Release 6.5.0.

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,68 @@ Community General Release Notes
 
 This changelog describes changes after version 5.0.0.
 
+v6.5.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Feature and bugfix release.
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- apt_rpm - adds ``clean``, ``dist_upgrade`` and ``update_kernel``  parameters for clear caches, complete upgrade system, and upgrade kernel packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5867).
+- dconf - parse GVariants for equality comparison when the Python module ``gi.repository`` is available (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6049).
+- gitlab_runner - allow to register group runner (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3935).
+- jira - add worklog functionality (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6209, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6210).
+- ldap modules - add ``ca_path`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6185).
+- make - add ``command`` return value to the module output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6160).
+- nmap inventory plugin - add new option ``open`` for only returning open ports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6200).
+- nmap inventory plugin - add new option ``port`` for port specific scan (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6165).
+- nmcli - add ``default`` and ``default-or-eui64`` to the list of valid choices for ``addr_gen_mode6`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5974).
+- nmcli - add support for ``team.runner-fast-rate`` parameter for ``team`` connections (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6065).
+- openbsd_pkg - set ``TERM`` to ``'dumb'`` in ``execute_command()`` to make module less dependant on the ``TERM`` environment variable set on the Ansible controller (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6149).
+- pipx - optional ``install_apps`` parameter added to install applications from injected packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6198).
+- proxmox_kvm - add new ``archive`` parameter. This is needed to create a VM from an archive (backup) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6159).
+- redfish_info - adds commands to retrieve the HPE ThermalConfiguration and FanPercentMinimum settings from iLO (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6208).
+- redhat_subscription - credentials (``username``, ``activationkey``, and so on) are required now only if a system needs to be registered, or ``force_register`` is specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5664).
+- redhat_subscription - the registration is done using the D-Bus ``rhsm`` service instead of spawning a ``subscription-manager register`` command, if possible; this avoids passing plain-text credentials as arguments to ``subscription-manager register``, which can be seen while that command runs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6122).
+- ssh_config - add ``proxyjump`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5970).
+- ssh_config - vendored StormSSH's config parser to avoid having to install StormSSH to use the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6117).
+- znode module - optional ``use_tls`` parameter added for encrypted communication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6154).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- archive - avoid deprecated exception class on Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6180).
+- gitlab_runner - fix ``KeyError`` on runner creation and update (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6112).
+- influxdb_user - fix running in check mode when the user does not exist yet (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6111).
+- interfaces_file - fix reading options in lines not starting with a space (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6120).
+- jail connection plugin - add ``inventory_hostname`` to vars under ``remote_addr``. This is needed for compatibility with ansible-core 2.13 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6118).
+- memset - fix memset urlerror handling (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6114).
+- nmcli - fixed idempotency issue for bridge connections. Module forced default value of ``bridge.priority`` to nmcli if not set; if ``bridge.stp`` is disabled nmcli ignores it and keep default (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3216, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4683).
+- nmcli - fixed idempotency issue when module params is set to ``may_fail4=false`` and ``method4=disabled``; in this case nmcli ignores change and keeps their own default value ``yes`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6106).
+- nmcli - implemented changing mtu value on vlan interfaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4387).
+- opkg - fixes bug when using ``update_cache=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6004).
+- redhat_subscription, rhsm_release, rhsm_repository - cleanly fail when not running as root, rather than hanging on an interactive ``console-helper`` prompt; they all interact with ``subscription-manager``, which already requires to be run as root (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/734, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6211).
+- xenorchestra inventory plugin - fix failure to receive objects from server due to not checking the id of the response (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6227).
+- yarn - fix ``global=true`` to not fail when `executable` wasn't specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6132)
+- yarn - fixes bug where yarn module tasks would fail when warnings were emitted from Yarn. The ``yarn.list`` method was not filtering out warnings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6127).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Lookup
+~~~~~~
+
+- merge_variables - merge variables with a certain suffix
+
+New Modules
+-----------
+
+- kdeconfig - Manage KDE configuration files
+
 v6.4.0
 ======
 

