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@@ -3,3 +3,299 @@ Community General Release Notes
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 .. contents:: Topics
+
+This changelog describes changes after version 4.0.0.
+
+v5.0.0-a1
+=========
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Alpha release for community.general 5.0.0.
+
+Major Changes
+-------------
+
+- The community.general collection no longer supports Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10. While we take no active measures to prevent usage, we will remove a lot of compatibility code and other compatility measures that will effectively prevent using most content from this collection with Ansible 2.9, and some content of this collection with ansible-base 2.10. Both Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10 will very soon be End of Life and if you are still using them, you should consider upgrading to ansible-core 2.11 or later as soon as possible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- Avoid internal ansible-core module_utils in favor of equivalent public API available since at least Ansible 2.9. This fixes some instances added since the last time this was fixed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4232).
+- Remove vendored copy of ``distutils.version`` in favor of vendored copy included with ansible-core 2.12+. For ansible-core 2.11, uses ``distutils.version`` for Python < 3.12. There is no support for ansible-core 2.11 with Python 3.12+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3988).
+- aix_filesystem - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3833).
+- aix_lvg - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3834).
+- alternatives - add ``state`` parameter, which provides control over whether the alternative should be set as the active selection for its alternatives group (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4543, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4557).
+- ansible_galaxy_install - added option ``no_deps`` to the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4174).
+- atomic_container - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- clc_alert_policy - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+- clc_group - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+- clc_loadbalancer - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+- clc_server - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+- cmd_runner module util - reusable command runner with consistent argument formatting and sensible defaults (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4476).
+- cobbler inventory plugin - add ``include_profiles`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4068).
+- datadog_monitor - support new datadog event monitor of type `event-v2 alert` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4457)
+- filesystem - add support for resizing btrfs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4465).
+- gitlab - add more token authentication support with the new options ``api_oauth_token`` and ``api_job_token`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/705).
+- gitlab - clean up modules and utils (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3694).
+- gitlab_group, gitlab_project - add new option ``avatar_path`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3792).
+- gitlab_group_variable - new ``variables`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038 and https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4074).
+- gitlab_project - add new option ``default_branch`` to gitlab_project (if ``readme = true``) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3792).
+- gitlab_project_variable - new ``variables`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
+- hponcfg - revamped module using ModuleHelper (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3840).
+- icinga2 inventory plugin - added the ``display_name`` field to variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3875, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3906).
+- icinga2 inventory plugin - implemented constructed interface (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4088).
+- icinga2 inventory plugin - inventory object names are changable using ``inventory_attr`` in your config file to the host object name, address, or display_name fields (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3875, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3906).
+- ip_netns - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3822).
+- ipa_dnszone - ``dynamicupdate`` is now a boolean parameter, instead of a string parameter accepting ``"true"`` and ``"false"``. Also the module is now idempotent with respect to ``dynamicupdate`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3374).
+- ipa_dnszone - add DNS zone synchronization support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3374).
+- ipa_service - add ``skip_host_check`` parameter. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4417).
+- ipmi_boot - add support for user-specified IPMI encryption key (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3698).
+- ipmi_power - add ``machine`` option to ensure the power state via the remote target address (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3968).
+- ipmi_power - add support for user-specified IPMI encryption key (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3698).
+- iso_extract - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3805).
+- java_cert - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3835).
+- jira - add support for Bearer token auth (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3838).
+- jira - when creating a comment, ``fields`` now is used for additional data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4304).
+- keycloak_* modules - added connection timeout parameter when calling server (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4168).
+- keycloak_client - add ``always_display_in_console`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4390).
+- keycloak_client - add ``default_client_scopes`` and ``optional_client_scopes`` parameters. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4385).
+- keycloak_user_federation - add sssd user federation support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3767).
+- ldap_entry - add support for recursive deletion (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3613).
+- linode inventory plugin - add support for caching inventory results (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4179).
+- linode inventory plugin - allow templating of ``access_token`` variable in Linode inventory plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4040).
+- listen_ports_facts - add support for ``ss`` command besides ``netstat`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3708).
+- lists_mergeby filter plugin - add parameters ``list_merge`` and ``recursive``. These are only supported when used with ansible-base 2.10 or ansible-core, but not with Ansible 2.9 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4058).
+- logentries - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3807).
+- logstash_plugin - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3808).
+- lxc_container - added ``wait_for_container`` parameter. If ``true`` the module will wait until the running task reports success as the status (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4039).
+- lxc_container - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3851).
+- lxd connection plugin - make sure that ``ansible_lxd_host``, ``ansible_executable``, and ``ansible_lxd_executable`` work (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3798).
+- lxd inventory plugin - support virtual machines (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3519).
+- lxd_container - adds ``project`` option to allow selecting project for LXD instance (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4479).
+- lxd_container - adds ``type`` option which also allows to operate on virtual machines and not just containers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3661).
+- lxd_profile - adds ``project`` option to allow selecting project for LXD profile (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4479).
+- mail callback plugin - add ``Message-ID`` and ``Date`` headers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4055, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4056).
+- mail callback plugin - properly use Ansible's option handling to split lists (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4140).
+- mattermost - add the possibility to send attachments instead of text messages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3946).
+- mksysb - revamped the module using ``ModuleHelper`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3295).
+- module_helper module utils - added decorators ``check_mode_skip`` and ``check_mode_skip_returns`` for skipping methods when ``check_mode=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3849).
+- monit - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3821).
+- nmap inventory plugin - add ``sudo`` option in plugin in order to execute ``sudo nmap`` so that ``nmap`` runs with elevated privileges (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4506).
+- nmcli - add ``wireguard`` connection type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3985).
+- nmcli - add missing connection aliases ``802-3-ethernet`` and ``802-11-wireless`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4108).
+- nmcli - add multiple addresses support for ``ip4`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1088, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3738).
+- nmcli - add multiple addresses support for ``ip6`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1088).
+- nmcli - add support for ``eui64`` and ``ipv6privacy`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3357).
+- nmcli - adds ``routes6`` and ``route_metric6`` parameters for supporting IPv6 routes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4059).
+- nmcli - remove nmcli modify dependency on ``type`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2858).
+- nomad_job - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- nomad_job_info - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- npm - add ability to use ``production`` flag when ``ci`` is set (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4299).
+- open_iscsi - extended module to allow rescanning of established session for one or all targets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3763).
+- opennebula - add the release action for VMs in the ``HOLD`` state (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4036).
+- opentelemetry_plugin - enrich service when using the ``docker_login`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4104).
+- opentelemetry_plugin - enrich service when using the ``jenkins``, ``hetzner`` or ``jira`` modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4105).
+- packet_device - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- packet_sshkey - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- packet_volume - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- pacman - add ``remove_nosave`` parameter to avoid saving modified configuration files as ``.pacsave`` files. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4316, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4315).
+- pacman - add ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` as return values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3758).
+- pacman - now implements proper change detection for ``update_cache=true``. Adds ``cache_updated`` return value to when ``update_cache=true`` to report this result independently of the module's overall changed return value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4337).
+- pacman - the module has been rewritten and is now much faster when using ``state=latest``. Operations are now done all packages at once instead of package per package and the configured output format of ``pacman`` no longer affect the module's operation. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3907, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3783, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4079)
+- passwordstore lookup plugin - add configurable ``lock`` and ``locktimeout`` options to avoid race conditions in itself and in the ``pass`` utility it calls. By default, the plugin now locks on write operations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4194).
+- pipx - added options ``editable`` and ``pip_args`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4300).
+- profitbricks - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- proxmox - add ``clone`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3930).
+- proxmox - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - add support for client-side jinja filters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3553).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - add support for templating the ``url``, ``user``, and ``password`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4418).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - add token authentication as an alternative to username/password (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4540).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - parse LXC configs returned by the proxmox API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4472).
+- proxmox modules - move ``HAS_PROXMOXER`` check into ``module_utils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4030).
+- proxmox modules - move common code into ``module_utils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4029).
+- proxmox_kvm - added EFI disk support when creating VM with OVMF UEFI BIOS with new ``efidisk0`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4106, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1638).
+- proxmox_kwm - add ``win11`` to ``ostype`` parameter for Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4023, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4191).
+- proxmox_snap - add restore snapshot option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4377).
+- proxmox_snap - fixed timeout value to correctly reflect time in seconds. The timeout was off by one second (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4377).
+- puppet - remove deprecation for ``show_diff`` parameter. Its alias ``show-diff`` is still deprecated and will be removed in community.general 7.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3980).
+- python_requirements_info - returns python version broken down into its components, and some minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3797).
+- redfish_command - add ``GetHostInterfaces`` command to enable reporting Redfish Host Interface information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3693).
+- redfish_command - add ``IndicatorLedOn``, ``IndicatorLedOff``, and ``IndicatorLedBlink`` commands to the Systems category for controling system LEDs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4084).
+- redfish_command - add ``SetHostInterface`` command to enable configuring the Redfish Host Interface (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3632).
+- redis - add authentication parameters ``login_user``, ``tls``, ``validate_certs``, and ``ca_certs`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4207).
+- scaleway inventory plugin - add profile parameter ``scw_profile`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4049).
+- scaleway_compute - add possibility to use project identifier (new ``project`` option) instead of deprecated organization identifier (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3951).
+- scaleway_volume - all volumes are systematically created on par1 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3964).
+- seport - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4471).
+- smartos_image_info - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- snap - add option ``options`` permitting to set options using the ``snap set`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3943).
+- sudoers - add support for ``runas`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4379).
+- svc - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3829).
+- syslog_json - add option to skip logging of ``gather_facts`` playbook tasks; use v2 callback API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4223).
+- terraform - adds ``terraform_upgrade`` parameter which allows ``terraform init`` to satisfy new provider constraints in an existing Terraform project (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4333).
+- udm_group - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+- udm_share - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+- vmadm - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- webfaction_app - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- webfaction_db - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+- xattr - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3806).
+- xfconf - added missing value types ``char``, ``uchar``, ``int64`` and ``uint64`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4534).
+- xfconf - minor refactor on the base class for the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3919).
+- zypper - add support for ``--clean-deps`` option to remove packages that depend on a package being removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4195).
+
+Breaking Changes / Porting Guide
+--------------------------------
+
+- Parts of this collection do not work with ansible-core 2.11 on Python 3.12+. Please either upgrade to ansible-core 2.12+, or use Python 3.11 or earlier (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3988).
+- The symbolic links used to implement flatmapping for all modules were removed and replaced by ``meta/runtime.yml`` redirects. This effectively breaks compatibility with Ansible 2.9 for all modules (without using their "long" names, which is discouraged and which can change without previous notice since they are considered an implementation detail) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- a_module test plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- archive - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- git_config - remove Ansible 2.9 and early ansible-base 2.10 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- java_keystore - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- lists_mergeby filter plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- maven_artifact - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- memcached cache plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- path_join filter plugin shim - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+- redis cache plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- gem - the default of the ``norc`` option has been deprecated and will change to ``true`` in community.general 6.0.0. Explicitly specify a value to avoid a deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4517).
+- mail callback plugin - not specifying ``sender`` is deprecated and will be disallowed in community.general 6.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4140).
+- module_helper module utils - deprecated the attribute ``ModuleHelper.VarDict`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3801).
+- nmcli - deprecate default hairpin mode for a bridge. This so we can change it to ``false`` in community.general 7.0.0, as this is also the default in ``nmcli`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4334).
+- pacman - from community.general 5.0.0 on, the ``changed`` status of ``update_cache`` will no longer be ignored if ``name`` or ``upgrade`` is specified. To keep the old behavior, add something like ``register: result`` and ``changed_when: result.packages | length > 0`` to your task (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4329).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - the current default ``true`` of the ``want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host`` option has been deprecated. The default will change to ``false`` in community.general 6.0.0. To keep the current behavior, explicitly set ``want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host`` to ``true`` in your inventory configuration. We suggest to already switch to the new behavior by explicitly setting it to ``false``, and by using ``compose:`` to set ``ansible_host`` to the correct value. See the examples in the plugin documentation for details (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4466).
+- vmadm - deprecated module parameter ``debug`` that was not used anywhere (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4580).
+
+Removed Features (previously deprecated)
+----------------------------------------
+
+- ali_instance_info - removed the options ``availability_zone``, ``instance_ids``, and ``instance_names``. Use filter item ``zone_id`` instead of ``availability_zone``, filter item ``instance_ids`` instead of ``instance_ids``, and filter item ``instance_name`` instead of ``instance_names`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- apt_rpm - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- compose - removed various deprecated aliases. Use the version with ``_`` instead of ``-`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- dnsimple - remove support for dnsimple < 2.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- github_deploy_key - removed the deprecated alias ``2fa_token`` of ``otp`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- homebrew, homebrew_cask - removed the deprecated alias ``update-brew`` of ``update_brew`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- linode - removed the ``backupsenabled`` option. Use ``backupweeklyday`` or ``backupwindow`` to enable backups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- opkg - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- pacman - if ``update_cache=true`` is used with ``name`` or ``upgrade``, the changed state will now also indicate if only the cache was updated. To keep the old behavior - only indicate ``changed`` when a package was installed/upgraded -, use ``changed_when`` as indicated in the module examples (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- pacman - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- proxmox, proxmox_kvm, proxmox_snap - no longer allow to specify a VM name that matches multiple VMs. If this happens, the modules now fail (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- serverless - removed the ``functions`` option. It was not used by the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- slackpkg - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- urpmi - removed the deprecated alias ``no-recommends`` of ``no_recommends`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- urpmi - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- xbps - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+- xfconf - the ``get`` state has been removed. Use the ``xfconf_info`` module instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Various modules and plugins - use vendored version of ``distutils.version`` instead of the deprecated Python standard library ``distutils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3936).
