From 658e95c5cacbb718c906ebd76bd878dd344c6ee6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 13:09:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Release 3.1.0.

---
 CHANGELOG.rst                                 |  89 ++++++++++++
 changelogs/changelog.yaml                     | 132 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../1085-consul-acl-hcl-whitelist-update.yml  |   2 -
 .../fragments/2323-groupby_as_dict-filter.yml |   3 -
 ...dfish_config-skip-incorrect-attributes.yml |   4 -
 ...spotinst_aws_elastigroup-list-elements.yml |   2 -
 .../2364-influxdb_user-first_user.yml         |   5 -
 ...uxdb_retention_policy-add-state-option.yml |   6 -
 .../2393-module_helper-breakdown.yml          |   2 -
 .../fragments/2410-linode-improvements.yml    |   5 -
 .../fragments/2417-nmcli_remove_dead_code.yml |   2 -
 ...450-gitlab_user-add_expires_at_option.yaml |   3 -
 .../2472_filesystem_module_revamp.yml         |   9 --
 ...85-java_keystore-ssl_backend-parameter.yml |   2 -
 ...fluxdb_user-fix-multiple-no-privileges.yml |   2 -
 ...asswordstore-add_option_ignore_missing.yml |   3 -
 .../fragments/2514-mh-improved-changed.yml    |   2 -
 .../fragments/2517-cmd-params-from-vars.yml   |   2 -
 .../2518-nmap-fix-cache-disabled.yml          |   2 -
 .../fragments/2520-connection-refactors.yml   |   9 --
 .../fragments/2524-pacman_add_bin_option.yml  |   2 -
 ...ables_state-fix-initialization-command.yml |   6 -
 .../2526-java_keystore-password-via-stdin.yml |   4 -
 .../fragments/2540-zfs-delegate-choices.yml   |   2 -
 changelogs/fragments/3.1.0.yml                |   1 -
 changelogs/fragments/deprecate-ipaddress.yml  |   4 -
 changelogs/fragments/nios-deprecation.yml     |   2 -
 27 files changed, 221 insertions(+), 86 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/1085-consul-acl-hcl-whitelist-update.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2323-groupby_as_dict-filter.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2334-redfish_config-skip-incorrect-attributes.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2355-spotinst_aws_elastigroup-list-elements.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2364-influxdb_user-first_user.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2383-influxdb_retention_policy-add-state-option.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2393-module_helper-breakdown.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2410-linode-improvements.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2417-nmcli_remove_dead_code.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2450-gitlab_user-add_expires_at_option.yaml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2472_filesystem_module_revamp.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2485-java_keystore-ssl_backend-parameter.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2499-influxdb_user-fix-multiple-no-privileges.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2500-passwordstore-add_option_ignore_missing.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2514-mh-improved-changed.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2517-cmd-params-from-vars.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2518-nmap-fix-cache-disabled.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2520-connection-refactors.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2524-pacman_add_bin_option.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2525-iptables_state-fix-initialization-command.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2526-java_keystore-password-via-stdin.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/2540-zfs-delegate-choices.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/3.1.0.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/deprecate-ipaddress.yml
 delete mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/nios-deprecation.yml

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index ba15b4e7a4..5ae15a68d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,95 @@ Community General Release Notes
 
 This changelog describes changes after version 2.0.0.
 
+v3.1.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular feature and bugfix release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- ModuleHelper module utils - improved mechanism for customizing the calculation of ``changed`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2514).
+- chroot connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
+- cmd (Module Helper) module utils - ``CmdMixin`` now pulls the value for ``run_command()`` params from ``self.vars``, as opposed to previously retrieving those from ``self.module.params`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2517).
+- filesystem - cleanup and revamp module, tests and doc. Pass all commands to ``module.run_command()`` as lists. Move the device-vs-mountpoint logic to ``grow()`` method. Give to all ``get_fs_size()`` the same logic and error handling. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2472).
+- funcd connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
+- gitlab_user - add ``expires_at`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2325).
