.general 5.0.0.
      removed_features:
      - ali_instance_info - removed the options ``availability_zone``, ``instance_ids``,
        and ``instance_names``. Use filter item ``zone_id`` instead of ``availability_zone``,
        filter item ``instance_ids`` instead of ``instance_ids``, and filter item
        ``instance_name`` instead of ``instance_names`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
      - apt_rpm - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
      - compose - removed various deprecated aliases. Use the version with ``_`` instead
        of ``-`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
      - dnsimple - remove support for dnsimple < 2.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
      - github_deploy_key - removed the deprecated alias ``2fa_token`` of ``otp``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
      - homebrew, homebrew_cask - removed the deprecated alias ``update-brew`` of
        ``update_brew`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
      - linode - removed the ``backupsenabled`` option. Use ``backupweeklyday`` or
        ``backupwindow`` to enable backups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
      - opkg - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
      - pacman - if ``update_cache=true`` is used with ``name`` or ``upgrade``, the
        changed state will now also indicate if only the cache was updated. To keep
        the old behavior - only indicate ``changed`` when a package was installed/upgraded
        -, use ``changed_when`` as indicated in the module examples (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
      - pacman - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
      - proxmox, proxmox_kvm, proxmox_snap - no longer allow to specify a VM name
        that matches multiple VMs. If this happens, the modules now fail (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
      - serverless - removed the ``functions`` option. It was not used by the module
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
      - slackpkg - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
      - urpmi - removed the deprecated alias ``no-recommends`` of ``no_recommends``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
      - urpmi - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
      - xbps - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
      - xfconf - the ``get`` state has been removed. Use the ``xfconf_info`` module
        instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
    fragments:
    - 1088-add_multiple_ipv6_address_support.yml
    - 1088-nmcli_add_multiple_addresses_support.yml
    - 2386-github_repo-fix-idempotency-issues.yml
    - 3295-mksysb-revamp.yaml
    - 3357-nmcli-eui64-and-ipv6privacy.yml
    - 3374-add-ipa-ptr-sync-support.yml
    - 3519-inventory-support-lxd-4.yml
    - 3625-nmcli_false_changed_mtu_fix.yml
    - 3632-add-redfish-host-interface-config-support.yml
    - 3660-a_module-tombstone.yml
    - 3661-lxd_container-add-vm-support.yml
    - 3667-ldap_search.yml
    - 3675-xattr-handle-base64-values.yml
    - 3681-lvol-fix-create.yml
    - 3693-add-redfish-host-interface-info-support.yml
    - 3694-gitlab-cleanup.yml
    - 3702-ipmi-encryption-key.yml
    - 3703-force-install-homebrew-cask.yml
    - 3708-listen_ports_facts-add-ss-support.yml
    - 3709-support-batch-mode.yml
    - 3726-terraform-missing-parameters-planned-fix.yml
    - 3758-pacman-add-stdout-stderr.yml
    - 3765-extend-open_iscsi-with-rescan.yml
    - 3768-nmcli_fix_changed_when_no_mask_set.yml
    - 3780-add-keycloak-sssd-user-federation.yml
    - 3785-python_requirements_info-versionless-op.yaml
    - 3792-improve_gitlab_group_and_project.yml
    - 3797-python_requirements_info-improvements.yaml
    - 3798-fix-lxd-connection-option-vars-support.yml
    - 3800-pipx-include-apps.yaml
    - 3801-mh-deprecate-vardict-attr.yaml
    - 3805-iso_extract-run_command-list.yaml
    - 3806-xattr-run_command-list.yaml
    - 3807-logentries-run_command-list.yaml
    - 3808-logstash_plugin-run_command-list.yaml
    - 3821-monit-run-list.yaml
    - 3822-ip_netns-run-list.yaml
    - 3829-svc-run-list.yaml
    - 3833-aix_filesystem-run-list.yaml
    - 3834-aix-lvg-run-list.yaml
    - 3835-java-cert-run-list.yaml
    - 3837-opentelemetry_plugin-honour_ignore_errors.yaml
