The main branch is prepared for 9.0.0, and continues to accept features for 8.1.0.

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-ancestor: 7.0.0
+ancestor: 8.0.0
 releases: {}

changelogs/fragments/3787-pass-composer-working-dir.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - composer - fix impossible to run ``working_dir`` dependent commands. The module was throwing an error when trying to run a ``working_dir`` dependent command, because it tried to get the command help without passing the ``working_dir`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3787).

changelogs/fragments/6134-add-locked-option-for-cargo.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "cargo - add option ``locked`` which allows user to specify install the locked version of dependency instead of latest compatible version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6134)."

changelogs/fragments/6223-get-secret-ids-by-folderid.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - tss lookup plugin - allow to fetch secret IDs which are in a folder based on folder ID. Previously, we could not fetch secrets based on folder ID but now use ``fetch_secret_ids_from_folder`` option to indicate to fetch secret IDs based on folder ID (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6223).

changelogs/fragments/6435-snap-channel-aware.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - snap - module is now aware of channel when deciding whether to install or refresh the snap (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6435, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1606).

changelogs/fragments/6469-add-composites-support-for-keycloak-role.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - keycloak_role - add composite roles support for realm and client roles (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6469).

changelogs/fragments/6471-redfish-add-multipart-http-push-command.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_command - add ``MultipartHTTPPushUpdate`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6471, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6612).

changelogs/fragments/6502-cobbler-inventory_hostname.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - cobbler inventory plugin - add ``inventory_hostname`` option to allow using the system name for the inventory hostname (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6502).
-  - cobbler inventory plugin - add warning for systems with empty profiles (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6502).

changelogs/fragments/6510-proxmox-create-support_timezone.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox - support ``timezone`` parameter at container creation
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6510).

changelogs/fragments/6512-cpanm-default-mode.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - cpanm - value ``compatibility`` is deprecated as default for parameter ``mode`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6512).

changelogs/fragments/6513-opkg-default-force.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - opkg - remove default value ``""`` for parameter ``force`` as it causes the same behaviour of not having that parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6513).

changelogs/fragments/6520-mas-disable-signin.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - "mas - disable sign-in check for macOS 12+ as ``mas account`` is non-functional (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6520)."

changelogs/fragments/6522-copr-respawn.yaml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - "copr - respawn module to use the system python interpreter when the ``dnf`` python module is not available in ``ansible_python_interpreter``
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6522)."

changelogs/fragments/6523-datadog-monitor-notification-preset-name-and-renotify.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - datadog_monitor - adds ``notification_preset_name``, ``renotify_occurrences`` and ``renotify_statuses`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6521,https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5823).

changelogs/fragments/6525-sorcery-import.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - sorcery - minor refactor (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6525).

changelogs/fragments/6527-nmcli-bond-fix-xmit_hash_policy.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - nmcli - fix bond option ``xmit_hash_policy`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6527).

changelogs/fragments/6531-opentelemetry-add-event-attributes.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - opentelemetry callback plugin - add span attributes in the span event (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6531).

changelogs/fragments/6533-proxmox_kvm-tpmstate0-support.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox_kvm - added support for ``tpmstate0`` parameter to configure TPM (Trusted Platform Module) disk. TPM is required for Windows 11 installations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6533).

changelogs/fragments/6534-zypper-exitcode-102-handled.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - zypper - added handling of zypper exitcode 102. Changed state is set correctly now and rc 102 is still preserved to be evaluated by the playbook (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6534).

changelogs/fragments/6539-semantic-markup.yml

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - "The collection will start using semantic markup (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6539)."
-known_issues:
-  - "Ansible markup will show up in raw form on ansible-doc text output for ansible-core before 2.15. If you have trouble deciphering the
-     documentation markup, please upgrade to ansible-core 2.15 (or newer), or read the HTML documentation on
-     https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/collections/community/general/ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6539)."

changelogs/fragments/6548-portage-changed_use-newuse.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - portage - fix ``changed_use`` and ``newuse`` not triggering rebuilds (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6008, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6548).