+- a_module test plugin - fix crash when testing a module name that was tombstoned (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3660).
+- alternatives - fix output parsing for alternatives groups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3976).
+- cargo - fix detection of outdated packages when ``state=latest`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4052).
+- cargo - fix incorrectly reported changed status for packages with a name containing a hyphen (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4044, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4052).
+- counter_enabled callback plugin - fix output to correctly display host and task counters in serial mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3709).
+- dconf - skip processes that disappeared while we inspected them (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4151).
+- dnsmadeeasy - fix failure on deleting DNS entries when API response does not contain monitor value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3620).
+- dsv lookup plugin - raise an Ansible error if the wrong ``python-dsv-sdk`` version is installed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4422).
+- filesize - add support for busybox dd implementation, that is used by default on Alpine linux (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4288, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4259).
+- git_branch - remove deprecated and unnecessary branch ``unprotect`` method (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4496).
+- github_repo - ``private`` and ``description`` attributes should not be set to default values when the repo already exists (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2386).
+- gitlab_group - improve searching for projects inside group on deletion (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
+- gitlab_group_members - handle more than 20 groups when finding a group (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4460, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3729).
+- gitlab_group_variable - add missing documentation about GitLab versions that support ``environment_scope`` and ``variable_type`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038).
+- gitlab_group_variable - allow to set same variable name under different environment scopes. Due this change, the return value ``group_variable`` differs from previous version in check mode. It was counting ``updated`` values, because it was accidentally overwriting environment scopes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038).
+- gitlab_group_variable - fix idempotent change behaviour for float and integer variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038).
+- gitlab_hook - handle more than 20 hooks when finding a hook (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
+- gitlab_project - handle more than 20 namespaces when finding a namespace (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
+- gitlab_project_members - handle more than 20 projects and users when finding a project resp. user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
+- gitlab_project_variable - ``value`` is not necessary when deleting variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4150).
+- gitlab_project_variable - add missing documentation about GitLab versions that support ``environment_scope`` and ``variable_type`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
+- gitlab_project_variable - allow to set same variable name under different environment scopes. Due this change, the return value ``project_variable`` differs from previous version in check mode. It was counting ``updated`` values, because it was accidentally overwriting environment scopes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
+- gitlab_project_variable - fix idempotent change behaviour for float and integer variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
+- gitlab_runner - make ``project`` and ``owned`` mutually exclusive (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4136).
+- gitlab_runner - use correct API endpoint to create and retrieve project level runners when using ``project`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3965).
+- gitlab_user - handle more than 20 users and SSH keys when finding a user resp. SSH key (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
+- homebrew_cask - fix force install operation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3703).
+- icinga2 inventory plugin - handle 404 error when filter produces no results (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3875, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3906).
+- imc_rest - fixes the module failure due to the usage of ``itertools.izip_longest`` which is not available in Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4206).
+- ini_file - when removing nothing do not report changed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4154).
+- interfaces_file - fixed the check for existing option in interface (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3841).
+- jail connection plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable`` with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
+- jira - fixed bug where module returns error related to dictionary key ``body`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3419).
+- keycloak - fix parameters types for ``defaultDefaultClientScopes`` and ``defaultOptionalClientScopes`` from list of dictionaries to list of strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4526).
+- keycloak_* - the documented ``validate_certs`` parameter was not taken into account when calling the ``open_url`` function in some cases, thus enforcing certificate validation even when ``validate_certs`` was set to ``false``. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4382)
+- keycloak_user_federation - creating a user federation while specifying an ID (that does not exist yet) no longer fail with a 404 Not Found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4212).
+- keycloak_user_federation - mappers auto-created by keycloak are matched and merged by their name and no longer create duplicated entries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4212).
+- ldap_search - allow it to be used even in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3619).
+- linode inventory plugin - fix configuration handling relating to inventory filtering (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4336).
+- listen_ports_facts - local port regex was not handling well IPv6 only binding. Fixes the regex for ``ss`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4092).
+- lvol - allows logical volumes to be created with certain size arguments prefixed with ``+`` to preserve behavior of older versions of this module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3665).
+- lxd connection plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable`` with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the ``lxc`` executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
+- lxd inventory plugin - do not crash if OS and release metadata are not present
+  (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4351).
+- mail callback plugin - fix crash on Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4025, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4026).
+- mail callback plugin - fix encoding of the name of sender and recipient (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4060, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4061).
+- mksysb - fixed bug for parameter ``backup_dmapi_fs`` was passing the wrong CLI argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3295).
+- nmcli - fix returning "changed" when no mask set for IPv4 or IPv6 addresses on task rerun (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3768).
+- nmcli - fix returning "changed" when routes parameters set, also suggest new routes4 and routes6 format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4131).
+- nmcli - fixed falsely reported changed status when ``mtu`` is omitted with ``dummy`` connections (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3612, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3625).
+- nmcli - pass ``flags``, ``ingress``, ``egress`` params to ``nmcli`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1086).
+- nrdp callback plugin - fix error ``string arguments without an encoding`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3903).
+- opennebula inventory plugin - complete the implementation of ``constructable`` for opennebula inventory plugin. Now ``keyed_groups``, ``compose``, ``groups`` actually work (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4497).
+- opentelemetry - fix generating a trace with a task containing ``no_log: true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4043).
+- opentelemetry_plugin - honour ``ignore_errors`` when a task has failed instead of reporting an error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3837).
+- pacman - Use ``--groups`` instead of ``--group`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4312).
+- pacman - fix URL based package installation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4286, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4285).
+- pacman - fix ``upgrade=yes`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4275, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4274).
+- pacman - fixed bug where ``absent`` state did not work for locally installed packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4464).
+- pacman - make sure that ``packages`` is always returned when ``name`` or ``upgrade`` is specified, also if nothing is done (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4329).
+- pacman - when the ``update_cache`` option is combined with another option such as ``upgrade``, report ``changed`` based on the actions performed by the latter option. This was the behavior in community.general 4.4.0 and before. In community.general 4.5.0, a task combining these options would always report ``changed`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4318).
+- passwordstore lookup plugin - fix error detection for non-English locales (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4219).
+- passwordstore lookup plugin - prevent returning path names as passwords by accident (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4185, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4192).
+- passwordstore lookup plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.util.strtobool`` with Ansible's ``convert_bool.boolean`` to interpret values for the ``create``, ``returnall``, ``overwrite``, 'backup``, and ``nosymbols`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
+- pipx - passes the correct command line option ``--include-apps`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3791).
+- pritunl - fixed bug where pritunl plugin api add unneeded data in ``auth_string`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4527).
+- proxmox - fixed ``onboot`` parameter causing module failures when undefined (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3844).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - always convert strings that follow the ``key=value[,key=value[...]]`` form into dictionaries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4349).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - fix error when parsing container with LXC configs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4472, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4472).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - fixed the ``description`` field being ignored if it contained a comma (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4348).
+- proxmox inventory plugin - fixed the ``tags_parsed`` field when Proxmox returns a single space for the ``tags`` entry (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4378).
+- proxmox_kvm - fix a bug when getting a state of VM without name will fail (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4508).
+- proxmox_kvm - fix error in check when creating or cloning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4306).
+- proxmox_kvm - fix error when checking whether Proxmox VM exists (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4287).
+- python_requirements_info - fails if version operator used without version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3785).
+- python_requirements_info - store ``mismatched`` return values per package as documented in the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4078).
+- say callback plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable`` with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the ``say`` resp. ``espeak`` executables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
+- scaleway_user_data - fix double-quote added where no double-quote is needed to user data in scaleway's server (``Content-type`` -> ``Content-Type``) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3940).
+- slack - add ``charset`` to HTTP headers to avoid Slack API warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3932).
+- terraform - fix command options being ignored during planned/plan in function ``build_plan`` such as ``lock`` or ``lock_timeout`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3707, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3726).
+- vdo - fix options error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4163).
+- xattr - fix exception caused by ``_run_xattr()`` raising a ``ValueError`` due to a mishandling of base64-encoded value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3673).
+- xbps - fix error message that is reported when installing packages fails (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4438).
+- yarn - fix incorrect handling of ``yarn list`` and ``yarn global list`` output that could result in fatal error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4050).
+- yarn - fix incorrectly reported status when installing a package globally (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4045, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4050).
+- yarn - fix missing ``~`` expansion in yarn global install folder which resulted in incorrect task status (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4045, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4048).
+- yum_versionlock - fix matching of existing entries with names passed to the module. Match yum and dnf lock format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4183).
+- zone connection plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable`` with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
+- zypper - fixed bug that caused zypper to always report [ok] and do nothing on ``state=present`` when all packages in ``name`` had a version specification (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4371, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4421).
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+- pacman - ``update_cache`` cannot differentiate between up to date and outdated package lists and will report ``changed`` in both situations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4318).
+- pacman - binaries specified in the ``executable`` parameter must support ``--print-format`` in order to be used by this module. In particular, AUR helper ``yay`` is known not to currently support it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4312).
+
+New Plugins
+-----------
+
+Filter
+~~~~~~
+
+- counter - Counts hashable elements in a sequence
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 91ec94ec40..4ae5ea7c43 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,682 @@
 ancestor: 4.0.0
-releases: {}
+releases:
+  5.0.0-a1:
+    changes:
+      breaking_changes:
+      - Parts of this collection do not work with ansible-core 2.11 on Python 3.12+.
+        Please either upgrade to ansible-core 2.12+, or use Python 3.11 or earlier
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3988).
+      - The symbolic links used to implement flatmapping for all modules were removed
+        and replaced by ``meta/runtime.yml`` redirects. This effectively breaks compatibility
+        with Ansible 2.9 for all modules (without using their "long" names, which
+        is discouraged and which can change without previous notice since they are
+        considered an implementation detail) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+      - a_module test plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+      - archive - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+      - git_config - remove Ansible 2.9 and early ansible-base 2.10 compatibility
+        code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+      - java_keystore - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+      - lists_mergeby filter plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+      - maven_artifact - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+      - memcached cache plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+      - path_join filter plugin shim - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+      - redis cache plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+      bugfixes:
+      - Various modules and plugins - use vendored version of ``distutils.version``
+        instead of the deprecated Python standard library ``distutils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3936).
+      - a_module test plugin - fix crash when testing a module name that was tombstoned
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3660).
+      - alternatives - fix output parsing for alternatives groups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3976).
+      - cargo - fix detection of outdated packages when ``state=latest`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4052).
+      - cargo - fix incorrectly reported changed status for packages with a name containing
+        a hyphen (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4044,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4052).
+      - counter_enabled callback plugin - fix output to correctly display host and
+        task counters in serial mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3709).
+      - dconf - skip processes that disappeared while we inspected them (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4151).
+      - dnsmadeeasy - fix failure on deleting DNS entries when API response does not
+        contain monitor value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3620).
+      - dsv lookup plugin - raise an Ansible error if the wrong ``python-dsv-sdk``
+        version is installed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4422).
+      - filesize - add support for busybox dd implementation, that is used by default
+        on Alpine linux (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4288,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4259).
+      - git_branch - remove deprecated and unnecessary branch ``unprotect`` method
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4496).
+      - github_repo - ``private`` and ``description`` attributes should not be set
+        to default values when the repo already exists (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2386).
+      - 'gitlab_group - improve searching for projects inside group on deletion (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
+
+        '
+      - 'gitlab_group_members - handle more than 20 groups when finding a group (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4460, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3729).
+
+        '
+      - gitlab_group_variable - add missing documentation about GitLab versions that
+        support ``environment_scope`` and ``variable_type`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038).
+      - 'gitlab_group_variable - allow to set same variable name under different environment
+        scopes. Due this change, the return value ``group_variable`` differs from
+        previous version in check mode. It was counting ``updated`` values, because
+        it was accidentally overwriting environment scopes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038).
+
+        '
+      - gitlab_group_variable - fix idempotent change behaviour for float and integer
+        variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038).
+      - 'gitlab_hook - handle more than 20 hooks when finding a hook (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
+
+        '
+      - 'gitlab_project - handle more than 20 namespaces when finding a namespace
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
+
+        '
+      - 'gitlab_project_members - handle more than 20 projects and users when finding
+        a project resp. user (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
+
+        '
+      - gitlab_project_variable - ``value`` is not necessary when deleting variables
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4150).
+      - gitlab_project_variable - add missing documentation about GitLab versions
+        that support ``environment_scope`` and ``variable_type`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
+      - 'gitlab_project_variable - allow to set same variable name under different
+        environment scopes. Due this change, the return value ``project_variable``
+        differs from previous version in check mode. It was counting ``updated`` values,
+        because it was accidentally overwriting environment scopes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
+
+        '
+      - gitlab_project_variable - fix idempotent change behaviour for float and integer
+        variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
+      - gitlab_runner - make ``project`` and ``owned`` mutually exclusive (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4136).