+- idrac_redfish_config - modified set_manager_attributes function to skip invalid attribute instead of returning. Added skipped attributes to output. Modified module exit to add warning variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1995).
+- influxdb_retention_policy - add ``state`` parameter with allowed values ``present`` and ``absent`` to support deletion of existing retention policies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2383).
+- influxdb_retention_policy - simplify duration logic parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2385).
+- iocage connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
+- jail connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
+- java_keystore - added ``ssl_backend`` parameter for using the cryptography library instead of the OpenSSL binary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2485).
+- java_keystore - replace envvar by stdin to pass secret to ``keytool`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2526).
+- linode - added proper traceback when failing due to exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2410).
+- linode - parameter ``additional_disks`` is now validated as a list of dictionaries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2410).
+- lxc connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
+- module_helper module utils - break down of the long file into smaller pieces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2393).
+- nmcli - remove dead code, ``options`` never contains keys from ``param_alias`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2417).
+- pacman - add ``executable`` option to use an alternative pacman binary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2524).
+- passwordstore lookup - add option ``missing`` to choose what to do if the password file is missing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2500).
+- qubes connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
+- redfish_config - modified module exit to add warning variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1995).
+- redfish_utils module utils - modified set_bios_attributes function to skip invalid attribute instead of returning. Added skipped attributes to output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1995).
+- saltstack connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
+- spotinst_aws_elastigroup - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2355).
+- zfs_delegate_admin - drop choices from permissions, allowing any permission supported by the underlying zfs commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2540).
+- zone connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- The nios, nios_next_ip, nios_next_network lookup plugins, the nios documentation fragment, and the nios_host_record, nios_ptr_record, nios_mx_record, nios_fixed_address, nios_zone, nios_member, nios_a_record, nios_aaaa_record, nios_network, nios_dns_view, nios_txt_record, nios_naptr_record, nios_srv_record, nios_cname_record, nios_nsgroup, and nios_network_view module have been deprecated and will be removed from community.general 5.0.0. Please install the `infoblox.nios_modules <https://galaxy.ansible.com/infoblox/nios_modules>`_ collection instead and use its plugins and modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2458).
+- The vendored copy of ``ipaddress`` will be removed in community.general 4.0.0. Please switch to ``ipaddress`` from the Python 3 standard library, or `from pypi <https://pypi.org/project/ipaddress/>`_, if your code relies on the vendored version of ``ipaddress`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2459).
+- linode - parameter ``backupsenabled`` is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 5.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2410).
+- lxd inventory plugin - the plugin will require ``ipaddress`` installed when used with Python 2 from community.general 4.0.0 on. ``ipaddress`` is part of the Python 3 standard library, but can be installed for Python 2 from pypi (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2459).
+- scaleway_security_group_rule - the module will require ``ipaddress`` installed when used with Python 2 from community.general 4.0.0 on. ``ipaddress`` is part of the Python 3 standard library, but can be installed for Python 2 from pypi (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2459).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- consul_acl - update the hcl allowlist to include all supported options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2495).
+- filesystem - repair ``reiserfs`` fstype support after adding it to integration tests (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2472).
+- influxdb_user - allow creation of admin users when InfluxDB authentication is enabled but no other user exists on the database. In this scenario, InfluxDB 1.x allows only ``CREATE USER`` queries and rejects any other query (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2364).
+- influxdb_user - fix bug where an influxdb user has no privileges for 2 or more databases (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2499).
+- iptables_state - fix a 'FutureWarning' in a regex and do some basic code clean up (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2525).
+- iptables_state - fix initialization of iptables from null state when adressing more than one table (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2523).
+- nmap inventory plugin - fix local variable error when cache is disabled (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2512).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Filter
+~~~~~~
+
+- groupby_as_dict - Transform a sequence of dictionaries to a dictionary where the dictionaries are indexed by an attribute
+
+Lookup
+~~~~~~
+
+- dependent - Composes a list with nested elements of other lists or dicts which can depend on previous loop variables
+- random_pet - Generates random pet names
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+Cloud
+~~~~~
+
+misc
+^^^^
+
+- proxmox_nic - Management of a NIC of a Qemu(KVM) VM in a Proxmox VE cluster.