changelogs/fragments/6554-proxmox-tasks-info-fix-required-password.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox_tasks_info - remove ``api_user`` + ``api_password`` constraint from ``required_together`` as it causes to require ``api_password`` even when API token param is used (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6201).

changelogs/fragments/6568-fix-get-user-by-username-in-keycloak-module-utils.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - keycloak module utils - the function ``get_user_by_username`` now return the user representation or ``None`` as stated in the documentation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6758).

changelogs/fragments/6570-handle-shutdown-timeout.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox_kvm - re-use ``timeout`` module param to forcefully shutdown a virtual machine when ``state`` is ``stopped`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6257).

changelogs/fragments/6576-proxmox-snap-allow-to-remove-old-snapshots.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - "proxmox_snap - add ``retention`` parameter to delete old snapshots (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6576)."

changelogs/fragments/6601-cmdrunner-deprecate-default-type.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - CmdRunner module utils - deprecate ``cmd_runner_fmt.as_default_type()`` formatter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6601).

changelogs/fragments/6602-vardict-as-dict.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - VarDict module utils - add method ``VarDict.as_dict()`` to convert to a plain ``dict`` object (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6602).

changelogs/fragments/6640-proxmox-composite-variables-support.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox inventory plugin - add composite variables support for Proxmox nodes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6640).

changelogs/fragments/6644-dependencymixin-fix.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - MH DependencyMixin module utils - deprecation notice was popping up for modules not using dependencies (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6644, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6639).

changelogs/fragments/6646-redhat_subscription-deprecate-autosubscribe.yml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-- |
-  redhat_subscription - the ``autosubscribe`` alias for the ``auto_attach`` option has been
-  deprecated for many years, although only in the documentation. Officially mark this alias
-  as deprecated, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0
-  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6646).

changelogs/fragments/6647-vardict-methods.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - vardict module utils - added convenience methods to ``VarDict`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6647).
-breaking_changes:
-  - vardict module utils - ``VarDict`` will no longer accept variables named ``_var``, ``get_meta``, and ``as_dict`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6647).

changelogs/fragments/6648_ldap_search_page_size.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ldap_search - add a new ``page_size`` option to enable paged searches (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6648).

changelogs/fragments/6649-varsmixin-deprecation.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - MH VarsMixin module utils - deprecates ``VarsMixin`` and supporting classes in favor of plain ``vardict`` module util (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6649).

changelogs/fragments/6650-redhat_subscription-deprecate-pool.yml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-- |
-  redhat_subscription - the ``pool`` option is deprecated in favour of the
-  more precise and flexible ``pool_ids`` option
-  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6650).

changelogs/fragments/6658-redhat_subscription-internal-rhsm-refactor.yml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - |
-    redhat_subscription - the internal ``RegistrationBase`` class was folded
-    into the other internal ``Rhsm`` class, as the separation had no purpose
-    anymore
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6658).

changelogs/fragments/6660-onepassword-lookup-service-account.yaml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - onepassword lookup plugin - add service account support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6635, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6660).
-  - onepassword_raw lookup plugin - add service account support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6635, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6660).

changelogs/fragments/6662-csv-bom.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - csv module utils - detects and remove unicode BOM markers from incoming CSV content (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6662).

changelogs/fragments/6663-deprecate-module_utils-redhat.yml

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - |
-    redhat module utils - the ``module_utils.redhat`` module is deprecated, as
-    effectively unused: the ``Rhsm``, ``RhsmPool``, and ``RhsmPools`` classes
-    will be removed in community.general 9.0.0; the ``RegistrationBase`` class
-    will be removed in community.general 10.0.0 together with the
-    ``rhn_register`` module, as it is the only user of this class; this means
-    that the whole ``module_utils.redhat`` module will be dropped in
-    community.general 10.0.0, so importing it without even using anything of it
-    will fail
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6663).