+      - gitlab_runner - use correct API endpoint to create and retrieve project level
+        runners when using ``project`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3965).
+      - 'gitlab_user - handle more than 20 users and SSH keys when finding a user
+        resp. SSH key (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
+
+        '
+      - homebrew_cask - fix force install operation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3703).
+      - icinga2 inventory plugin - handle 404 error when filter produces no results
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3875, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3906).
+      - imc_rest - fixes the module failure due to the usage of ``itertools.izip_longest``
+        which is not available in Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4206).
+      - ini_file - when removing nothing do not report changed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4154).
+      - interfaces_file - fixed the check for existing option in interface (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3841).
+      - jail connection plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable``
+        with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
+      - jira - fixed bug where module returns error related to dictionary key ``body``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3419).
+      - keycloak - fix parameters types for ``defaultDefaultClientScopes`` and ``defaultOptionalClientScopes``
+        from list of dictionaries to list of strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4526).
+      - keycloak_* - the documented ``validate_certs`` parameter was not taken into
+        account when calling the ``open_url`` function in some cases, thus enforcing
+        certificate validation even when ``validate_certs`` was set to ``false``.
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4382)
+      - keycloak_user_federation - creating a user federation while specifying an
+        ID (that does not exist yet) no longer fail with a 404 Not Found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4212).
+      - keycloak_user_federation - mappers auto-created by keycloak are matched and
+        merged by their name and no longer create duplicated entries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4212).
+      - ldap_search - allow it to be used even in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3619).
+      - linode inventory plugin - fix configuration handling relating to inventory
+        filtering (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4336).
+      - listen_ports_facts - local port regex was not handling well IPv6 only binding.
+        Fixes the regex for ``ss`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4092).
+      - lvol - allows logical volumes to be created with certain size arguments prefixed
+        with ``+`` to preserve behavior of older versions of this module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3665).
+      - lxd connection plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable``
+        with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the ``lxc`` executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
+      - 'lxd inventory plugin - do not crash if OS and release metadata are not present
+
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4351).
+
+        '
+      - mail callback plugin - fix crash on Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4025,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4026).
+      - mail callback plugin - fix encoding of the name of sender and recipient (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4060,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4061).
+      - mksysb - fixed bug for parameter ``backup_dmapi_fs`` was passing the wrong
+        CLI argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3295).
+      - nmcli - fix returning "changed" when no mask set for IPv4 or IPv6 addresses
+        on task rerun (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3768).
+      - nmcli - fix returning "changed" when routes parameters set, also suggest new
+        routes4 and routes6 format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4131).
+      - nmcli - fixed falsely reported changed status when ``mtu`` is omitted with
+        ``dummy`` connections (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3612,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3625).
+      - nmcli - pass ``flags``, ``ingress``, ``egress`` params to ``nmcli`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1086).
+      - nrdp callback plugin - fix error ``string arguments without an encoding``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3903).
+      - opennebula inventory plugin - complete the implementation of ``constructable``
+        for opennebula inventory plugin. Now ``keyed_groups``, ``compose``, ``groups``
+        actually work (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4497).
+      - 'opentelemetry - fix generating a trace with a task containing ``no_log: true``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4043).'
+      - opentelemetry_plugin - honour ``ignore_errors`` when a task has failed instead
+        of reporting an error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3837).
+      - pacman - Use ``--groups`` instead of ``--group`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4312).
+      - pacman - fix URL based package installation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4286,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4285).
+      - pacman - fix ``upgrade=yes`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4275,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4274).
+      - pacman - fixed bug where ``absent`` state did not work for locally installed
+        packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4464).
+      - pacman - make sure that ``packages`` is always returned when ``name`` or ``upgrade``
+        is specified, also if nothing is done (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4329).
+      - pacman - when the ``update_cache`` option is combined with another option
+        such as ``upgrade``, report ``changed`` based on the actions performed by
+        the latter option. This was the behavior in community.general 4.4.0 and before.
+        In community.general 4.5.0, a task combining these options would always report
+        ``changed`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4318).
+      - passwordstore lookup plugin - fix error detection for non-English locales
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4219).
+      - passwordstore lookup plugin - prevent returning path names as passwords by
+        accident (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4185,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4192).
+      - passwordstore lookup plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.util.strtobool``
+        with Ansible's ``convert_bool.boolean`` to interpret values for the ``create``,
+        ``returnall``, ``overwrite``, 'backup``, and ``nosymbols`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
+      - pipx - passes the correct command line option ``--include-apps`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3791).
+      - pritunl - fixed bug where pritunl plugin api add unneeded data in ``auth_string``
+        parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4527).
+      - proxmox - fixed ``onboot`` parameter causing module failures when undefined
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3844).
+      - proxmox inventory plugin - always convert strings that follow the ``key=value[,key=value[...]]``
+        form into dictionaries (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4349).
+      - proxmox inventory plugin - fix error when parsing container with LXC configs
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4472, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4472).
+      - proxmox inventory plugin - fixed the ``description`` field being ignored if
+        it contained a comma (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4348).
+      - proxmox inventory plugin - fixed the ``tags_parsed`` field when Proxmox returns
+        a single space for the ``tags`` entry (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4378).
+      - proxmox_kvm - fix a bug when getting a state of VM without name will fail
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4508).
+      - proxmox_kvm - fix error in check when creating or cloning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4306).
+      - proxmox_kvm - fix error when checking whether Proxmox VM exists (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4287).
+      - python_requirements_info - fails if version operator used without version
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3785).
+      - python_requirements_info - store ``mismatched`` return values per package
+        as documented in the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4078).
+      - say callback plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable``
+        with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the ``say`` resp. ``espeak`` executables
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
+      - scaleway_user_data - fix double-quote added where no double-quote is needed
+        to user data in scaleway's server (``Content-type`` -> ``Content-Type``) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3940).
+      - slack - add ``charset`` to HTTP headers to avoid Slack API warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3932).
+      - terraform - fix command options being ignored during planned/plan in function
+        ``build_plan`` such as ``lock`` or ``lock_timeout`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3707,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3726).
+      - vdo - fix options error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4163).
+      - xattr - fix exception caused by ``_run_xattr()`` raising a ``ValueError``
+        due to a mishandling of base64-encoded value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3673).
+      - xbps - fix error message that is reported when installing packages fails (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4438).
+      - yarn - fix incorrect handling of ``yarn list`` and ``yarn global list`` output
+        that could result in fatal error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4050).
+      - yarn - fix incorrectly reported status when installing a package globally
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4045, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4050).
+      - yarn - fix missing ``~`` expansion in yarn global install folder which resulted
+        in incorrect task status (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4045,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4048).
+      - yum_versionlock - fix matching of existing entries with names passed to the
+        module. Match yum and dnf lock format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4183).
+      - zone connection plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable``
+        with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934).
+      - zypper - fixed bug that caused zypper to always report [ok] and do nothing
+        on ``state=present`` when all packages in ``name`` had a version specification
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4371, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4421).
+      deprecated_features:
+      - gem - the default of the ``norc`` option has been deprecated and will change
+        to ``true`` in community.general 6.0.0. Explicitly specify a value to avoid
+        a deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4517).
+      - mail callback plugin - not specifying ``sender`` is deprecated and will be
+        disallowed in community.general 6.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4140).
+      - module_helper module utils - deprecated the attribute ``ModuleHelper.VarDict``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3801).
+      - nmcli - deprecate default hairpin mode for a bridge. This so we can change
+        it to ``false`` in community.general 7.0.0, as this is also the default in
+        ``nmcli`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4334).
+      - 'pacman - from community.general 5.0.0 on, the ``changed`` status of ``update_cache``
+        will no longer be ignored if ``name`` or ``upgrade`` is specified. To keep
+        the old behavior, add something like ``register: result`` and ``changed_when:
+        result.packages | length > 0`` to your task (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4329).'
+      - proxmox inventory plugin - the current default ``true`` of the ``want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host``
+        option has been deprecated. The default will change to ``false`` in community.general
+        6.0.0. To keep the current behavior, explicitly set ``want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host``
+        to ``true`` in your inventory configuration. We suggest to already switch
+        to the new behavior by explicitly setting it to ``false``, and by using ``compose:``
+        to set ``ansible_host`` to the correct value. See the examples in the plugin
+        documentation for details (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4466).
+      - vmadm - deprecated module parameter ``debug`` that was not used anywhere (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4580).
+      known_issues:
+      - pacman - ``update_cache`` cannot differentiate between up to date and outdated
+        package lists and will report ``changed`` in both situations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4318).
+      - pacman - binaries specified in the ``executable`` parameter must support ``--print-format``
+        in order to be used by this module. In particular, AUR helper ``yay`` is known
+        not to currently support it (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4312).
+      major_changes:
+      - The community.general collection no longer supports Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base
+        2.10. While we take no active measures to prevent usage, we will remove a
+        lot of compatibility code and other compatility measures that will effectively
+        prevent using most content from this collection with Ansible 2.9, and some
+        content of this collection with ansible-base 2.10. Both Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base
+        2.10 will very soon be End of Life and if you are still using them, you should
+        consider upgrading to ansible-core 2.11 or later as soon as possible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
+      minor_changes:
+      - Avoid internal ansible-core module_utils in favor of equivalent public API
+        available since at least Ansible 2.9. This fixes some instances added since
+        the last time this was fixed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4232).
+      - Remove vendored copy of ``distutils.version`` in favor of vendored copy included
+        with ansible-core 2.12+. For ansible-core 2.11, uses ``distutils.version``
+        for Python < 3.12. There is no support for ansible-core 2.11 with Python 3.12+
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3988).
+      - aix_filesystem - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead
+        of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3833).
+      - aix_lvg - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3834).
+      - alternatives - add ``state`` parameter, which provides control over whether
+        the alternative should be set as the active selection for its alternatives
+        group (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4543,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4557).
+      - ansible_galaxy_install - added option ``no_deps`` to the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4174).
+      - atomic_container - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+      - clc_alert_policy - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+      - clc_group - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+      - clc_loadbalancer - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+      - clc_server - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+      - cmd_runner module util - reusable command runner with consistent argument
+        formatting and sensible defaults (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4476).
+      - cobbler inventory plugin - add ``include_profiles`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4068).
+      - datadog_monitor - support new datadog event monitor of type `event-v2 alert`
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4457)
+      - filesystem - add support for resizing btrfs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4465).
+      - gitlab - add more token authentication support with the new options ``api_oauth_token``
+        and ``api_job_token`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/705).
+      - gitlab - clean up modules and utils (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3694).
+      - gitlab_group, gitlab_project - add new option ``avatar_path`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3792).
+      - gitlab_group_variable - new ``variables`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038
+        and https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4074).
+      - gitlab_project - add new option ``default_branch`` to gitlab_project (if ``readme
+        = true``) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3792).
+      - gitlab_project_variable - new ``variables`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
+      - hponcfg - revamped module using ModuleHelper (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3840).
+      - icinga2 inventory plugin - added the ``display_name`` field to variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3875,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3906).
+      - icinga2 inventory plugin - implemented constructed interface (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4088).
+      - icinga2 inventory plugin - inventory object names are changable using ``inventory_attr``
+        in your config file to the host object name, address, or display_name fields
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3875, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3906).
+      - ip_netns - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3822).
+      - ipa_dnszone - ``dynamicupdate`` is now a boolean parameter, instead of a string
+        parameter accepting ``"true"`` and ``"false"``. Also the module is now idempotent
+        with respect to ``dynamicupdate`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3374).
+      - ipa_dnszone - add DNS zone synchronization support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3374).
+      - ipa_service - add ``skip_host_check`` parameter. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4417).
+      - ipmi_boot - add support for user-specified IPMI encryption key (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3698).
+      - ipmi_power - add ``machine`` option to ensure the power state via the remote
+        target address (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3968).
+      - ipmi_power - add support for user-specified IPMI encryption key (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3698).
+      - iso_extract - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of
+        ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3805).
+      - java_cert - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of
+        ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3835).
+      - jira - add support for Bearer token auth (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3838).
+      - jira - when creating a comment, ``fields`` now is used for additional data
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4304).
+      - keycloak_* modules - added connection timeout parameter when calling server
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4168).
+      - keycloak_client - add ``always_display_in_console`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4390).
+      - keycloak_client - add ``default_client_scopes`` and ``optional_client_scopes``
+        parameters. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4385).
+      - keycloak_user_federation - add sssd user federation support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3767).
+      - ldap_entry - add support for recursive deletion (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3613).
+      - linode inventory plugin - add support for caching inventory results (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4179).
+      - linode inventory plugin - allow templating of ``access_token`` variable in
+        Linode inventory plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4040).
+      - listen_ports_facts - add support for ``ss`` command besides ``netstat`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3708).
+      - lists_mergeby filter plugin - add parameters ``list_merge`` and ``recursive``.
+        These are only supported when used with ansible-base 2.10 or ansible-core,
+        but not with Ansible 2.9 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4058).
+      - logentries - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of
+        ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3807).
+      - logstash_plugin - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead
+        of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3808).
+      - lxc_container - added ``wait_for_container`` parameter. If ``true`` the module
+        will wait until the running task reports success as the status (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4039).
+      - lxc_container - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead
+        of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3851).