+
+Notification
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- discord - Send Discord messages
+
 v3.0.2
 ======
 
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 600b51463b..b51e963768 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -1024,3 +1024,135 @@ releases:
     - 2454-detect_zfs_changed.yml
     - 3.0.2.yml
     release_date: '2021-05-11'
+  3.1.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - consul_acl - update the hcl allowlist to include all supported options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2495).
+      - filesystem - repair ``reiserfs`` fstype support after adding it to integration
+        tests (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2472).
+      - influxdb_user - allow creation of admin users when InfluxDB authentication
+        is enabled but no other user exists on the database. In this scenario, InfluxDB
+        1.x allows only ``CREATE USER`` queries and rejects any other query (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2364).
+      - influxdb_user - fix bug where an influxdb user has no privileges for 2 or
+        more databases (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2499).
+      - iptables_state - fix a 'FutureWarning' in a regex and do some basic code clean
+        up (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2525).
+      - iptables_state - fix initialization of iptables from null state when adressing
+        more than one table (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2523).
+      - nmap inventory plugin - fix local variable error when cache is disabled (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2512).
+      deprecated_features:
+      - The nios, nios_next_ip, nios_next_network lookup plugins, the nios documentation
+        fragment, and the nios_host_record, nios_ptr_record, nios_mx_record, nios_fixed_address,
+        nios_zone, nios_member, nios_a_record, nios_aaaa_record, nios_network, nios_dns_view,
+        nios_txt_record, nios_naptr_record, nios_srv_record, nios_cname_record, nios_nsgroup,
+        and nios_network_view module have been deprecated and will be removed from
+        community.general 5.0.0. Please install the `infoblox.nios_modules <https://galaxy.ansible.com/infoblox/nios_modules>`_
+        collection instead and use its plugins and modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2458).
+      - The vendored copy of ``ipaddress`` will be removed in community.general 4.0.0.
+        Please switch to ``ipaddress`` from the Python 3 standard library, or `from
+        pypi <https://pypi.org/project/ipaddress/>`_, if your code relies on the vendored
+        version of ``ipaddress`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2459).
+      - linode - parameter ``backupsenabled`` is deprecated and will be removed in
+        community.general 5.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2410).
+      - lxd inventory plugin - the plugin will require ``ipaddress`` installed when
+        used with Python 2 from community.general 4.0.0 on. ``ipaddress`` is part
+        of the Python 3 standard library, but can be installed for Python 2 from pypi
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2459).
+      - scaleway_security_group_rule - the module will require ``ipaddress`` installed
+        when used with Python 2 from community.general 4.0.0 on. ``ipaddress`` is
+        part of the Python 3 standard library, but can be installed for Python 2 from
+        pypi (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2459).
+      minor_changes:
+      - ModuleHelper module utils - improved mechanism for customizing the calculation
+        of ``changed`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2514).
+      - chroot connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
+      - cmd (Module Helper) module utils - ``CmdMixin`` now pulls the value for ``run_command()``
+        params from ``self.vars``, as opposed to previously retrieving those from
+        ``self.module.params`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2517).
+      - filesystem - cleanup and revamp module, tests and doc. Pass all commands to
+        ``module.run_command()`` as lists. Move the device-vs-mountpoint logic to
+        ``grow()`` method. Give to all ``get_fs_size()`` the same logic and error
+        handling. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2472).
+      - funcd connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
+      - gitlab_user - add ``expires_at`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2325).
+      - idrac_redfish_config - modified set_manager_attributes function to skip invalid
+        attribute instead of returning. Added skipped attributes to output. Modified
+        module exit to add warning variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1995).
+      - influxdb_retention_policy - add ``state`` parameter with allowed values ``present``
+        and ``absent`` to support deletion of existing retention policies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2383).
+      - influxdb_retention_policy - simplify duration logic parsing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2385).