changelogs/fragments/6668-ldap-client-cert.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ldap_* - add new arguments ``client_cert`` and ``client_key`` to the LDAP modules in order to allow certificate authentication (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6668).

changelogs/fragments/6669-rhsm_release-internal-sub-man-exec.yml

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - |
-    rhsm_release - improve/harden the way ``subscription-manager`` is run;
-    no behaviour change is expected
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6669).

changelogs/fragments/6673-rhsm_repository-deprecate-present-absent.yml

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-- |
-  rhsm_repository - ``state=present`` has not been working as expected for many years,
-  and it seems it was not noticed so far; also, "presence" is not really a valid concept
-  for subscription repositories, which can only be enabled or disabled. Hence, mark the
-  ``present`` and ``absent`` values of the ``state`` option as deprecated, slating them
-  for removal in community.general 10.0.0
-  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6673).

changelogs/fragments/6676-rhsm_repository-fix-returned-repositories-with-purge.yml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - |
-    rhsm_repository - when using the ``purge`` option, the ``repositories``
-    dictionary element in the returned JSON is now properly updated according
-    to the pruning operation
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6676).

changelogs/fragments/6680-filesystem-uuid-change.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - filesystem - add ``uuid`` parameter for UUID change feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6680).

changelogs/fragments/6682-lvg-clonesupport.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - lvg - add ``active`` and ``inactive`` values to the ``state`` option for active state management feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6682).
-  - lvg - add ``reset_vg_uuid``, ``reset_pv_uuid`` options for UUID reset feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6682).

changelogs/fragments/6687-support-subgroups-for-keycloak-client-rolemapping.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - keycloak_client_rolemapping - adds support for subgroups with additional parameter ``parents`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6687).

changelogs/fragments/6688-is-struct-included-bug-in-keycloak-py.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - keycloak module utils - fix ``is_struct_included`` handling of lists of lists/dictionaries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6688).

changelogs/fragments/6709-proxmox-create-vm-with-existing-name.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox_kvm - allow creation of VM with existing name but new vmid (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6155, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6709).

changelogs/fragments/6711-cobbler-ip-address.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - cobbler inventory plugin - add ``want_ip_addresses`` option to collect all interface DNS name to IP address mapping (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6711).
-  - cobbler inventory plugin - add primary IP addess to ``cobbler_ipv4_address`` and IPv6 address to ``cobbler_ipv6_address`` host variable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6711).

changelogs/fragments/6712-gitlab_group-filtered-for-none-values.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - gitlab_group - the module passed parameters to the API call even when not set. The module is now filtering out ``None`` values to remediate this (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6712).

changelogs/fragments/6713-yay-become.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - pacman - module recognizes the output of ``yay`` running as ``root`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6713).

changelogs/fragments/6719-redfish-utils-fix-for-get-volume-inventory.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_info - fix for ``GetVolumeInventory``, Controller name was getting populated incorrectly and duplicates were seen in the volumes retrieved (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6719).

changelogs/fragments/6720-tss-fix-fetch-attachments.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "tss lookup plugin - fix multiple issues when using ``fetch_attachments=true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6720)."

changelogs/fragments/6734-keycloak-auth-management-indexing.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - keycloak_authentication - fix Keycloak authentication flow (step or sub-flow) indexing during update, if not specified by the user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6734).

changelogs/fragments/6748-icinga2_host-datafix.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "icinga2_host - fix a key error when updating an existing host (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6748)."

changelogs/fragments/6755-refactor-consul-session-to-use-requests-lib-instead-of-consul.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - consul_session - drops requirement for the ``python-consul`` library to communicate with the Consul API, instead relying on the existing ``requests`` library requirement (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6755).

changelogs/fragments/6757-proxmox-template-fix-upload-error.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox_template - require ``requests_toolbelt`` module to fix issue with uploading large templates (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5579, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6757).

changelogs/fragments/6763-keycloak-auth-provider-choices.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - keycloak_authentication - added provider ID choices, since Keycloak supports only those two specific ones (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6763).