+      - lxd connection plugin - make sure that ``ansible_lxd_host``, ``ansible_executable``,
+        and ``ansible_lxd_executable`` work (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3798).
+      - lxd inventory plugin - support virtual machines (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3519).
+      - lxd_container - adds ``project`` option to allow selecting project for LXD
+        instance (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4479).
+      - lxd_container - adds ``type`` option which also allows to operate on virtual
+        machines and not just containers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3661).
+      - lxd_profile - adds ``project`` option to allow selecting project for LXD profile
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4479).
+      - mail callback plugin - add ``Message-ID`` and ``Date`` headers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4055,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4056).
+      - mail callback plugin - properly use Ansible's option handling to split lists
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4140).
+      - mattermost - add the possibility to send attachments instead of text messages
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3946).
+      - mksysb - revamped the module using ``ModuleHelper`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3295).
+      - module_helper module utils - added decorators ``check_mode_skip`` and ``check_mode_skip_returns``
+        for skipping methods when ``check_mode=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3849).
+      - monit - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3821).
+      - nmap inventory plugin - add ``sudo`` option in plugin in order to execute
+        ``sudo nmap`` so that ``nmap`` runs with elevated privileges (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4506).
+      - nmcli - add ``wireguard`` connection type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3985).
+      - nmcli - add missing connection aliases ``802-3-ethernet`` and ``802-11-wireless``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4108).
+      - nmcli - add multiple addresses support for ``ip4`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1088,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3738).
+      - nmcli - add multiple addresses support for ``ip6`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1088).
+      - nmcli - add support for ``eui64`` and ``ipv6privacy`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3357).
+      - nmcli - adds ``routes6`` and ``route_metric6`` parameters for supporting IPv6
+        routes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4059).
+      - nmcli - remove nmcli modify dependency on ``type`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2858).
+      - nomad_job - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+      - nomad_job_info - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+      - npm - add ability to use ``production`` flag when ``ci`` is set (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4299).
+      - open_iscsi - extended module to allow rescanning of established session for
+        one or all targets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3763).
+      - opennebula - add the release action for VMs in the ``HOLD`` state (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4036).
+      - opentelemetry_plugin - enrich service when using the ``docker_login`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4104).
+      - opentelemetry_plugin - enrich service when using the ``jenkins``, ``hetzner``
+        or ``jira`` modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4105).
+      - packet_device - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+      - packet_sshkey - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+      - packet_volume - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+      - pacman - add ``remove_nosave`` parameter to avoid saving modified configuration
+        files as ``.pacsave`` files. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4316,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4315).
+      - pacman - add ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` as return values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3758).
+      - pacman - now implements proper change detection for ``update_cache=true``.
+        Adds ``cache_updated`` return value to when ``update_cache=true`` to report
+        this result independently of the module's overall changed return value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4337).
+      - pacman - the module has been rewritten and is now much faster when using ``state=latest``.
+        Operations are now done all packages at once instead of package per package
+        and the configured output format of ``pacman`` no longer affect the module's
+        operation. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3907,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3783, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4079)
+      - passwordstore lookup plugin - add configurable ``lock`` and ``locktimeout``
+        options to avoid race conditions in itself and in the ``pass`` utility it
+        calls. By default, the plugin now locks on write operations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4194).
+      - pipx - added options ``editable`` and ``pip_args`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4300).
+      - profitbricks - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+      - proxmox - add ``clone`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3930).
+      - proxmox - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+      - proxmox inventory plugin - add support for client-side jinja filters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3553).
+      - proxmox inventory plugin - add support for templating the ``url``, ``user``,
+        and ``password`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4418).
+      - proxmox inventory plugin - add token authentication as an alternative to username/password
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4540).
+      - proxmox inventory plugin - parse LXC configs returned by the proxmox API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4472).
+      - proxmox modules - move ``HAS_PROXMOXER`` check into ``module_utils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4030).
+      - proxmox modules - move common code into ``module_utils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4029).
+      - proxmox_kvm - added EFI disk support when creating VM with OVMF UEFI BIOS
+        with new ``efidisk0`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4106,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1638).
+      - proxmox_kwm - add ``win11`` to ``ostype`` parameter for Windows 11 and Windows
+        Server 2022 support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4023,
+        https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4191).
+      - proxmox_snap - add restore snapshot option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4377).
+      - proxmox_snap - fixed timeout value to correctly reflect time in seconds. The
+        timeout was off by one second (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4377).
+      - puppet - remove deprecation for ``show_diff`` parameter. Its alias ``show-diff``
+        is still deprecated and will be removed in community.general 7.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3980).
+      - python_requirements_info - returns python version broken down into its components,
+        and some minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3797).
+      - redfish_command - add ``GetHostInterfaces`` command to enable reporting Redfish
+        Host Interface information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3693).
+      - redfish_command - add ``IndicatorLedOn``, ``IndicatorLedOff``, and ``IndicatorLedBlink``
+        commands to the Systems category for controling system LEDs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4084).
+      - redfish_command - add ``SetHostInterface`` command to enable configuring the
+        Redfish Host Interface (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3632).
+      - redis - add authentication parameters ``login_user``, ``tls``, ``validate_certs``,
+        and ``ca_certs`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4207).
+      - scaleway inventory plugin - add profile parameter ``scw_profile`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4049).
+      - scaleway_compute - add possibility to use project identifier (new ``project``
+        option) instead of deprecated organization identifier (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3951).
+      - scaleway_volume - all volumes are systematically created on par1 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3964).
+      - seport - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4471).
+      - smartos_image_info - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+      - snap - add option ``options`` permitting to set options using the ``snap set``
+        command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3943).
+      - sudoers - add support for ``runas`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4379).
+      - svc - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3829).
+      - syslog_json - add option to skip logging of ``gather_facts`` playbook tasks;
+        use v2 callback API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4223).
+      - terraform - adds ``terraform_upgrade`` parameter which allows ``terraform
+        init`` to satisfy new provider constraints in an existing Terraform project
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4333).
+      - udm_group - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+      - udm_share - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
+      - vmadm - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+      - webfaction_app - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+      - webfaction_db - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
+      - xattr - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3806).
+      - xfconf - added missing value types ``char``, ``uchar``, ``int64`` and ``uint64``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4534).
+      - xfconf - minor refactor on the base class for the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3919).
+      - zypper - add support for ``--clean-deps`` option to remove packages that depend
+        on a package being removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4195).
+      release_summary: Alpha release for community.general 5.0.0.
+      removed_features:
+      - ali_instance_info - removed the options ``availability_zone``, ``instance_ids``,
+        and ``instance_names``. Use filter item ``zone_id`` instead of ``availability_zone``,
+        filter item ``instance_ids`` instead of ``instance_ids``, and filter item
+        ``instance_name`` instead of ``instance_names`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+      - apt_rpm - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+      - compose - removed various deprecated aliases. Use the version with ``_`` instead
+        of ``-`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+      - dnsimple - remove support for dnsimple < 2.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+      - github_deploy_key - removed the deprecated alias ``2fa_token`` of ``otp``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+      - homebrew, homebrew_cask - removed the deprecated alias ``update-brew`` of
+        ``update_brew`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+      - linode - removed the ``backupsenabled`` option. Use ``backupweeklyday`` or
+        ``backupwindow`` to enable backups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+      - opkg - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+      - pacman - if ``update_cache=true`` is used with ``name`` or ``upgrade``, the
+        changed state will now also indicate if only the cache was updated. To keep
+        the old behavior - only indicate ``changed`` when a package was installed/upgraded
+        -, use ``changed_when`` as indicated in the module examples (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+      - pacman - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+      - proxmox, proxmox_kvm, proxmox_snap - no longer allow to specify a VM name
+        that matches multiple VMs. If this happens, the modules now fail (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+      - serverless - removed the ``functions`` option. It was not used by the module
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+      - slackpkg - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+      - urpmi - removed the deprecated alias ``no-recommends`` of ``no_recommends``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+      - urpmi - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+      - xbps - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+      - xfconf - the ``get`` state has been removed. Use the ``xfconf_info`` module
+        instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
+    fragments:
+    - 1088-add_multiple_ipv6_address_support.yml
+    - 1088-nmcli_add_multiple_addresses_support.yml
+    - 2386-github_repo-fix-idempotency-issues.yml
+    - 3295-mksysb-revamp.yaml
+    - 3357-nmcli-eui64-and-ipv6privacy.yml
+    - 3374-add-ipa-ptr-sync-support.yml
+    - 3519-inventory-support-lxd-4.yml
+    - 3625-nmcli_false_changed_mtu_fix.yml
+    - 3632-add-redfish-host-interface-config-support.yml
+    - 3660-a_module-tombstone.yml
+    - 3661-lxd_container-add-vm-support.yml
+    - 3667-ldap_search.yml
+    - 3675-xattr-handle-base64-values.yml
+    - 3681-lvol-fix-create.yml
+    - 3693-add-redfish-host-interface-info-support.yml
+    - 3694-gitlab-cleanup.yml
+    - 3702-ipmi-encryption-key.yml
+    - 3703-force-install-homebrew-cask.yml
+    - 3708-listen_ports_facts-add-ss-support.yml
+    - 3709-support-batch-mode.yml
+    - 3726-terraform-missing-parameters-planned-fix.yml
+    - 3758-pacman-add-stdout-stderr.yml
+    - 3765-extend-open_iscsi-with-rescan.yml
+    - 3768-nmcli_fix_changed_when_no_mask_set.yml
+    - 3780-add-keycloak-sssd-user-federation.yml
+    - 3785-python_requirements_info-versionless-op.yaml
+    - 3792-improve_gitlab_group_and_project.yml
+    - 3797-python_requirements_info-improvements.yaml
+    - 3798-fix-lxd-connection-option-vars-support.yml
+    - 3800-pipx-include-apps.yaml
+    - 3801-mh-deprecate-vardict-attr.yaml
+    - 3805-iso_extract-run_command-list.yaml
+    - 3806-xattr-run_command-list.yaml
+    - 3807-logentries-run_command-list.yaml
+    - 3808-logstash_plugin-run_command-list.yaml
+    - 3821-monit-run-list.yaml
+    - 3822-ip_netns-run-list.yaml
+    - 3829-svc-run-list.yaml
+    - 3833-aix_filesystem-run-list.yaml
+    - 3834-aix-lvg-run-list.yaml
+    - 3835-java-cert-run-list.yaml
+    - 3837-opentelemetry_plugin-honour_ignore_errors.yaml
+    - 3838-jira-token.yaml
+    - 3840-hponcfg-mh-revamp.yaml
+    - 3849-mh-check-mode-decos.yaml
+    - 3851-lxc-container-run-list.yaml
+    - 3862-interfaces-file-fix-dup-option.yaml
+    - 3867-jira-fix-body.yaml
+    - 3874-proxmox-fix-onboot-param.yml
+    - 3875-icinga2-inv-fix.yml
+    - 3896-nmcli_vlan_missing_options.yaml
+    - 3907-pacman-speedup.yml
+    - 3909-nrdp_fix_string_args_without_encoding.yaml
+    - 3916-fix-vdo-options-type.yml
+    - 3919-xfconf-baseclass.yaml
+    - 3921-add-counter-filter-plugin.yml
+    - 3930-proxmox-add-clone.yaml
+    - 3933-slack-charset-header.yaml
+    - 3934-distutils.yml
+    - 3935-use-gitlab-instance-runner-to-create-runner.yml
+    - 3936-distutils.version.yml
+    - 3940_fix_contenttype_scaleway_user_data.yml
+    - 3943-add-option-options-to-snap-module.yml
+    - 3946-mattermost_attachments.yml
+    - 3951-scaleway_compute_add_project_id.yml
+    - 3964-scaleway_volume_add_region.yml
+    - 3968-ipmi_power-add-machine-option.yaml
+    - 3976-fix-alternatives-parsing.yml
+    - 3980-puppet-show_diff.yml
+    - 3985-nmcli-add-wireguard-connection-type.yml
+    - 3988-distutils-vendor-removed.yml
+    - 4026-fix-mail-callback.yml
+    - 4029-proxmox-refactor.yml
+    - 4030-proxmox-has-proxmoxer.yml
+    - 4036-onevm-add-release-action.yaml
+    - 4038-fix-and-rework-gitlb-project-variable.yml
+    - 4039-cluster-container-wait.yml
+    - 4040-linode-token-templating.yaml
+    - 4043-fix-no-log-opentelemetry.yml
+    - 4048-expand-tilde-in-yarn-global-install-folder.yaml
+    - 4049-profile-for-scaleway-inventory.yml
+    - 4050-properly-parse-json-lines-output-from-yarn.yaml
+    - 4052-fix-detection-of-installed-cargo-packages-with-hyphens.yaml
+    - 4056-add-missing-mail-headers.yml
+    - 4058-lists_mergeby-add-parameters.yml
+    - 4061-fix-mail-recipient-encoding.yml
+    - 4062-nmcli-ipv6-routes-support.yml
+    - 4068-add-include_file-option.yml
+    - 4078-python_requirements_info.yaml
+    - 4084-add-redfish-system-indicator-led.yml
+    - 4086-rework_of_gitlab_proyect_variable_over_gitlab_group_variable.yml
+    - 4088-add-constructed-interface-for-icinga2-inventory.yml
+    - 4092-fix_local_ports_regex_listen_ports_facts.yaml
+    - 4104-opentelemetry_plugin-enrich_docker_login.yaml