    - 3838-jira-token.yaml
    - 3840-hponcfg-mh-revamp.yaml
    - 3849-mh-check-mode-decos.yaml
    - 3851-lxc-container-run-list.yaml
    - 3862-interfaces-file-fix-dup-option.yaml
    - 3867-jira-fix-body.yaml
    - 3874-proxmox-fix-onboot-param.yml
    - 3875-icinga2-inv-fix.yml
    - 3896-nmcli_vlan_missing_options.yaml
    - 3907-pacman-speedup.yml
    - 3909-nrdp_fix_string_args_without_encoding.yaml
    - 3916-fix-vdo-options-type.yml
    - 3919-xfconf-baseclass.yaml
    - 3921-add-counter-filter-plugin.yml
    - 3930-proxmox-add-clone.yaml
    - 3933-slack-charset-header.yaml
    - 3934-distutils.yml
    - 3935-use-gitlab-instance-runner-to-create-runner.yml
    - 3936-distutils.version.yml
    - 3940_fix_contenttype_scaleway_user_data.yml
    - 3943-add-option-options-to-snap-module.yml
    - 3946-mattermost_attachments.yml
    - 3951-scaleway_compute_add_project_id.yml
    - 3964-scaleway_volume_add_region.yml
    - 3968-ipmi_power-add-machine-option.yaml
    - 3976-fix-alternatives-parsing.yml
    - 3980-puppet-show_diff.yml
    - 3985-nmcli-add-wireguard-connection-type.yml
    - 3988-distutils-vendor-removed.yml
    - 4026-fix-mail-callback.yml
    - 4029-proxmox-refactor.yml
    - 4030-proxmox-has-proxmoxer.yml
    - 4036-onevm-add-release-action.yaml
    - 4038-fix-and-rework-gitlb-project-variable.yml
    - 4039-cluster-container-wait.yml
    - 4040-linode-token-templating.yaml
    - 4043-fix-no-log-opentelemetry.yml
    - 4048-expand-tilde-in-yarn-global-install-folder.yaml
    - 4049-profile-for-scaleway-inventory.yml
    - 4050-properly-parse-json-lines-output-from-yarn.yaml
    - 4052-fix-detection-of-installed-cargo-packages-with-hyphens.yaml
    - 4056-add-missing-mail-headers.yml
    - 4058-lists_mergeby-add-parameters.yml
    - 4061-fix-mail-recipient-encoding.yml
    - 4062-nmcli-ipv6-routes-support.yml
    - 4068-add-include_file-option.yml
    - 4078-python_requirements_info.yaml
    - 4084-add-redfish-system-indicator-led.yml
    - 4086-rework_of_gitlab_proyect_variable_over_gitlab_group_variable.yml
    - 4088-add-constructed-interface-for-icinga2-inventory.yml
    - 4092-fix_local_ports_regex_listen_ports_facts.yaml
    - 4104-opentelemetry_plugin-enrich_docker_login.yaml
    - 4105-opentelemetry_plugin-enrich_jira_hetzner_jenkins_services.yaml
    - 4106-proxmox-efidisk0-support.yaml
    - 4108-nmcli-support-modifcation-without-type-param.yml
    - 4131-nmcli_fix_reports_changed_for_routes4_parameter.yml
    - 4136-gitlab_runner-make-project-owned-mutually-exclusive.yml
    - 4140-mail-callback-options.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
    - 4192-zypper-add-clean-deps.yml
    - 4194-configurable-passwordstore-locking.yml
    - 4206-imc-rest-module.yaml
    - 4207-add-redis-tls-support.yml
    - 4212-fixes-for-keycloak-user-federation.yml
    - 4219-passwordstore-locale-fix.yml
    - 4223-syslog-json-skip-syslog-option.yml
    - 4232-text-converter-import.yml
    - 4240-ansible_galaxy_install-no_deps.yml
    - 4275-pacman-sysupgrade.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
    - 4320-nmcli-hairpin.yml
    - 4330-pacman-packages-update_cache.yml
    - 4336-linode-inventory-filtering.yaml
    - 4337-pacman-update_cache.yml
    - 4349-proxmox-inventory-dict-facts.yml
    - 4351-inventory-lxd-handling_metadata_wo_os_and_release.yml
    - 4352-proxmox-inventory-filters.yml
    - 4355-ldap-recursive-delete.yml
    - 4377-allow-proxmox-snapshot-restoring.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
    - 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
    - 4516-deprecation-removals.yml
    - 4517-gem-deprecate-norc.yml
    - 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
    - 4548-remove-2.9-2.10-compatibility.yml
    - 4555-proxmox-lxc-key.yml
    - 4556-remove-default-none-1.yml
    - 4557-alternatives-add-state-parameter.yml
    - 4567-remove-default-none-2.yml
    - 4580-vmadm-deprecate-param-debug.yaml
    - 5.0.0-a1.yml
    - 705-gitlab-auth-support.yml
    plugins:
      filter:
      - description: Counts hashable elements in a sequence
        name: counter
        namespace: null
    release_date: '2022-04-29'
  5.0.1:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - consul - fixed bug introduced in PR 4590 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4680).