+      - iocage connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
+      - jail connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
+      - java_keystore - added ``ssl_backend`` parameter for using the cryptography
+        library instead of the OpenSSL binary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2485).
+      - java_keystore - replace envvar by stdin to pass secret to ``keytool`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2526).
+      - linode - added proper traceback when failing due to exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2410).
+      - linode - parameter ``additional_disks`` is now validated as a list of dictionaries
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2410).
+      - lxc connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
+      - module_helper module utils - break down of the long file into smaller pieces
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2393).
+      - nmcli - remove dead code, ``options`` never contains keys from ``param_alias``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2417).
+      - pacman - add ``executable`` option to use an alternative pacman binary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2524).
+      - passwordstore lookup - add option ``missing`` to choose what to do if the
+        password file is missing (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2500).
+      - qubes connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
+      - redfish_config - modified module exit to add warning variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1995).
+      - redfish_utils module utils - modified set_bios_attributes function to skip
+        invalid attribute instead of returning. Added skipped attributes to output
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1995).
+      - saltstack connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
+      - spotinst_aws_elastigroup - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2355).
+      - zfs_delegate_admin - drop choices from permissions, allowing any permission
+        supported by the underlying zfs commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2540).
+      - zone connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
+      release_summary: Regular feature and bugfix release.
+    fragments:
+    - 1085-consul-acl-hcl-whitelist-update.yml
+    - 2323-groupby_as_dict-filter.yml
+    - 2334-redfish_config-skip-incorrect-attributes.yml
+    - 2355-spotinst_aws_elastigroup-list-elements.yml
+    - 2364-influxdb_user-first_user.yml
+    - 2383-influxdb_retention_policy-add-state-option.yml
+    - 2393-module_helper-breakdown.yml
+    - 2410-linode-improvements.yml
+    - 2417-nmcli_remove_dead_code.yml
+    - 2450-gitlab_user-add_expires_at_option.yaml
+    - 2472_filesystem_module_revamp.yml
+    - 2485-java_keystore-ssl_backend-parameter.yml
+    - 2499-influxdb_user-fix-multiple-no-privileges.yml
+    - 2500-passwordstore-add_option_ignore_missing.yml
+    - 2514-mh-improved-changed.yml
+    - 2517-cmd-params-from-vars.yml
+    - 2518-nmap-fix-cache-disabled.yml
+    - 2520-connection-refactors.yml
+    - 2524-pacman_add_bin_option.yml
+    - 2525-iptables_state-fix-initialization-command.yml
+    - 2526-java_keystore-password-via-stdin.yml
+    - 2540-zfs-delegate-choices.yml
+    - 3.1.0.yml
+    - deprecate-ipaddress.yml
+    - nios-deprecation.yml
+    modules:
+    - description: Send Discord messages
+      name: discord
+      namespace: notification
+    - description: Management of a NIC of a Qemu(KVM) VM in a Proxmox VE cluster.
+      name: proxmox_nic
+      namespace: cloud.misc
+    plugins:
+      filter:
+      - description: Transform a sequence of dictionaries to a dictionary where the
+          dictionaries are indexed by an attribute
+        name: groupby_as_dict
+        namespace: null
+      lookup:
+      - description: Composes a list with nested elements of other lists or dicts
+          which can depend on previous loop variables
+        name: dependent
+        namespace: null
+      - description: Generates random pet names
+        name: random_pet
+        namespace: null
+    release_date: '2021-05-18'
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1085-consul-acl-hcl-whitelist-update.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1085-consul-acl-hcl-whitelist-update.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 78db43da7d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1085-consul-acl-hcl-whitelist-update.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - consul_acl - update the hcl allowlist to include all supported options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2495).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2323-groupby_as_dict-filter.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2323-groupby_as_dict-filter.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e72f323a60..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2323-groupby_as_dict-filter.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-add plugin.filter:
-  - name: groupby_as_dict
-    description: Transform a sequence of dictionaries to a dictionary where the dictionaries are indexed by an attribute
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2334-redfish_config-skip-incorrect-attributes.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2334-redfish_config-skip-incorrect-attributes.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e609c43fc..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2334-redfish_config-skip-incorrect-attributes.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_utils module utils - modified set_bios_attributes function to skip invalid attribute instead of returning. Added skipped attributes to output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1995).