+    - 4105-opentelemetry_plugin-enrich_jira_hetzner_jenkins_services.yaml
+    - 4106-proxmox-efidisk0-support.yaml
+    - 4108-nmcli-support-modifcation-without-type-param.yml
+    - 4131-nmcli_fix_reports_changed_for_routes4_parameter.yml
+    - 4136-gitlab_runner-make-project-owned-mutually-exclusive.yml
+    - 4140-mail-callback-options.yml
+    - 4150-gitlab-project-variable-absent-fix.yml
+    - 4151-dconf-catch-psutil-nosuchprocess.yaml
+    - 4154-ini_file_changed.yml
+    - 4168-add-keycloak-url-timeout.yml
+    - 4179-linode-inventory-cache.yaml
+    - 4183-fix-yum_versionlock.yaml
+    - 4191-proxmox-add-win11.yml
+    - 4192-improve-passwordstore-consistency.yml
+    - 4192-zypper-add-clean-deps.yml
+    - 4194-configurable-passwordstore-locking.yml
+    - 4206-imc-rest-module.yaml
+    - 4207-add-redis-tls-support.yml
+    - 4212-fixes-for-keycloak-user-federation.yml
+    - 4219-passwordstore-locale-fix.yml
+    - 4223-syslog-json-skip-syslog-option.yml
+    - 4232-text-converter-import.yml
+    - 4240-ansible_galaxy_install-no_deps.yml
+    - 4275-pacman-sysupgrade.yml
+    - 4286-pacman-url-pkgs.yml
+    - 4287-fix-proxmox-vm-chek.yml
+    - 4288-fix-4259-support-busybox-dd.yml
+    - 4299-npm-add-production-with-ci-flag.yml
+    - 4303-pipx-editable.yml
+    - 4304-jira-fields-in-comment.yml
+    - 4306-proxmox-fix-error-on-vm-clone.yml
+    - 4312-pacman-groups.yml
+    - 4316-pacman-remove-nosave.yml
+    - 4318-pacman-restore-old-changed-behavior.yml
+    - 4320-nmcli-hairpin.yml
+    - 4330-pacman-packages-update_cache.yml
+    - 4336-linode-inventory-filtering.yaml
+    - 4337-pacman-update_cache.yml
+    - 4349-proxmox-inventory-dict-facts.yml
+    - 4351-inventory-lxd-handling_metadata_wo_os_and_release.yml
+    - 4352-proxmox-inventory-filters.yml
+    - 4355-ldap-recursive-delete.yml
+    - 4377-allow-proxmox-snapshot-restoring.yml
+    - 4378-proxmox-inventory-tags.yml
+    - 4380-sudoers-runas-parameter.yml
+    - 4382-keycloak-add-missing-validate_certs-parameters.yml
+    - 4385-keycloak-client-default-optional-scopes.yml
+    - 4386-proxmox-support-templating-in-inventory-file.yml
+    - 4417-ipa_service-add-skip_host_check.yml
+    - 4421-zypper_package_version_handling_fix.yml
+    - 4422-warn-user-if-incorrect-SDK-version-is-installed.yaml
+    - 4429-keycloak-client-add-always-display-in-console.yml
+    - 4438-fix-error-message.yaml
+    - 4455-terraform-provider-upgrade.yml
+    - 4457-support-datadog-monitors-type-event-v2.yaml
+    - 4459-only-get-monitor-if-it-is-not-null-api-response.yaml
+    - 4464-pacman-fix-local-remove.yaml
+    - 4465-btrfs-resize.yml
+    - 4466-proxmox-ansible_host-deprecation.yml
+    - 4471-seport-refactor.yaml
+    - 4476-cmd_runner.yml
+    - 4479-add-project-support-for-lxd_container-and-lxd_profile.yml
+    - 4491-specify_all_in_list_calls.yaml
+    - 4492-proxmox_kvm_fix_vm_without_name.yaml
+    - 4496-remove-deprecated-method-in-gitlab-branch-module.yml
+    - 4506-sudo-in-nmap-inv-plugin.yaml
+    - 4516-deprecation-removals.yml
+    - 4517-gem-deprecate-norc.yml
+    - 4524-update-opennebula-inventory-plugin-to-match-documentation.yaml
+    - 4526-keycloak-realm-types.yaml
+    - 4530-fix-unauthorized-pritunl-request.yaml
+    - 4534-xfconf-added-value-types.yaml
+    - 4540-proxmox-inventory-token-auth.yml
+    - 4548-remove-2.9-2.10-compatibility.yml
+    - 4555-proxmox-lxc-key.yml
+    - 4556-remove-default-none-1.yml
+    - 4557-alternatives-add-state-parameter.yml
+    - 4567-remove-default-none-2.yml
+    - 4580-vmadm-deprecate-param-debug.yaml
+    - 5.0.0-a1.yml
+    - 705-gitlab-auth-support.yml
+    plugins:
+      filter:
+      - description: Counts hashable elements in a sequence
+        name: counter
+        namespace: null
+    release_date: '2022-04-29'
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1088-add_multiple_ipv6_address_support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1088-add_multiple_ipv6_address_support.yml
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index f55473fc50..0000000000
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - add multiple addresses support for ``ip6`` parameter
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1088).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1088-nmcli_add_multiple_addresses_support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1088-nmcli_add_multiple_addresses_support.yml
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - add multiple addresses support for ``ip4`` parameter
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1088, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3738).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/2386-github_repo-fix-idempotency-issues.yml b/changelogs/fragments/2386-github_repo-fix-idempotency-issues.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d1133da0c..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/2386-github_repo-fix-idempotency-issues.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - github_repo - ``private`` and ``description`` attributes should not be set to default values when the repo already exists (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/2386).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3295-mksysb-revamp.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3295-mksysb-revamp.yaml
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index 4fa38d8567..0000000000
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - mksysb - fixed bug for parameter ``backup_dmapi_fs`` was passing the wrong CLI argument (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3295).
-minor_changes:
-  - mksysb - revamped the module using ``ModuleHelper`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3295).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3357-nmcli-eui64-and-ipv6privacy.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3357-nmcli-eui64-and-ipv6privacy.yml
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/3357-nmcli-eui64-and-ipv6privacy.yml
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - add support for ``eui64`` and ``ipv6privacy`` parameters (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3357).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3374-add-ipa-ptr-sync-support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3374-add-ipa-ptr-sync-support.yml
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index 87f67013e1..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3374-add-ipa-ptr-sync-support.yml
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ipa_dnszone - add DNS zone synchronization support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3374).
-  - ipa_dnszone - ``dynamicupdate`` is now a boolean parameter, instead of a string parameter accepting ``"true"`` and ``"false"``. Also the module is now idempotent with respect to ``dynamicupdate`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3374).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3519-inventory-support-lxd-4.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3519-inventory-support-lxd-4.yml
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - lxd inventory plugin - support virtual machines (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3519).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3625-nmcli_false_changed_mtu_fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3625-nmcli_false_changed_mtu_fix.yml
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - nmcli - fixed falsely reported changed status when ``mtu`` is omitted with ``dummy`` connections
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3612, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3625).
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3632-add-redfish-host-interface-config-support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3632-add-redfish-host-interface-config-support.yml
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index 15017b6d1c..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3632-add-redfish-host-interface-config-support.yml
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_command - add ``SetHostInterface`` command to enable configuring the Redfish Host Interface (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3632).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3660-a_module-tombstone.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3660-a_module-tombstone.yml
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-bugfixes:
-  - "a_module test plugin - fix crash when testing a module name that was tombstoned (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3660)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3661-lxd_container-add-vm-support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3661-lxd_container-add-vm-support.yml
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - lxd_container - adds ``type`` option which also allows to operate on virtual machines and not just containers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3661).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3667-ldap_search.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3667-ldap_search.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b155aefa5..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3667-ldap_search.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ldap_search - allow it to be used even in check mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3619).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3675-xattr-handle-base64-values.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3675-xattr-handle-base64-values.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e74a2afedd..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3675-xattr-handle-base64-values.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - xattr - fix exception caused by ``_run_xattr()`` raising a ``ValueError``
-    due to a mishandling of base64-encoded value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3673).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3681-lvol-fix-create.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3681-lvol-fix-create.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d04ec5460b..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3681-lvol-fix-create.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - lvol - allows logical volumes to be created with certain size arguments prefixed with ``+`` to preserve behavior of older versions of this module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3665).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3693-add-redfish-host-interface-info-support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3693-add-redfish-host-interface-info-support.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e37610778..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3693-add-redfish-host-interface-info-support.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_command - add ``GetHostInterfaces`` command to enable reporting Redfish Host Interface information (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3693).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3694-gitlab-cleanup.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3694-gitlab-cleanup.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 201d3c911c..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3694-gitlab-cleanup.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab - clean up modules and utils (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3694).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3702-ipmi-encryption-key.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3702-ipmi-encryption-key.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c26f392de8..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3702-ipmi-encryption-key.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - ipmi_boot - add support for user-specified IPMI encryption key (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3698).
-  - ipmi_power - add support for user-specified IPMI encryption key (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3698).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3703-force-install-homebrew-cask.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3703-force-install-homebrew-cask.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 781735a5fe..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3703-force-install-homebrew-cask.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - homebrew_cask - fix force install operation (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3703).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3708-listen_ports_facts-add-ss-support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3708-listen_ports_facts-add-ss-support.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 57909a3ef7..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3708-listen_ports_facts-add-ss-support.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - listen_ports_facts - add support for ``ss`` command besides ``netstat`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3708).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3709-support-batch-mode.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3709-support-batch-mode.yml
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index f03e8de6b5..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3709-support-batch-mode.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - counter_enabled callback plugin - fix output to correctly display host and task counters in serial mode (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3709).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3726-terraform-missing-parameters-planned-fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3726-terraform-missing-parameters-planned-fix.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4615aad85d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3726-terraform-missing-parameters-planned-fix.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - terraform - fix command options being ignored during planned/plan in function ``build_plan`` such as ``lock`` or ``lock_timeout``
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3707, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3726).
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3758-pacman-add-stdout-stderr.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3758-pacman-add-stdout-stderr.yml
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index 58bd95aaa9..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3758-pacman-add-stdout-stderr.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - pacman - add ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` as return values (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3758).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3765-extend-open_iscsi-with-rescan.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3765-extend-open_iscsi-with-rescan.yml
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index 6dc4333a16..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3765-extend-open_iscsi-with-rescan.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - open_iscsi - extended module to allow rescanning of established session for one or all targets (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3763).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3768-nmcli_fix_changed_when_no_mask_set.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3768-nmcli_fix_changed_when_no_mask_set.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ea7298ba1..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3768-nmcli_fix_changed_when_no_mask_set.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - nmcli - fix returning "changed" when no mask set for IPv4 or IPv6 addresses on task rerun
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3768).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3780-add-keycloak-sssd-user-federation.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3780-add-keycloak-sssd-user-federation.yml
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index 48600605df..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3780-add-keycloak-sssd-user-federation.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - keycloak_user_federation - add sssd user federation support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3767).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3785-python_requirements_info-versionless-op.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3785-python_requirements_info-versionless-op.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ae420d0c8..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3785-python_requirements_info-versionless-op.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-    - python_requirements_info - fails if version operator used without version (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3785).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3792-improve_gitlab_group_and_project.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3792-improve_gitlab_group_and_project.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cb632f523a..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3792-improve_gitlab_group_and_project.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab_group, gitlab_project - add new option ``avatar_path`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3792).