      - filesystem - handle ``fatresize --info`` output lines without ``:`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4700).
      - filesystem - improve error messages when output cannot be parsed by including
        newlines in escaped form (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4700).
      - keycloak_realm - fix default groups and roles (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4241).
      - redis* modules - fix call to ``module.fail_json`` when failing because of
        missing Python libraries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4733).
      - xcc_redfish_command - for compatibility due to Redfish spec changes the virtualMedia
        resource location changed from Manager to System (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4682).
      - zfs - fix wrong quoting of properties (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4707,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4726).
      minor_changes:
      - cpanm - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived
        modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
      - mksysb - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived
        modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
      - pipx - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived
        modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
      - snap - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived
        modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
      - xfconf - using ``do_raise()`` to raise exceptions in ``ModuleHelper`` derived
        modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4674).
      release_summary: Regular bugfix release for inclusion in Ansible 6.0.0.
    fragments:
    - 4674-use-mh-raise.yaml
    - 4682-compatibility-virtualmedia-resource-location.yaml
    - 4700-code-changes.yml
    - 4712-consul-bugfix.yaml
    - 4719-fix-keycloak-realm.yaml
    - 4726-zfs.yml
    - 4733-redis-fail.yml
    - 5.0.1.yml
    release_date: '2022-05-30'
  5.0.2:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - Include ``simplified_bsd.txt`` license file for various module utils, the
        ``lxca_common`` docs fragment, and the ``utm_utils`` unit tests.
      release_summary: Maintenance and bugfix release for Ansible 6.0.0.
    fragments:
    - 5.0.2.yml
    - simplified-bsd-license.yml
    release_date: '2022-06-06'
  5.1.0:
    changes:
      deprecated_features:
      - cmd_runner module utils - deprecated ``fmt`` in favour of ``cmd_runner_fmt``
        as the parameter format object (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4777).
      minor_changes:
      - ModuleHelper module utils - improved ``ModuleHelperException``, using ``to_native()``
        for the exception message (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4755).
      - alternatives - add ``state=absent`` to be able to remove an alternative (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4654).
      - alternatives - add ``subcommands`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4654).
      - ansible_galaxy_install - minor refactoring using latest ``ModuleHelper`` updates
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4752).
      - cmd_runner module util - added parameters ``check_mode_skip`` and ``check_mode_return``
        to ``CmdRunner.context()``, so that the command is not executed when ``check_mode=True``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4736).
      - nmcli - adds ``vpn`` type and parameter for supporting VPN with service type
        L2TP and PPTP (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4746).
      - proxmox inventory plugin - added new flag ``qemu_extended_statuses`` and new
        groups ``<group_prefix>prelaunch``, ``<group_prefix>paused``. They will be
        populated only when ``want_facts=true``, ``qemu_extended_statuses=true`` and
        only for ``QEMU`` machines (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4723).
      - puppet - adds ``confdir`` parameter to configure a custom confir location
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4740).
      - xfconf - changed implementation to use ``cmd_runner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4776).
      - xfconf module utils - created new module util ``xfconf`` providing a ``cmd_runner``
        specific for ``xfconf`` modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4776).