changelogs/fragments/6769-nmcli-fix-empty-list.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
- bugfixes:
-  - nmcli - fix support for empty list (in compare and scrape) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6769).

changelogs/fragments/6770-proxmox_disk_create_cdrom.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox_disk - fix unable to create ``cdrom`` media due to ``size`` always being appended (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6770).

changelogs/fragments/6771-redfish-filter-empty-account-slots.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - redfish_info - fix ``ListUsers`` to not show empty account slots (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6771, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6772).

changelogs/fragments/6773-proxmox_kvm-restarted-state-bug-fix.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox_kvm - ``restarted`` state did not actually restart a VM in some VM configurations. The state now uses the Proxmox reboot endpoint instead of calling the ``stop_vm`` and ``start_vm`` functions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6773).

changelogs/fragments/6774-locale-gen-fix.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - locale_gen - now works for locales without the underscore character such as ``C.UTF-8`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6774, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5142, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4305).

changelogs/fragments/6783-6837-rhsm_repository-internal-refactor.yml

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - |
-    rhsm_repository - the interaction with ``subscription-manager`` was
-    refactored by grouping things together, removing unused bits, and hardening
-    the way it is run; also, the parsing of ``subscription-manager repos --list``
-    was improved and made slightly faster; no behaviour change is expected
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6783,
-    https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6837).

changelogs/fragments/6785-openbsd_pkg_pkg_info_handling.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - openbsd_pkg - the pkg_info(1) behavior has changed in OpenBSD >7.3. The error message ``Can't find`` should not lead to an error case (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6785).

changelogs/fragments/6811-datadog-downtime-rrule-type.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - datadog_downtime - presence of ``rrule`` param lead to the Datadog API returning Bad Request due to a missing recurrence type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6811).

changelogs/fragments/6813-redfish-config-add-create-volume.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_config - add ``CreateVolume`` command to allow creation of volumes on servers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6813).

changelogs/fragments/6814-redfish-config-add-delete-all-volumes.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_config - add ``DeleteAllVolumes`` command to allow deletion of all volumes on servers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6814).

changelogs/fragments/6819-redfish-utils-add-links-parameter-for-get_disk_inventory.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_utils module utils - support ``Volumes`` in response for ``GetDiskInventory`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6819).

changelogs/fragments/6820-locale-gen-cmdrunner.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - locale_gen - module now using ``CmdRunner`` to execute external commands (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6820).

changelogs/fragments/6823-redfish-add-account-type-management.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_info - add ``AccountTypes`` and ``OEMAccountTypes`` to the output of ``ListUsers`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6823, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6871).
-  - redfish_command - add ``account_types`` and ``oem_account_types`` as optional inputs to ``AddUser`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6823, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6871).

changelogs/fragments/6826-snap-out-strip.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - snap - fix the processing of the commands' output, stripping spaces and newlines from it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6826, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6803).

changelogs/fragments/6827-proxmox_kvm-force-delete-bug-fix.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox_kvm - ``absent`` state with ``force`` specified failed to stop the VM due to the ``timeout`` value not being passed to ``stop_vm`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6827).

changelogs/fragments/6835-snap-missing-track.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - snap - assume default track ``latest`` in parameter ``channel`` when not specified (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6835, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6821).

changelogs/fragments/6836-proxmox-deprecate-compatibility.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - proxmox - old feature flag ``proxmox_default_behavior`` will be removed in community.general 10.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6836).

changelogs/fragments/6838-proxmox-dict-template.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox - fix error when a configuration had no ``template`` field (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6838, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5372).

changelogs/fragments/6839-promoxer-tokens.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox module utils - add logic to detect whether an old Promoxer complains about the ``token_name`` and ``token_value`` parameters and provide a better error message when that happens (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6839, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5371).

changelogs/fragments/6841-htpasswd-crypt-scheme.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - htpasswd - the parameter ``crypt_scheme`` is being renamed as ``hash_scheme`` and added as an alias to it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6841).