-  - idrac_redfish_config - modified set_manager_attributes function to skip invalid attribute instead of returning. Added skipped attributes to output. Modified module exit to add warning variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1995).
-  - redfish_config - modified module exit to add warning variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1995).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2355-spotinst_aws_elastigroup-list-elements.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2355-spotinst_aws_elastigroup-list-elements.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 876b212690..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2355-spotinst_aws_elastigroup-list-elements.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - spotinst_aws_elastigroup - elements of list parameters are now validated (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2355).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2364-influxdb_user-first_user.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2364-influxdb_user-first_user.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 905688643b..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2364-influxdb_user-first_user.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - influxdb_user - allow creation of admin users when InfluxDB authentication
-    is enabled but no other user exists on the database. In this scenario,
-    InfluxDB 1.x allows only ``CREATE USER`` queries and rejects any other query
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2364).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2383-influxdb_retention_policy-add-state-option.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2383-influxdb_retention_policy-add-state-option.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b8e358848e..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2383-influxdb_retention_policy-add-state-option.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - influxdb_retention_policy - add ``state`` parameter with allowed values
-    ``present`` and ``absent`` to support deletion of existing retention policies
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2383).
-  - influxdb_retention_policy - simplify duration logic parsing
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2385).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2393-module_helper-breakdown.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2393-module_helper-breakdown.yml
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index 472a1c3569..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2393-module_helper-breakdown.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - module_helper module utils - break down of the long file into smaller pieces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2393).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2410-linode-improvements.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2410-linode-improvements.yml
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index cdf8551b08..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2410-linode-improvements.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - linode - parameter ``backupsenabled`` is deprecated and will be removed in community.general 5.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2410).
-minor_changes:
-  - linode - added proper traceback when failing due to exceptions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2410).
-  - linode - parameter ``additional_disks`` is now validated as a list of dictionaries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2410).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2417-nmcli_remove_dead_code.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2417-nmcli_remove_dead_code.yml
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index 9d94c393fa..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2417-nmcli_remove_dead_code.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - remove dead code, ``options`` never contains keys from ``param_alias`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2417).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2450-gitlab_user-add_expires_at_option.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/2450-gitlab_user-add_expires_at_option.yaml
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index 290e13847a..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2450-gitlab_user-add_expires_at_option.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab_user - add ``expires_at`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2325).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2472_filesystem_module_revamp.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2472_filesystem_module_revamp.yml
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index 691c861078..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2472_filesystem_module_revamp.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - "filesystem - cleanup and revamp module, tests and doc. Pass all commands to
-    ``module.run_command()`` as lists. Move the device-vs-mountpoint logic to
-    ``grow()`` method. Give to all ``get_fs_size()`` the same logic and error
-    handling. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2472)."