      - xfconf_info - changed implementation to use ``cmd_runner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4776).
      release_summary: Regular bugfix and feature release.
    fragments:
    - 4654-alternatives-add-subcommands.yml
    - 4724-proxmox-qemu-extend.yaml
    - 4736-cmd-runner-skip-if-check.yml
    - 4740-puppet-feature.yaml
    - 4746-add-vpn-support-nmcli.yaml
    - 4752-ansible-galaxy-install-mh-updates.yml
    - 4755-mhexception-improvement.yml
    - 4776-xfconf-cmd-runner.yaml
    - 4777-cmd-runner-deprecate-fmt.yaml
    - 5.1.0.yml
    modules:
    - description: Retrieve GConf configurations
      name: gconftool2_info
      namespace: system
    release_date: '2022-06-07'
  5.1.1:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - alternatives - do not set the priority if the priority was not set by the
        user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4810).
      - alternatives - only pass subcommands when they are specified as module arguments
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4803, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4804,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4836).
      - alternatives - when ``subcommands`` is specified, ``link`` must be given for
        every subcommand. This was already mentioned in the documentation, but not
        enforced by the code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4836).
      - nmcli - fix error caused by adding undefined module arguments for list options
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4373, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4813).
      - proxmox inventory plugin - fixed extended status detection for qemu (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4816).
      - redhat_subscription - fix unsubscribing on RHEL 9 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4741).
      - sudoers - ensure sudoers config files are created with the permissions requested
        by sudoers (0440) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4814).
      release_summary: Bugfix release.
    fragments:
    - 4809-redhat_subscription-unsubscribe.yaml
    - 4810-alternatives-bug.yml
    - 4813-fix-nmcli-convert-list.yaml
    - 4814-sudoers-file-permissions.yml
    - 4816-proxmox-fix-extended-status.yaml
    - 4836-alternatives.yml
    - 5.1.1.yml
    release_date: '2022-06-14'
  5.2.0:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - Include ``PSF-license.txt`` file for ``plugins/module_utils/_mount.py``.
      - redfish_command - fix the check if a virtual media is unmounted to just check
        for ``instered= false`` caused by Supermicro hardware that does not clear
        the ``ImageName`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4839).
      - redfish_command - the Supermicro Redfish implementation only supports the
        ``image_url`` parameter in the underlying API calls to ``VirtualMediaInsert``
        and ``VirtualMediaEject``. Any values set (or the defaults) for ``write_protected``
        or ``inserted`` will be ignored (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4839).
      - 'sudoers - fix incorrect handling of ``state: absent`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4852).'
      minor_changes:
      - cmd_runner module utils - add ``__call__`` method to invoke context (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4791).
      - passwordstore lookup plugin - allow using alternative password managers by
        detecting wrapper scripts, allow explicit configuration of pass and gopass
        backends (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4766).
      - sudoers - will attempt to validate the proposed sudoers rule using visudo
        if available, optionally skipped, or required (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4794,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4745).
      release_summary: Regular bugfix and feature release.
    fragments:
    - 4780-passwordstore-wrapper-compat.yml
    - 4791-cmd-runner-callable.yaml
    - 4794-sudoers-validation.yml
    - 4839-fix-VirtualMediaInsert-Supermicro.yml
    - 4852-sudoers-state-absent.yml
    - 5.2.0.yml
    - psf-license.yml
    modules:
    - description: Set or delete a passphrase using the Operating System's native
        keyring
      name: keyring
      namespace: system
    - description: Get a passphrase using the Operating System's native keyring
      name: keyring_info
      namespace: system
    - description: Scaleway compute - private network management
      name: scaleway_compute_private_network
      namespace: cloud.scaleway
    release_date: '2022-06-21'
  5.3.0:
    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).
      - proxmox inventory plugin - fix crash when ``enabled=1`` is used in agent config
        string (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4910).
      - rax_clb_nodes - fix code to be compatible with Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4933).
      - redfish_info - fix to ``GetChassisPower`` to correctly report power information
        when multiple chassis exist, but not all chassis report power information
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4901).
      minor_changes:
      - machinectl become plugin - can now be used with a password from another user
        than root, if a polkit rule is present (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4849).
      - opentelemetry callback plugin - allow configuring opentelementry callback
        via config file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4916).
