Add 'state' parameter for alternatives (#4557) (#4576)

* Add 'activate' parameter for alternatives

Allow alternatives to be installed without being set as the current
selection.

* add changelog fragment

* Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

* rename 'activate' -> 'selected'

* rework 'selected' parameter -> 'state'

* handle unsetting of currently selected alternative

* add integration tests for 'state' parameter

* fix linting issues

* fix for Python 2.7 compatibility

* Remove alternatives file.

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
(cherry picked from commit 29c49febd9)

Co-authored-by: Tanner Prestegard <tprestegard@users.noreply.github.com>
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minor_changes:
- alternatives - add ``state`` parameter, which provides control over whether the alternative should be set as the active selection for its alternatives group (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4543, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4557).