changelogs/fragments/6848-npm-required-if.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - npm - minor improvement on parameter validation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6848).

changelogs/fragments/6861-yum_versionlock_minor_change_add-pinning-specific-versions.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - yum_versionlock - add support to pin specific package versions instead of only the package itself (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6861, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4470).

changelogs/fragments/6862-opkg-exec.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - opkg - add ``executable`` parameter allowing to specify the path of the ``opkg`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6862).

changelogs/fragments/6864-redfish-utils-fix-for-processorarchitecture-in-cpu-inventory.yaml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_info - adds ``ProcessorArchitecture`` to CPU inventory (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6864).

changelogs/fragments/6873-proxmox-imports.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-removed_features:
-  - proxmox module utils - removed unused imports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6873).

changelogs/fragments/6882-make-multiple-targets.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - make - add new ``targets`` parameter allowing multiple targets to be used with ``make`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6882, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4919).

changelogs/fragments/6883-redfish-utils-changing-variable-names-in-get-volume-inventory.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - refish_utils module utils - changing variable names to avoid issues occuring when fetching Volumes data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6883).

changelogs/fragments/6887-deprecate-stackdrive.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - stackdriver - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6887).

changelogs/fragments/6901-htpasswd-refactor.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - htpasswd - minor code improvements in the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6901).
-removed_features:
-  - htpasswd - removed code for passlib <1.6 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6901).

changelogs/fragments/6902-added-support-in-nmcli-for-ipvx-dns-options.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - add support for ``ipv4.dns-options`` and ``ipv6.dns-options`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6902).

changelogs/fragments/6903-locale-gen-refactor.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - locale_gen - module has been refactored to use ``ModuleHelper`` and ``CmdRunner`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6903).

changelogs/fragments/6905-ipa_dnszone-key-error-fix.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ipa_dnszone - fix 'idnsallowsyncptr' key error for reverse zone (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6906, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6905).

changelogs/fragments/6908-snap-dangerous.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - snap - add option ``dangerous`` to the module, that will map into the command line argument ``--dangerous``, allowing unsigned snap files to be installed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6908, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/5715).

changelogs/fragments/6909-deprecate-webfaction.yml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - webfaction_app - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
-  - webfaction_db - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
-  - webfaction_domain - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
-  - webfaction_mailbox - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).
-  - webfaction_site - module relies entirely on no longer existent API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6909).

changelogs/fragments/6914-proxmox_kvm-enable-force-restart.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox_kvm - enabled force restart of VM, bringing the ``force`` parameter functionality in line with what is described in the docs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6914).

changelogs/fragments/6923-cobbler-inventory_unicode.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - cobbler inventory plugin - convert Ansible unicode strings to native Python unicode strings before passing user/password to XMLRPC client (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6923).

changelogs/fragments/6925-cobbler-inventory-bugfix.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - cobbler inventory plugin - fix calculation of cobbler_ipv4/6_address (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6925).

changelogs/fragments/6927-pylint-comments.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab_runner - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6927).
-  - keyring - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6927).

changelogs/fragments/6928-noqa-comments.yml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab_project_variable - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
-  - pubnub_blocks - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
-  - scaleway_security_group_rule - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
-  - xenserver_guest_info - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).
-  - xenserver_guest_powerstate - minor refactor removing unnecessary code statements (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6928).

changelogs/fragments/6930-deprecate-flowdock.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - flowdock - module relies entirely on no longer responsive API endpoints, and it will be removed in community.general 9.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6930).

changelogs/fragments/6931-keycloak_client-inventory-bugfix.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - keycloak_client inventory plugin - fix missing client secret (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6931).

changelogs/fragments/6935-machinectl-become.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "machinectl become plugin - mark plugin as ``require_tty`` to automatically disable pipelining, with which this plugin is not compatible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6932, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6935)."

changelogs/fragments/6949-ejabberdctl-error.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ejabberd_user - provide meaningful error message when the ``ejabberdctl`` command is not found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7028, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6949).