      - redfish_info - add ``GetManagerInventory`` to report list of Manager inventory
        information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4899).
      release_summary: Regular bugfix and feature release.
    fragments:
    - 4849-add-password-prompt-support-for-machinectl.yml
    - 4886-fix-lxd-inventory-hostname.yml
    - 4899-add-GetManagerInventory-for-redfish_info.yml
    - 4901-fix-redfish-chassispower.yml
    - 4903-cmdrunner-bugfix.yaml
    - 4910-fix-for-agent-enabled.yml
    - 4911-dsv-honor-tld-option.yml
    - 4916-opentelemetry-ini-options.yaml
    - 4933-fix-rax-clb-nodes.yaml
    - 5.3.0.yml
    release_date: '2022-07-12'
  5.4.0:
    changes:
      bugfixes:
      - keyring_info - fix the result from the keyring library never getting returned
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4964).
      - pacman - fixed name resolution of URL packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4959).
      - passwordstore lookup plugin - fix ``returnall`` for gopass (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5027).
      - passwordstore lookup plugin - fix password store path detection for gopass
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4955).
      - proxmox - fix error handling when getting VM by name when ``state=absent``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4945).
      - proxmox_kvm - fix error handling when getting VM by name when ``state=absent``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4945).
      - slack - fix incorrect channel prefix ``#`` caused by incomplete pattern detection
        by adding ``G0`` and ``GF`` as channel ID patterns (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5019).
      - xfconf - fix setting of boolean values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4999,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5007).
      minor_changes:
      - ModuleHelper module utils - added property ``verbosity`` to base class (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5035).
      - apk - add ``world`` parameter for supporting a custom world file (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4976).
      - consul - adds ``ttl`` parameter for session  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4996).
      - dig lookup plugin - add option ``fail_on_error`` to allow stopping execution
        on lookup failures (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4973).
      - keycloak_* modules - add ``http_agent`` parameter with default value ``Ansible``
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5023).
      - lastpass - use config manager for handling plugin options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5022).
      - listen_ports_facts - add new ``include_non_listening`` option which adds ``-a``
        option to ``netstat`` and ``ss``. This shows both listening and non-listening
        (for TCP this means established connections) sockets, and returns ``state``
        and ``foreign_address`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4762,
        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4953).
      - maven_artifact - add a new ``unredirected_headers`` option that can be used
        with ansible-core 2.12 and above. The default value is to not use ``Authorization``
        and ``Cookie`` headers on redirects for security reasons. With ansible-core
        2.11, all headers are still passed on for redirects (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4812).
      - pacman - added parameters ``reason`` and ``reason_for`` to set/change the
        install reason of packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4956).
      - xfconf - add ``stdout``, ``stderr`` and ``cmd`` to the module results (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5037).
      - xfconf - use ``do_raise()`` instead of defining custom exception class (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4975).
      - xfconf_info - use ``do_raise()`` instead of defining custom exception class
        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4975).
      release_summary: Regular bugfix and feature release.
    fragments:
    - 4812-expose-unredirected-headers.yml
    - 4945-fix-get_vm-int-parse-handling.yaml
    - 4953-listen-ports-facts-extend-output.yaml
    - 4955-fix-path-detection-for-gopass.yaml
    - 4956-pacman-install-reason.yaml
    - 4959-pacman-fix-url-packages-name.yaml
    - 4964-fix-keyring-info.yml
    - 4973-introduce-dig-lookup-argument.yaml
    - 4975-xfconf-use-do-raise.yaml
    - 4976-apk-add-support-for-a-custom-world-file.yaml
    - 4996-consul-session-ttl.yml
    - 4999-xfconf-bool.yml
    - 5.4.0.yml
    - 5019-slack-support-more-groups.yml
    - 5022-lastpass-lookup-cleanup.yml
    - 5023-http-agent-param-keycloak.yml
    - 5027-fix-returnall-for-gopass.yaml
    - 5035-mh-base-verbosity.yaml
    - 5037-xfconf-add-cmd-output.yaml
    modules:
    - description: Manages WDC UltraStar Data102 Out-Of-Band controllers using Redfish
        APIs
      name: wdc_redfish_command
      namespace: remote_management.redfish
    - description: Manages WDC UltraStar Data102 Out-Of-Band controllers using Redfish
        APIs
      name: wdc_redfish_info
      namespace: remote_management.redfish
    plugins:
      lookup:
      - description: Retrieve secrets from Bitwarden
        name: bitwarden
        namespace: null
    release_date: '2022-08-02'