-  - gitlab_project - add new option ``default_branch`` to gitlab_project (if ``readme = true``) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3792).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3797-python_requirements_info-improvements.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3797-python_requirements_info-improvements.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a0c2a06dad..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3797-python_requirements_info-improvements.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - python_requirements_info - returns python version broken down into its components, and some minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3797).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3798-fix-lxd-connection-option-vars-support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3798-fix-lxd-connection-option-vars-support.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 799929a887..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3798-fix-lxd-connection-option-vars-support.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - lxd connection plugin - make sure that ``ansible_lxd_host``, ``ansible_executable``, and
-    ``ansible_lxd_executable`` work (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3798).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3800-pipx-include-apps.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3800-pipx-include-apps.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 49113ed450..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3800-pipx-include-apps.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-    - pipx - passes the correct command line option ``--include-apps`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3791).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3801-mh-deprecate-vardict-attr.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3801-mh-deprecate-vardict-attr.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1bb30e7452..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3801-mh-deprecate-vardict-attr.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-    - module_helper module utils - deprecated the attribute ``ModuleHelper.VarDict`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3801).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3805-iso_extract-run_command-list.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3805-iso_extract-run_command-list.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3def756aa1..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3805-iso_extract-run_command-list.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - iso_extract - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3805).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3806-xattr-run_command-list.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3806-xattr-run_command-list.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ca90f6209d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3806-xattr-run_command-list.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - xattr - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3806).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3807-logentries-run_command-list.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3807-logentries-run_command-list.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a69df1dfe..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3807-logentries-run_command-list.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - logentries - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3807).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3808-logstash_plugin-run_command-list.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3808-logstash_plugin-run_command-list.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c92ab793a..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3808-logstash_plugin-run_command-list.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - logstash_plugin - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3808).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3821-monit-run-list.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3821-monit-run-list.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index de2862fe76..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3821-monit-run-list.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - monit - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3821).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3822-ip_netns-run-list.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3822-ip_netns-run-list.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bbcb59277..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3822-ip_netns-run-list.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - ip_netns - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3822).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3829-svc-run-list.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3829-svc-run-list.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a6b6d2338..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3829-svc-run-list.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - svc - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3829).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3833-aix_filesystem-run-list.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3833-aix_filesystem-run-list.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d439a8dd4..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3833-aix_filesystem-run-list.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - aix_filesystem - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3833).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3834-aix-lvg-run-list.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3834-aix-lvg-run-list.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e7177baade..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3834-aix-lvg-run-list.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - aix_lvg - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3834).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3835-java-cert-run-list.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3835-java-cert-run-list.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cebe7d2cb..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3835-java-cert-run-list.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - java_cert - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3835).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3837-opentelemetry_plugin-honour_ignore_errors.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3837-opentelemetry_plugin-honour_ignore_errors.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f33f45eec..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3837-opentelemetry_plugin-honour_ignore_errors.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-    - opentelemetry_plugin - honour ``ignore_errors`` when a task has failed instead of reporting an error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3837).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3838-jira-token.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3838-jira-token.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 21aadd5ab8..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3838-jira-token.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - jira - add support for Bearer token auth (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3838).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3840-hponcfg-mh-revamp.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3840-hponcfg-mh-revamp.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ee4d063f68..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3840-hponcfg-mh-revamp.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - hponcfg - revamped module using ModuleHelper (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3840).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3849-mh-check-mode-decos.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3849-mh-check-mode-decos.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 48ba0119a4..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3849-mh-check-mode-decos.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - module_helper module utils - added decorators ``check_mode_skip`` and ``check_mode_skip_returns`` for skipping methods when ``check_mode=True`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3849).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3851-lxc-container-run-list.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3851-lxc-container-run-list.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index c7d1ff746e..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3851-lxc-container-run-list.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - lxc_container - calling ``run_command`` with arguments as ``list`` instead of ``str`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3851).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3862-interfaces-file-fix-dup-option.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3862-interfaces-file-fix-dup-option.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 54cf17bf7d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3862-interfaces-file-fix-dup-option.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-    - interfaces_file - fixed the check for existing option in interface (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3841).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3867-jira-fix-body.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3867-jira-fix-body.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0edb395e70..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3867-jira-fix-body.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-    - jira - fixed bug where module returns error related to dictionary key ``body`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3419).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3874-proxmox-fix-onboot-param.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3874-proxmox-fix-onboot-param.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 705174dd5d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3874-proxmox-fix-onboot-param.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox - fixed ``onboot`` parameter causing module failures when undefined
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3844).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3875-icinga2-inv-fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3875-icinga2-inv-fix.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 60bf58b840..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3875-icinga2-inv-fix.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - icinga2 inventory plugin - inventory object names are changable using ``inventory_attr`` in your config file to the host object name, address, or display_name fields
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3875, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3906).
-  - icinga2 inventory plugin - added the ``display_name`` field to variables 
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3875, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3906).
-bugfixes:
-  - icinga2 inventory plugin - handle 404 error when filter produces no results 
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3875, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3906).
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3896-nmcli_vlan_missing_options.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3896-nmcli_vlan_missing_options.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fab1ac37c..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3896-nmcli_vlan_missing_options.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-    - nmcli - pass ``flags``, ``ingress``, ``egress`` params to ``nmcli`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1086).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3907-pacman-speedup.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3907-pacman-speedup.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 59b43ee666..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3907-pacman-speedup.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - pacman - the module has been rewritten and is now much faster when using ``state=latest``.
-    Operations are now done all packages at once instead of package per package
-    and the configured output format of ``pacman`` no longer affect the module's operation.
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3907, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3783, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4079)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3909-nrdp_fix_string_args_without_encoding.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3909-nrdp_fix_string_args_without_encoding.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index bc96830844..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3909-nrdp_fix_string_args_without_encoding.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-    - nrdp callback plugin - fix error ``string arguments without an encoding`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3903).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3916-fix-vdo-options-type.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3916-fix-vdo-options-type.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index badf171f5b..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3916-fix-vdo-options-type.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - vdo - fix options error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4163).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3919-xfconf-baseclass.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3919-xfconf-baseclass.yaml
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index 85625a769d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3919-xfconf-baseclass.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-    - xfconf - minor refactor on the base class for the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3919).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3921-add-counter-filter-plugin.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3921-add-counter-filter-plugin.yml
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index 894f390426..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3921-add-counter-filter-plugin.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-add plugin.filter:
-  - name: counter
-    description: Counts hashable elements in a sequence
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3930-proxmox-add-clone.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3930-proxmox-add-clone.yaml
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+++ /dev/null
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-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox - add ``clone`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3930).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3933-slack-charset-header.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3933-slack-charset-header.yaml
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index 581fd7a2e8..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3933-slack-charset-header.yaml
+++ /dev/null
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-bugfixes:
-  - slack - add ``charset`` to HTTP headers to avoid Slack API warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3932).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3934-distutils.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3934-distutils.yml
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index 4b75b83ba7..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3934-distutils.yml
+++ /dev/null
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-bugfixes:
-  - "say callback plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable`` with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the ``say`` resp. ``espeak`` executables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934)."
-  - "jail connection plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable`` with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934)."
-  - "lxd connection plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable`` with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the ``lxc`` executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934)."
-  - "zone connection plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.spawn.find_executable`` with Ansible's ``get_bin_path`` to find the executable (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934)."
-  - "passwordstore lookup plugin - replace deprecated ``distutils.util.strtobool`` with Ansible's ``convert_bool.boolean`` to interpret values for the ``create``, ``returnall``, ``overwrite``, 'backup``, and ``nosymbols`` options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3934)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3935-use-gitlab-instance-runner-to-create-runner.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3935-use-gitlab-instance-runner-to-create-runner.yml
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index cbd61a88b1..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3935-use-gitlab-instance-runner-to-create-runner.yml
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-bugfixes:
-  - 'gitlab_runner - use correct API endpoint to create and retrieve project level runners when using ``project`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3965).'
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3936-distutils.version.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3936-distutils.version.yml
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index 642d5ed610..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3936-distutils.version.yml
+++ /dev/null
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-bugfixes:
-  - "Various modules and plugins - use vendored version of ``distutils.version`` instead of the deprecated Python standard library ``distutils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3936)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3940_fix_contenttype_scaleway_user_data.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3940_fix_contenttype_scaleway_user_data.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/3940_fix_contenttype_scaleway_user_data.yml
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-bugfixes:
-  - scaleway_user_data - fix double-quote added where no double-quote is needed to user data in scaleway's server (``Content-type`` -> ``Content-Type``) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3940).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3943-add-option-options-to-snap-module.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3943-add-option-options-to-snap-module.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/3943-add-option-options-to-snap-module.yml
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-minor_changes:
-   - snap - add option ``options`` permitting to set options using the ``snap set`` command (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3943).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3946-mattermost_attachments.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3946-mattermost_attachments.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/3946-mattermost_attachments.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - mattermost - add the possibility to send attachments instead of text messages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3946).
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3951-scaleway_compute_add_project_id.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3951-scaleway_compute_add_project_id.yml
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index 70c6b2a715..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3951-scaleway_compute_add_project_id.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - scaleway_compute - add possibility to use project identifier (new ``project`` option) instead of deprecated organization identifier (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3951).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3964-scaleway_volume_add_region.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3964-scaleway_volume_add_region.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/3964-scaleway_volume_add_region.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - scaleway_volume - all volumes are systematically created on par1 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3964).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3968-ipmi_power-add-machine-option.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/3968-ipmi_power-add-machine-option.yaml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/3968-ipmi_power-add-machine-option.yaml
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----
-minor_changes:
-  - ipmi_power - add ``machine`` option to ensure the power state via the remote target
-    address (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3968).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3976-fix-alternatives-parsing.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3976-fix-alternatives-parsing.yml
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index cc6dd60b97..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3976-fix-alternatives-parsing.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - alternatives - fix output parsing for alternatives groups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3976).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3980-puppet-show_diff.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3980-puppet-show_diff.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/3980-puppet-show_diff.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - puppet - remove deprecation for ``show_diff`` parameter. Its alias ``show-diff`` is still deprecated and will be removed in community.general 7.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3980).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3985-nmcli-add-wireguard-connection-type.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3985-nmcli-add-wireguard-connection-type.yml
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index 84bf7cf727..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3985-nmcli-add-wireguard-connection-type.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - add ``wireguard`` connection type (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3985).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/3988-distutils-vendor-removed.yml b/changelogs/fragments/3988-distutils-vendor-removed.yml
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index dd783fd1d2..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/3988-distutils-vendor-removed.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "Remove vendored copy of ``distutils.version`` in favor of vendored copy included with ansible-core 2.12+. For ansible-core 2.11, uses ``distutils.version`` for Python < 3.12. There is no support for ansible-core 2.11 with Python 3.12+ (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3988)."
-breaking_changes:
-  - "Parts of this collection do not work with ansible-core 2.11 on Python 3.12+. Please either upgrade to ansible-core 2.12+, or use Python 3.11 or earlier (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3988)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4026-fix-mail-callback.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4026-fix-mail-callback.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/4026-fix-mail-callback.yml
+++ /dev/null
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-bugfixes:
-  - mail callback plugin - fix crash on Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4025, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4026).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4029-proxmox-refactor.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4029-proxmox-refactor.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/4029-proxmox-refactor.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox modules - move common code into ``module_utils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4029).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4030-proxmox-has-proxmoxer.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4030-proxmox-has-proxmoxer.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/4030-proxmox-has-proxmoxer.yml
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----
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox modules - move ``HAS_PROXMOXER`` check into ``module_utils`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4030).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4036-onevm-add-release-action.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4036-onevm-add-release-action.yaml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/4036-onevm-add-release-action.yaml
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - opennebula - add the release action for VMs in the ``HOLD`` state (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4036).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4038-fix-and-rework-gitlb-project-variable.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4038-fix-and-rework-gitlb-project-variable.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 45c0ccdd43..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4038-fix-and-rework-gitlb-project-variable.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - >
-    gitlab_project_variable - allow to set same variable name under different environment scopes.
-    Due this change, the return value ``project_variable`` differs from previous version in check mode.
-    It was counting ``updated`` values, because it was accidentally overwriting environment scopes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
-  - gitlab_project_variable - fix idempotent change behaviour for float and integer variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
-  - gitlab_project_variable - add missing documentation about GitLab versions that support ``environment_scope`` and ``variable_type`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab_project_variable - new ``variables`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4038).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4039-cluster-container-wait.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4039-cluster-container-wait.yml
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index bd2b4d5b49..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4039-cluster-container-wait.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "lxc_container - added ``wait_for_container`` parameter. If ``true`` the module will wait until the running task reports success as the status (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4039)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4040-linode-token-templating.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4040-linode-token-templating.yaml
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index 691d7634a0..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4040-linode-token-templating.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - linode inventory plugin - allow templating of ``access_token`` variable in Linode inventory plugin (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4040).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4043-fix-no-log-opentelemetry.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4043-fix-no-log-opentelemetry.yml
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index 612cf4abfb..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4043-fix-no-log-opentelemetry.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "opentelemetry - fix generating a trace with a task containing ``no_log: true`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4043)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4048-expand-tilde-in-yarn-global-install-folder.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4048-expand-tilde-in-yarn-global-install-folder.yaml
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index 43e062e7c3..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4048-expand-tilde-in-yarn-global-install-folder.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - yarn - fix missing ``~`` expansion in yarn global install folder which resulted in incorrect task status (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4045, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4048).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4049-profile-for-scaleway-inventory.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4049-profile-for-scaleway-inventory.yml
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index c5160eb4d4..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4049-profile-for-scaleway-inventory.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - scaleway inventory plugin - add profile parameter ``scw_profile`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4049).
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4050-properly-parse-json-lines-output-from-yarn.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4050-properly-parse-json-lines-output-from-yarn.yaml
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index 67094f4701..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4050-properly-parse-json-lines-output-from-yarn.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - yarn - fix incorrect handling of ``yarn list`` and ``yarn global list`` output that could result in fatal error (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4050).
-  - yarn - fix incorrectly reported status when installing a package globally (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4045, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4050).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4052-fix-detection-of-installed-cargo-packages-with-hyphens.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4052-fix-detection-of-installed-cargo-packages-with-hyphens.yaml
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index e17195ac6d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4052-fix-detection-of-installed-cargo-packages-with-hyphens.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - cargo - fix incorrectly reported changed status for packages with a name containing a hyphen (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4044, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4052).