-bugfixes:
-  - "filesystem - repair ``reiserfs`` fstype support after adding it to integration
-    tests (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2472)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2485-java_keystore-ssl_backend-parameter.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2485-java_keystore-ssl_backend-parameter.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b446476f82..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2485-java_keystore-ssl_backend-parameter.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - java_keystore - added ``ssl_backend`` parameter for using the cryptography library instead of the OpenSSL binary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2485).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2499-influxdb_user-fix-multiple-no-privileges.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2499-influxdb_user-fix-multiple-no-privileges.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d4575ea711..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2499-influxdb_user-fix-multiple-no-privileges.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - influxdb_user - fix bug where an influxdb user has no privileges for 2 or more databases (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2499).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2500-passwordstore-add_option_ignore_missing.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2500-passwordstore-add_option_ignore_missing.yml
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index 6141ac7747..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2500-passwordstore-add_option_ignore_missing.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - passwordstore lookup - add option ``missing`` to choose what to do if the password file is missing
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2500).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2514-mh-improved-changed.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2514-mh-improved-changed.yml
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index b540600130..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2514-mh-improved-changed.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ModuleHelper module utils - improved mechanism for customizing the calculation of ``changed`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2514).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2517-cmd-params-from-vars.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2517-cmd-params-from-vars.yml
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index 95a2f7165d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2517-cmd-params-from-vars.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - cmd (Module Helper) module utils - ``CmdMixin`` now pulls the value for ``run_command()`` params from ``self.vars``, as opposed to previously retrieving those from ``self.module.params`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2517).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2518-nmap-fix-cache-disabled.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2518-nmap-fix-cache-disabled.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f4680b6a6..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2518-nmap-fix-cache-disabled.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - nmap inventory plugin - fix local variable error when cache is disabled (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2512).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2520-connection-refactors.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2520-connection-refactors.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e5c8273d7..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2520-connection-refactors.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - chroot connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
-  - funcd connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
-  - iocage connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
-  - jail connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
-  - lxc connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
-  - qubes connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
-  - saltstack connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
-  - zone connection - minor refactor to make lints and IDEs happy (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2520).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2524-pacman_add_bin_option.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2524-pacman_add_bin_option.yml
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index 1a7c78f7ec..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2524-pacman_add_bin_option.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - pacman - add ``executable`` option to use an alternative pacman binary (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2524).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2525-iptables_state-fix-initialization-command.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2525-iptables_state-fix-initialization-command.yml
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index 552c0b26ab..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2525-iptables_state-fix-initialization-command.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - "iptables_state - fix initialization of iptables from null state when adressing
-    more than one table (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2523)."
-  - "iptables_state - fix a 'FutureWarning' in a regex and do some basic code clean up
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2525)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2526-java_keystore-password-via-stdin.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2526-java_keystore-password-via-stdin.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e45e306af..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2526-java_keystore-password-via-stdin.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - "java_keystore - replace envvar by stdin to pass secret to ``keytool``
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2526)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2540-zfs-delegate-choices.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2540-zfs-delegate-choices.yml
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index 8e0138420c..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2540-zfs-delegate-choices.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - zfs_delegate_admin - drop choices from permissions, allowing any permission supported by the underlying zfs commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2540).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3.1.0.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3.1.0.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c1cd23f095..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3.1.0.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: Regular feature and bugfix release.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/deprecate-ipaddress.yml b/changelogs/fragments/deprecate-ipaddress.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 545a66c7f1..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/deprecate-ipaddress.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-- "The vendored copy of ``ipaddress`` will be removed in community.general 4.0.0. Please switch to ``ipaddress`` from the Python 3 standard library, or `from pypi <https://pypi.org/project/ipaddress/>`_, if your code relies on the vendored version of ``ipaddress`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2459)."
-- "scaleway_security_group_rule - the module will require ``ipaddress`` installed when used with Python 2 from community.general 4.0.0 on. ``ipaddress`` is part of the Python 3 standard library, but can be installed for Python 2 from pypi (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2459)."
-- "lxd inventory plugin - the plugin will require ``ipaddress`` installed when used with Python 2 from community.general 4.0.0 on. ``ipaddress`` is part of the Python 3 standard library, but can be installed for Python 2 from pypi (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2459)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/nios-deprecation.yml b/changelogs/fragments/nios-deprecation.yml
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index bcfc2b4128..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/nios-deprecation.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-- "The nios, nios_next_ip, nios_next_network lookup plugins, the nios documentation fragment, and the nios_host_record, nios_ptr_record, nios_mx_record, nios_fixed_address, nios_zone, nios_member, nios_a_record, nios_aaaa_record, nios_network, nios_dns_view, nios_txt_record, nios_naptr_record, nios_srv_record, nios_cname_record, nios_nsgroup, and nios_network_view module have been deprecated and will be removed from community.general 5.0.0. Please install the `infoblox.nios_modules <https://galaxy.ansible.com/infoblox/nios_modules>`_ collection instead and use its plugins and modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2458)."