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -1122,3 +1122,118 @@ releases:
     - 6100-jenkins_plugin.yml
     - remove-unneeded-imports.yml
     release_date: '2023-02-27'
+  6.5.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - archive - avoid deprecated exception class on Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6180).
+      - gitlab_runner - fix ``KeyError`` on runner creation and update (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6112).
+      - influxdb_user - fix running in check mode when the user does not exist yet
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6111).
+      - interfaces_file - fix reading options in lines not starting with a space (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6120).
+      - jail connection plugin - add ``inventory_hostname`` to vars under ``remote_addr``.
+        This is needed for compatibility with ansible-core 2.13 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6118).
+      - memset - fix memset urlerror handling (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6114).
+      - nmcli - fixed idempotency issue for bridge connections. Module forced default
+        value of ``bridge.priority`` to nmcli if not set; if ``bridge.stp`` is disabled
+        nmcli ignores it and keep default (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3216,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4683).
+      - nmcli - fixed idempotency issue when module params is set to ``may_fail4=false``
+        and ``method4=disabled``; in this case nmcli ignores change and keeps their
+        own default value ``yes`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6106).
+      - nmcli - implemented changing mtu value on vlan interfaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4387).
+      - opkg - fixes bug when using ``update_cache=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6004).
+      - redhat_subscription, rhsm_release, rhsm_repository - cleanly fail when not
+        running as root, rather than hanging on an interactive ``console-helper``
+        prompt; they all interact with ``subscription-manager``, which already requires
+        to be run as root (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/734,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6211).
+      - xenorchestra inventory plugin - fix failure to receive objects from server
+        due to not checking the id of the response (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6227).
+      - yarn - fix ``global=true`` to not fail when `executable` wasn't specified
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6132)
+      - yarn - fixes bug where yarn module tasks would fail when warnings were emitted
+        from Yarn. The ``yarn.list`` method was not filtering out warnings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6127).
+      minor_changes:
+      - apt_rpm - adds ``clean``, ``dist_upgrade`` and ``update_kernel``  parameters
+        for clear caches, complete upgrade system, and upgrade kernel packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5867).
+      - dconf - parse GVariants for equality comparison when the Python module ``gi.repository``
+        is available (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6049).
+      - gitlab_runner - allow to register group runner (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3935).
+      - jira - add worklog functionality (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6209,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6210).
+      - ldap modules - add ``ca_path`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6185).
+      - make - add ``command`` return value to the module output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6160).
+      - nmap inventory plugin - add new option ``open`` for only returning open ports
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6200).
+      - nmap inventory plugin - add new option ``port`` for port specific scan (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6165).
+      - nmcli - add ``default`` and ``default-or-eui64`` to the list of valid choices
+        for ``addr_gen_mode6`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5974).
+      - nmcli - add support for ``team.runner-fast-rate`` parameter for ``team`` connections
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6065).
+      - openbsd_pkg - set ``TERM`` to ``'dumb'`` in ``execute_command()`` to make
+        module less dependant on the ``TERM`` environment variable set on the Ansible
+        controller (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6149).
+      - pipx - optional ``install_apps`` parameter added to install applications from
+        injected packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6198).
+      - proxmox_kvm - add new ``archive`` parameter. This is needed to create a VM
+        from an archive (backup) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6159).
+      - redfish_info - adds commands to retrieve the HPE ThermalConfiguration and
+        FanPercentMinimum settings from iLO (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6208).
+      - redhat_subscription - credentials (``username``, ``activationkey``, and so
+        on) are required now only if a system needs to be registered, or ``force_register``
+        is specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5664).
+      - redhat_subscription - the registration is done using the D-Bus ``rhsm`` service
+        instead of spawning a ``subscription-manager register`` command, if possible;
+        this avoids passing plain-text credentials as arguments to ``subscription-manager
+        register``, which can be seen while that command runs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6122).
+      - ssh_config - add ``proxyjump`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5970).
+      - ssh_config - vendored StormSSH's config parser to avoid having to install
+        StormSSH to use the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6117).
+      - znode module - optional ``use_tls`` parameter added for encrypted communication
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6154).
+      release_summary: Feature and bugfix release.
+    fragments:
+    - 3216-nmcli-bridge-idempotency-fix.yml
+    - 3935-add-gitlab-group-runner.yml
+    - 4387-nmcli-mtu-for-vlan-connection-fix.yml
+    - 5664-redhat_subscription-credentials-when-needed.yaml
+    - 5867-apt_rpm-add-clean-and-upgrade.yml
+    - 5970-add-proxyjump-option-to-ssh-config.yml
+    - 5974-nmcli_add_new_addr_gen_mode6_options.yml
+    - 6.5.0.yml
+    - 6049-dconf-strings.yml
+    - 6065-nmcli-add-runner-fast-rate-option.yml
+    - 6106-nmcli-ipv4-mayfail-idempotency-fix.yml
+    - 6111-influxdb_user-check-mode.yaml
+    - 6112-fix_key_error_in_gitlab_runner_creation_update.yml
+    - 6114-memset-add-url-error-handling.yml
+    - 6117-remove-stormssh-depend.yml
+    - 6118-jail-plugin-fix-default-inventory_hostname.yml
+    - 6119-opkg-update.yaml
+    - 6122-redhat_subscription-subscribe-via-dbus.yaml
+    - 6127-yarn-ignore-warnings.yml
+    - 6131-fix-interfaces_file-for-no-leading-spaces.yml
+    - 6138-fix-yarn-global.yml
+    - 6149-openbsd_pkg-term.yml
+    - 6154-znode-optional-tls.yml
+    - 6158-create-proxmox-vm-from-archive.yml
+    - 6160-add-command-make-output.yml
+    - 6165-nmap-port.yml
+    - 6180-replace-deprecated-badzipfile.yml
+    - 6198-pipx-inject-install-apps.yml
+    - 6200-adding-open-option-to-nmap.yml
+    - 6208-hpe-thermal-fan-percent.yaml
+    - 6210-add-worklog-functionality-to-jira.yml
+    - 6211-rhsm-require-root.yml
+    - 6227-xen-orchestra-check-response-id.yml
+    - xxxx-ldap-ca-cert-file.yml
+    modules:
+    - description: Manage KDE configuration files
+      name: kdeconfig
+      namespace: ''
+    plugins:
+      lookup:
+      - description: merge variables with a certain suffix
+        name: merge_variables
+        namespace: null
+    release_date: '2023-03-27'