-  - cargo - fix detection of outdated packages when ``state=latest`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4052).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4056-add-missing-mail-headers.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4056-add-missing-mail-headers.yml
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index fefa655f72..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4056-add-missing-mail-headers.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - mail callback plugin - add ``Message-ID`` and ``Date`` headers (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4055, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4056).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4058-lists_mergeby-add-parameters.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4058-lists_mergeby-add-parameters.yml
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index 3f73b8f3ab..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4058-lists_mergeby-add-parameters.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - lists_mergeby filter plugin - add parameters ``list_merge`` and ``recursive``. These are only supported when used with ansible-base 2.10 or ansible-core, but not with Ansible 2.9 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4058).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4061-fix-mail-recipient-encoding.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4061-fix-mail-recipient-encoding.yml
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index ddcbf7c330..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4061-fix-mail-recipient-encoding.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - mail callback plugin - fix encoding of the name of sender and recipient (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4060, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4061).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4062-nmcli-ipv6-routes-support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4062-nmcli-ipv6-routes-support.yml
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index 38378d56f8..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4062-nmcli-ipv6-routes-support.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - adds ``routes6`` and ``route_metric6`` parameters for supporting IPv6 routes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4059).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4068-add-include_file-option.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4068-add-include_file-option.yml
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index c54da08943..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4068-add-include_file-option.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - cobbler inventory plugin - add ``include_profiles`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4068).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4078-python_requirements_info.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4078-python_requirements_info.yaml
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index db6aa8ab77..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4078-python_requirements_info.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - python_requirements_info - store ``mismatched`` return values per package as documented in the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4078).
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4084-add-redfish-system-indicator-led.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4084-add-redfish-system-indicator-led.yml
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index e27c61e13f..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4084-add-redfish-system-indicator-led.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redfish_command - add ``IndicatorLedOn``, ``IndicatorLedOff``, and ``IndicatorLedBlink`` commands to the Systems category for controling system LEDs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4084).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4086-rework_of_gitlab_proyect_variable_over_gitlab_group_variable.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4086-rework_of_gitlab_proyect_variable_over_gitlab_group_variable.yml
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index 0322b2d5fa..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4086-rework_of_gitlab_proyect_variable_over_gitlab_group_variable.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - >
-    gitlab_group_variable - allow to set same variable name under different environment scopes.
-    Due this change, the return value ``group_variable`` differs from previous version in check mode.
-    It was counting ``updated`` values, because it was accidentally overwriting environment scopes (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038).
-  - gitlab_group_variable - fix idempotent change behaviour for float and integer variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038).
-  - gitlab_group_variable - add missing documentation about GitLab versions that support ``environment_scope`` and ``variable_type`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038).
-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab_group_variable - new ``variables`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4038 and https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4074).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4088-add-constructed-interface-for-icinga2-inventory.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4088-add-constructed-interface-for-icinga2-inventory.yml
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+++ /dev/null
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-minor_changes:
-  - icinga2 inventory plugin - implemented constructed interface (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4088).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4092-fix_local_ports_regex_listen_ports_facts.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4092-fix_local_ports_regex_listen_ports_facts.yaml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/4092-fix_local_ports_regex_listen_ports_facts.yaml
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - listen_ports_facts - local port regex was not handling well IPv6 only binding. Fixes the regex for ``ss`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4092).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4104-opentelemetry_plugin-enrich_docker_login.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4104-opentelemetry_plugin-enrich_docker_login.yaml
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-minor_changes:
-    - opentelemetry_plugin - enrich service when using the ``docker_login`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4104).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4105-opentelemetry_plugin-enrich_jira_hetzner_jenkins_services.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4105-opentelemetry_plugin-enrich_jira_hetzner_jenkins_services.yaml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/4105-opentelemetry_plugin-enrich_jira_hetzner_jenkins_services.yaml
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-minor_changes:
-    - opentelemetry_plugin - enrich service when using the ``jenkins``, ``hetzner`` or ``jira`` modules (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4105).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4106-proxmox-efidisk0-support.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4106-proxmox-efidisk0-support.yaml
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----
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox_kvm - added EFI disk support when creating VM with OVMF UEFI BIOS with new ``efidisk0`` option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4106, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/1638).
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4108-nmcli-support-modifcation-without-type-param.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4108-nmcli-support-modifcation-without-type-param.yml
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--- a/changelogs/fragments/4108-nmcli-support-modifcation-without-type-param.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - nmcli - remove nmcli modify dependency on ``type`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/2858).
-  - nmcli - add missing connection aliases ``802-3-ethernet`` and ``802-11-wireless`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4108).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4131-nmcli_fix_reports_changed_for_routes4_parameter.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4131-nmcli_fix_reports_changed_for_routes4_parameter.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 16a2f3056b..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4131-nmcli_fix_reports_changed_for_routes4_parameter.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - nmcli - fix returning "changed" when routes parameters set, also suggest new routes4 and routes6 format
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4131).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4136-gitlab_runner-make-project-owned-mutually-exclusive.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4136-gitlab_runner-make-project-owned-mutually-exclusive.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index aba60a8692..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4136-gitlab_runner-make-project-owned-mutually-exclusive.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - 'gitlab_runner - make ``project`` and ``owned`` mutually exclusive (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4136).'
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4140-mail-callback-options.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4140-mail-callback-options.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ce56da8d8..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4140-mail-callback-options.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "mail callback plugin - properly use Ansible's option handling to split lists (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4140)."
-deprecated_features:
-  - "mail callback plugin - not specifying ``sender`` is deprecated and will be disallowed in community.general 6.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4140)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4150-gitlab-project-variable-absent-fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4150-gitlab-project-variable-absent-fix.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 778ee40ce1..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4150-gitlab-project-variable-absent-fix.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - gitlab_project_variable - ``value`` is not necessary when deleting variables (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4150).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4151-dconf-catch-psutil-nosuchprocess.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4151-dconf-catch-psutil-nosuchprocess.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6856af8a28..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4151-dconf-catch-psutil-nosuchprocess.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "dconf - skip processes that disappeared while we inspected them (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4151)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4154-ini_file_changed.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4154-ini_file_changed.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f3dbb6bab8..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4154-ini_file_changed.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - ini_file - when removing nothing do not report changed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4154).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4168-add-keycloak-url-timeout.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4168-add-keycloak-url-timeout.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 29d0b34c94..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4168-add-keycloak-url-timeout.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "keycloak_* modules - added connection timeout parameter when calling server (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4168)."
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4179-linode-inventory-cache.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4179-linode-inventory-cache.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d85d600366..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4179-linode-inventory-cache.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - linode inventory plugin - add support for caching inventory results (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4179).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4183-fix-yum_versionlock.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4183-fix-yum_versionlock.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 07b525cc59..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4183-fix-yum_versionlock.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "yum_versionlock - fix matching of existing entries with names passed to the module. Match yum and dnf lock format (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4183)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4191-proxmox-add-win11.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4191-proxmox-add-win11.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ef7297d51e..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4191-proxmox-add-win11.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox_kwm - add ``win11`` to ``ostype`` parameter for Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 support (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4023, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4191).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4192-improve-passwordstore-consistency.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4192-improve-passwordstore-consistency.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index bf50669c34..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4192-improve-passwordstore-consistency.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - passwordstore lookup plugin - prevent returning path names as passwords by accident (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4185, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4192).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4192-zypper-add-clean-deps.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4192-zypper-add-clean-deps.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index db436d7b77..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4192-zypper-add-clean-deps.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - zypper - add support for ``--clean-deps`` option to remove packages that depend on a package being removed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4195).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4194-configurable-passwordstore-locking.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4194-configurable-passwordstore-locking.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9268c2cf5a..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4194-configurable-passwordstore-locking.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - passwordstore lookup plugin - add configurable ``lock`` and ``locktimeout`` options to avoid race conditions in itself and in the ``pass`` utility it calls. By default, the plugin now locks on write operations (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4194).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4206-imc-rest-module.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4206-imc-rest-module.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e36305e31b..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4206-imc-rest-module.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - imc_rest - fixes the module failure due to the usage of ``itertools.izip_longest`` which is not available in Python 3 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4206).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4207-add-redis-tls-support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4207-add-redis-tls-support.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f8cd145f2..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4207-add-redis-tls-support.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - redis - add authentication parameters ``login_user``, ``tls``, ``validate_certs``, and ``ca_certs`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4207).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4212-fixes-for-keycloak-user-federation.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4212-fixes-for-keycloak-user-federation.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 033add7a90..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4212-fixes-for-keycloak-user-federation.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - keycloak_user_federation - creating a user federation while specifying an
-    ID (that does not exist yet) no longer fail with a 404 Not Found
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4212).
-  - keycloak_user_federation - mappers auto-created by keycloak are matched and
-    merged by their name and no longer create duplicated entries
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4212).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4219-passwordstore-locale-fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4219-passwordstore-locale-fix.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 540b475fb3..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4219-passwordstore-locale-fix.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - passwordstore lookup plugin - fix error detection for non-English locales (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4219).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4223-syslog-json-skip-syslog-option.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4223-syslog-json-skip-syslog-option.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4850a3a967..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4223-syslog-json-skip-syslog-option.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - syslog_json - add option to skip logging of ``gather_facts`` playbook tasks; use v2 callback API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4223).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4232-text-converter-import.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4232-text-converter-import.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cd78c2627f..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4232-text-converter-import.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "Avoid internal ansible-core module_utils in favor of equivalent public API available since at least Ansible 2.9. This fixes some instances added since the last time this was fixed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4232)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4240-ansible_galaxy_install-no_deps.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4240-ansible_galaxy_install-no_deps.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 716bc6cc16..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4240-ansible_galaxy_install-no_deps.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - ansible_galaxy_install - added option ``no_deps`` to the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4174).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4275-pacman-sysupgrade.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4275-pacman-sysupgrade.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 025cdc4ff1..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4275-pacman-sysupgrade.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - pacman - fix ``upgrade=yes``
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4275, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4274).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4286-pacman-url-pkgs.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4286-pacman-url-pkgs.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 12af9820c9..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4286-pacman-url-pkgs.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - pacman - fix URL based package installation
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4286, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4285).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4287-fix-proxmox-vm-chek.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4287-fix-proxmox-vm-chek.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e5d578a24..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4287-fix-proxmox-vm-chek.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox_kvm - fix error when checking whether Proxmox VM exists (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4287).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4288-fix-4259-support-busybox-dd.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4288-fix-4259-support-busybox-dd.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c1d69d9466..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4288-fix-4259-support-busybox-dd.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - filesize - add support for busybox dd implementation, that is used by default on Alpine linux
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4288,
-    https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4259).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4299-npm-add-production-with-ci-flag.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4299-npm-add-production-with-ci-flag.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1165e6736d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4299-npm-add-production-with-ci-flag.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - npm - add ability to use ``production`` flag when ``ci`` is set (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4299).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4303-pipx-editable.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4303-pipx-editable.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 96945ad3b5..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4303-pipx-editable.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - pipx - added options ``editable`` and ``pip_args`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4300).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4304-jira-fields-in-comment.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4304-jira-fields-in-comment.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f7402b637..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4304-jira-fields-in-comment.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - jira - when creating a comment, ``fields`` now is used for additional data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4304).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4306-proxmox-fix-error-on-vm-clone.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4306-proxmox-fix-error-on-vm-clone.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bba165e50..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4306-proxmox-fix-error-on-vm-clone.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "proxmox_kvm - fix error in check when creating or cloning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4306)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4312-pacman-groups.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4312-pacman-groups.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7160dca416..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4312-pacman-groups.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - pacman - Use ``--groups`` instead of ``--group``
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4312).
-
-known_issues:
-   - pacman - binaries specified in the ``executable`` parameter must support
-     ``--print-format`` in order to be used by this module.
-     In particular, AUR helper ``yay`` is known not to currently support it
-     (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4312).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4316-pacman-remove-nosave.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4316-pacman-remove-nosave.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index aa88592fd6..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4316-pacman-remove-nosave.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - pacman - add ``remove_nosave`` parameter to avoid saving modified configuration files as ``.pacsave`` files.
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4316, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4315).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4318-pacman-restore-old-changed-behavior.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4318-pacman-restore-old-changed-behavior.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3131d5fac4..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4318-pacman-restore-old-changed-behavior.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - pacman - when the ``update_cache`` option is combined with another option
-    such as ``upgrade``, report ``changed`` based on the actions performed by
-    the latter option. This was the behavior in community.general 4.4.0 and before.
-    In community.general 4.5.0, a task combining these options would always
-    report ``changed``
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4318).
-
-known_issues:
-   - pacman - ``update_cache`` cannot differentiate between up to date and
-     outdated package lists and will report ``changed`` in both situations
-     (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4318).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4320-nmcli-hairpin.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4320-nmcli-hairpin.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index bcda97eeaf..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4320-nmcli-hairpin.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - nmcli - deprecate default hairpin mode for a bridge. This so we can change it to ``false`` in community.general 7.0.0, as this is also the default in ``nmcli`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4334).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4330-pacman-packages-update_cache.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4330-pacman-packages-update_cache.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cfc0be6f62..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4330-pacman-packages-update_cache.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - "pacman - make sure that ``packages`` is always returned when ``name`` or ``upgrade`` is specified, also if nothing is done
-     (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4329)."
-deprecated_features:
-  - "pacman - from community.general 5.0.0 on, the ``changed`` status of ``update_cache`` will no longer be ignored if ``name`` or ``upgrade`` is specified.