changelogs/fragments/3216-nmcli-bridge-idempotency-fix.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - nmcli - fixed idempotency issue for bridge connections. Module forced default value of ``bridge.priority`` to nmcli if not set; if ``bridge.stp`` is disabled nmcli ignores it and keep default (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3216, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4683).

changelogs/fragments/3935-add-gitlab-group-runner.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - 'gitlab_runner - allow to register group runner (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3935).'

changelogs/fragments/4387-nmcli-mtu-for-vlan-connection-fix.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - nmcli - implemented changing mtu value on vlan interfaces (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4387).

changelogs/fragments/5664-redhat_subscription-credentials-when-needed.yaml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redhat_subscription - credentials (``username``, ``activationkey``, and so on) are required now
-    only if a system needs to be registered, or ``force_register`` is specified
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5664).

changelogs/fragments/5867-apt_rpm-add-clean-and-upgrade.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - apt_rpm - adds ``clean``, ``dist_upgrade`` and ``update_kernel``  parameters for clear caches, complete upgrade system, and upgrade kernel packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5867).

changelogs/fragments/5970-add-proxyjump-option-to-ssh-config.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ssh_config - add ``proxyjump`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5970).

changelogs/fragments/5974-nmcli_add_new_addr_gen_mode6_options.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - add ``default`` and ``default-or-eui64`` to the list of valid choices for ``addr_gen_mode6`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/5974).

changelogs/fragments/6.5.0.yml

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: Feature and bugfix release.

changelogs/fragments/6049-dconf-strings.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - dconf - parse GVariants for equality comparison when the Python module ``gi.repository`` is available (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6049).

changelogs/fragments/6065-nmcli-add-runner-fast-rate-option.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - add support for ``team.runner-fast-rate`` parameter for ``team`` connections (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6065).

changelogs/fragments/6106-nmcli-ipv4-mayfail-idempotency-fix.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - nmcli - fixed idempotency issue when module params is set to ``may_fail4=false`` and ``method4=disabled``; in this case nmcli ignores change and keeps their own default value ``yes`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6106).

changelogs/fragments/6111-influxdb_user-check-mode.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - influxdb_user - fix running in check mode when the user does not exist yet (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6111).

changelogs/fragments/6112-fix_key_error_in_gitlab_runner_creation_update.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - gitlab_runner - fix ``KeyError`` on runner creation and update (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6112).

changelogs/fragments/6114-memset-add-url-error-handling.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "memset - fix memset urlerror handling (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6114)."

changelogs/fragments/6117-remove-stormssh-depend.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-      - ssh_config - vendored StormSSH's config parser to avoid having to install StormSSH to use the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6117).

changelogs/fragments/6118-jail-plugin-fix-default-inventory_hostname.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "jail connection plugin - add ``inventory_hostname`` to vars under ``remote_addr``. This is needed for compatibility with ansible-core 2.13 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6118)."

changelogs/fragments/6119-opkg-update.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - opkg - fixes bug when using ``update_cache=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6004).

changelogs/fragments/6122-redhat_subscription-subscribe-via-dbus.yaml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redhat_subscription - the registration is done using the D-Bus ``rhsm`` service instead of spawning a ``subscription-manager register`` command, if possible;
-    this avoids passing plain-text credentials as arguments to ``subscription-manager register``, which can be seen while that command runs
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6122).

changelogs/fragments/6127-yarn-ignore-warnings.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - yarn - fixes bug where yarn module tasks would fail when warnings were emitted from Yarn. The ``yarn.list`` method was not filtering out warnings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6127).

changelogs/fragments/6131-fix-interfaces_file-for-no-leading-spaces.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - interfaces_file - fix reading options in lines not starting with a space (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6120).

changelogs/fragments/6138-fix-yarn-global.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - yarn - fix ``global=true`` to not fail when `executable` wasn't specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6132)

changelogs/fragments/6149-openbsd_pkg-term.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - openbsd_pkg - set ``TERM`` to ``'dumb'`` in ``execute_command()`` to make module less dependant on the ``TERM`` environment variable set on the Ansible controller (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6149).

changelogs/fragments/6154-znode-optional-tls.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - znode module - optional ``use_tls`` parameter added for encrypted communication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6154).

changelogs/fragments/6158-create-proxmox-vm-from-archive.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "proxmox_kvm - add new ``archive`` parameter. This is needed to create a VM from an archive (backup) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6159)."

changelogs/fragments/6160-add-command-make-output.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - make - add ``command`` return value to the module output (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6160).

changelogs/fragments/6165-nmap-port.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
- - nmap inventory plugin - add new option ``port`` for port specific scan (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6165).

changelogs/fragments/6180-replace-deprecated-badzipfile.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "archive - avoid deprecated exception class on Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6180)."

changelogs/fragments/6198-pipx-inject-install-apps.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - pipx - optional ``install_apps`` parameter added to install applications from injected packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6198).

changelogs/fragments/6200-adding-open-option-to-nmap.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - nmap inventory plugin - add new option ``open`` for only returning open ports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6200).

changelogs/fragments/6208-hpe-thermal-fan-percent.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_info - adds commands to retrieve the HPE ThermalConfiguration and FanPercentMinimum settings from iLO (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6208).

changelogs/fragments/6210-add-worklog-functionality-to-jira.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - jira - add worklog functionality (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6209, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6210).

changelogs/fragments/6211-rhsm-require-root.yml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - redhat_subscription, rhsm_release, rhsm_repository - cleanly fail when not running as root,
-    rather than hanging on an interactive ``console-helper`` prompt; they all interact with
-    ``subscription-manager``, which already requires to be run as root
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/734,
-     https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6211).

changelogs/fragments/6227-xen-orchestra-check-response-id.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - xenorchestra inventory plugin - fix failure to receive objects from server due to not checking the id of the response (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6227).

changelogs/fragments/xxxx-ldap-ca-cert-file.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ldap modules - add ``ca_path`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6185).