-     To keep the old behavior, add something like ``register: result`` and ``changed_when: result.packages | length > 0`` to your task
-     (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4329)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4336-linode-inventory-filtering.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4336-linode-inventory-filtering.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f275d966e..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4336-linode-inventory-filtering.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - linode inventory plugin - fix configuration handling relating to inventory filtering (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4336).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4337-pacman-update_cache.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4337-pacman-update_cache.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 01a9cb11ac..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4337-pacman-update_cache.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - "pacman - now implements proper change detection for ``update_cache=true``. Adds ``cache_updated`` return value to when ``update_cache=true``
-     to report this result independently of the module's overall changed return value
-     (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4337)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4349-proxmox-inventory-dict-facts.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4349-proxmox-inventory-dict-facts.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fcf557c3ed..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4349-proxmox-inventory-dict-facts.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox inventory plugin - fixed the ``description`` field being ignored if
-    it contained a comma
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4348).
-  - proxmox inventory plugin - always convert strings that follow the
-    ``key=value[,key=value[...]]`` form into dictionaries
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4349).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4351-inventory-lxd-handling_metadata_wo_os_and_release.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4351-inventory-lxd-handling_metadata_wo_os_and_release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f7541a7a61..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4351-inventory-lxd-handling_metadata_wo_os_and_release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - |
-    lxd inventory plugin - do not crash if OS and release metadata are not present
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4351).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4352-proxmox-inventory-filters.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4352-proxmox-inventory-filters.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 713e8702d3..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4352-proxmox-inventory-filters.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox inventory plugin - add support for client-side jinja filters
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3553).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4355-ldap-recursive-delete.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4355-ldap-recursive-delete.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fea016975b..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4355-ldap-recursive-delete.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - ldap_entry - add support for recursive deletion
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3613).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4377-allow-proxmox-snapshot-restoring.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4377-allow-proxmox-snapshot-restoring.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8067cc18df..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4377-allow-proxmox-snapshot-restoring.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox_snap - add restore snapshot option (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4377).
-  - proxmox_snap - fixed timeout value to correctly reflect time in seconds. The timeout was off by one second (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4377).
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4378-proxmox-inventory-tags.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4378-proxmox-inventory-tags.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 04110977d5..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4378-proxmox-inventory-tags.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox inventory plugin - fixed the ``tags_parsed`` field when Proxmox
-    returns a single space for the ``tags`` entry (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4378).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4380-sudoers-runas-parameter.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4380-sudoers-runas-parameter.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 46ed481364..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4380-sudoers-runas-parameter.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - sudoers - add support for ``runas`` parameter
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4379).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4382-keycloak-add-missing-validate_certs-parameters.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4382-keycloak-add-missing-validate_certs-parameters.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 01a6b14962..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4382-keycloak-add-missing-validate_certs-parameters.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - keycloak_* - the documented ``validate_certs`` parameter was not taken into
-    account when calling the ``open_url`` function in some cases, thus enforcing
-    certificate validation even when ``validate_certs`` was set to ``false``.
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4382)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4385-keycloak-client-default-optional-scopes.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4385-keycloak-client-default-optional-scopes.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7255dd6343..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4385-keycloak-client-default-optional-scopes.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - keycloak_client - add ``default_client_scopes`` and ``optional_client_scopes`` parameters.
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4385).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4386-proxmox-support-templating-in-inventory-file.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4386-proxmox-support-templating-in-inventory-file.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e4c7def4a7..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4386-proxmox-support-templating-in-inventory-file.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox inventory plugin - add support for templating the ``url``, ``user``, and ``password`` options
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4418).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4417-ipa_service-add-skip_host_check.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4417-ipa_service-add-skip_host_check.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f4e5d6e49c..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4417-ipa_service-add-skip_host_check.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - ipa_service - add ``skip_host_check`` parameter.
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4417).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4421-zypper_package_version_handling_fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4421-zypper_package_version_handling_fix.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index eacdf84beb..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4421-zypper_package_version_handling_fix.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - zypper - fixed bug that caused zypper to always report [ok] and do nothing on ``state=present`` when all packages in ``name`` had a version specification (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4371, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4421).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4422-warn-user-if-incorrect-SDK-version-is-installed.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4422-warn-user-if-incorrect-SDK-version-is-installed.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index af03dae757..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4422-warn-user-if-incorrect-SDK-version-is-installed.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - dsv lookup plugin - raise an Ansible error if the wrong ``python-dsv-sdk`` version is installed (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4422).
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4429-keycloak-client-add-always-display-in-console.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4429-keycloak-client-add-always-display-in-console.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index df1970bd1f..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4429-keycloak-client-add-always-display-in-console.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - keycloak_client - add ``always_display_in_console`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4390).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4438-fix-error-message.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4438-fix-error-message.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 67c7050218..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4438-fix-error-message.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - xbps - fix error message that is reported when installing packages fails (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4438).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4455-terraform-provider-upgrade.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4455-terraform-provider-upgrade.yml
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index 5fe2d08ca7..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4455-terraform-provider-upgrade.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - terraform - adds ``terraform_upgrade`` parameter which allows ``terraform init`` to satisfy new provider constraints in an existing Terraform project (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4333).
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4457-support-datadog-monitors-type-event-v2.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4457-support-datadog-monitors-type-event-v2.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9072b6a389..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4457-support-datadog-monitors-type-event-v2.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - datadog_monitor - support new datadog event monitor of type `event-v2 alert` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4457)
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4459-only-get-monitor-if-it-is-not-null-api-response.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4459-only-get-monitor-if-it-is-not-null-api-response.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 88d0f401ea..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4459-only-get-monitor-if-it-is-not-null-api-response.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - dnsmadeeasy - fix failure on deleting DNS entries when API response does not contain monitor value (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3620).
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4464-pacman-fix-local-remove.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4464-pacman-fix-local-remove.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 50440491c9..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4464-pacman-fix-local-remove.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - pacman - fixed bug where ``absent`` state did not work for locally installed packages (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4464).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4465-btrfs-resize.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4465-btrfs-resize.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cdeea16c8..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4465-btrfs-resize.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-minor_changes:
-  - filesystem - add support for resizing btrfs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4465).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4466-proxmox-ansible_host-deprecation.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4466-proxmox-ansible_host-deprecation.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a4c94a318c..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4466-proxmox-ansible_host-deprecation.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - "proxmox inventory plugin - the current default ``true`` of the ``want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host`` option has been deprecated.
-     The default will change to ``false`` in community.general 6.0.0. To keep the current behavior, explicitly set
-     ``want_proxmox_nodes_ansible_host`` to ``true`` in your inventory configuration. We suggest to already switch to the new
-     behavior by explicitly setting it to ``false``, and by using ``compose:`` to set ``ansible_host`` to the correct value.
-     See the examples in the plugin documentation for details (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4466)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4471-seport-refactor.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4471-seport-refactor.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 343ecd1335..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4471-seport-refactor.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - seport - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4471).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4476-cmd_runner.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4476-cmd_runner.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b995e43ac2..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4476-cmd_runner.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - cmd_runner module util - reusable command runner with consistent argument formatting and sensible defaults (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4476).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4479-add-project-support-for-lxd_container-and-lxd_profile.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4479-add-project-support-for-lxd_container-and-lxd_profile.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ea1448c0b..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4479-add-project-support-for-lxd_container-and-lxd_profile.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - lxd_container - adds ``project`` option to allow selecting project for LXD instance (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4479).
-  - lxd_profile - adds ``project`` option to allow selecting project for LXD profile (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4479).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4491-specify_all_in_list_calls.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4491-specify_all_in_list_calls.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e1a057d1f4..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4491-specify_all_in_list_calls.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - >
-    gitlab_group_members - handle more than 20 groups when finding a group
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491,
-    https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4460,
-    https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3729).
-  - >
-    gitlab_group - improve searching for projects inside group on deletion
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
-  - >
-    gitlab_hook - handle more than 20 hooks when finding a hook
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
-  - >
-    gitlab_project - handle more than 20 namespaces when finding a namespace
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
-  - >
-    gitlab_project_members - handle more than 20 projects and users when
-    finding a project resp. user
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
-  - >
-    gitlab_user - handle more than 20 users and SSH keys when finding a user
-    resp. SSH key
-    (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4491).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4492-proxmox_kvm_fix_vm_without_name.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4492-proxmox_kvm_fix_vm_without_name.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 94efa9133b..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4492-proxmox_kvm_fix_vm_without_name.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox_kvm - fix a bug when getting a state of VM without name will fail (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4508).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4496-remove-deprecated-method-in-gitlab-branch-module.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4496-remove-deprecated-method-in-gitlab-branch-module.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 07329367e7..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4496-remove-deprecated-method-in-gitlab-branch-module.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - git_branch - remove deprecated and unnecessary branch ``unprotect`` method (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4496).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4506-sudo-in-nmap-inv-plugin.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4506-sudo-in-nmap-inv-plugin.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1baded5cd4..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4506-sudo-in-nmap-inv-plugin.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-- nmap inventory plugin - add ``sudo`` option in plugin in order to execute ``sudo nmap`` so that ``nmap`` runs with elevated privileges (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4506).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4516-deprecation-removals.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4516-deprecation-removals.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index df9e8d8dc9..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4516-deprecation-removals.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-removed_features:
-  - xfconf - the ``get`` state has been removed. Use the ``xfconf_info`` module instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
-  - dnsimple - remove support for dnsimple < 2.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
-  - proxmox, proxmox_kvm, proxmox_snap - no longer allow to specify a VM name that matches multiple VMs. If this happens, the modules now fail (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
-  - ali_instance_info - removed the options ``availability_zone``, ``instance_ids``, and ``instance_names``. Use filter item ``zone_id`` instead of ``availability_zone``, filter item ``instance_ids`` instead of ``instance_ids``, and filter item ``instance_name`` instead of ``instance_names`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
-  - linode - removed the ``backupsenabled`` option. Use ``backupweeklyday`` or ``backupwindow`` to enable backups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
-  - serverless - removed the ``functions`` option. It was not used by the module (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
-  - compose - removed various deprecated aliases. Use the version with ``_`` instead of ``-`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
-  - homebrew, homebrew_cask - removed the deprecated alias ``update-brew`` of ``update_brew`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
-  - apt_rpm - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
-  - opkg - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
-  - pacman - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
-  - slackpkg - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
-  - urpmi - removed the deprecated alias ``no-recommends`` of ``no_recommends`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
-  - urpmi - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
-  - xbps - removed the deprecated alias ``update-cache`` of ``update_cache`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
-  - github_deploy_key - removed the deprecated alias ``2fa_token`` of ``otp`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
-  - pacman - if ``update_cache=true`` is used with ``name`` or ``upgrade``, the changed state will now also indicate if only the cache was updated. To keep the old behavior - only indicate ``changed`` when a package was installed/upgraded -, use ``changed_when`` as indicated in the module examples (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4516).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4517-gem-deprecate-norc.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4517-gem-deprecate-norc.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 44c228d9a0..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4517-gem-deprecate-norc.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-deprecated_features:
-  - "gem - the default of the ``norc`` option has been deprecated and will change to ``true`` in community.general 6.0.0. Explicitly specify a value to avoid a deprecation warning (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4517)."
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4524-update-opennebula-inventory-plugin-to-match-documentation.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4524-update-opennebula-inventory-plugin-to-match-documentation.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e5b32c181b..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4524-update-opennebula-inventory-plugin-to-match-documentation.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
----
-bugfixes:
-  - opennebula inventory plugin - complete the implementation of ``constructable`` for opennebula inventory plugin. Now ``keyed_groups``, ``compose``, ``groups`` actually work (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4497).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4526-keycloak-realm-types.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4526-keycloak-realm-types.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ff1699d7f8..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4526-keycloak-realm-types.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - keycloak - fix parameters types for ``defaultDefaultClientScopes`` and ``defaultOptionalClientScopes`` from list of dictionaries to list of strings (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4526).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4530-fix-unauthorized-pritunl-request.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4530-fix-unauthorized-pritunl-request.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b5bbd716d..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4530-fix-unauthorized-pritunl-request.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-    - pritunl - fixed bug where pritunl plugin api add unneeded data in ``auth_string`` parameter (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4527).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4534-xfconf-added-value-types.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4534-xfconf-added-value-types.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 152c554349..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4534-xfconf-added-value-types.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - xfconf - added missing value types ``char``, ``uchar``, ``int64`` and ``uint64`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4534).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4540-proxmox-inventory-token-auth.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4540-proxmox-inventory-token-auth.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a156bc557..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4540-proxmox-inventory-token-auth.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox inventory plugin - add token authentication as an alternative to username/password (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4540).
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diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4548-remove-2.9-2.10-compatibility.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4548-remove-2.9-2.10-compatibility.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f4a4c59116..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4548-remove-2.9-2.10-compatibility.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-major_changes:
-  - The community.general collection no longer supports Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10. While we take no active measures to prevent usage, we will remove a lot of compatibility code and other compatility measures that will effectively prevent using most content from this collection with Ansible 2.9, and some content of this collection with ansible-base 2.10. Both Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10 will very soon be End of Life and if you are still using them, you should consider upgrading to ansible-core 2.11 or later as soon as possible (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
-breaking_changes:
-  - memcached cache plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
-  - redis cache plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
-  - lists_mergeby filter plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
-  - path_join filter plugin shim - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
-  - archive - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
-  - maven_artifact - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
-  - git_config - remove Ansible 2.9 and early ansible-base 2.10 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
-  - java_keystore - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
-  - a_module test plugin - remove Ansible 2.9 compatibility code (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
-  - The symbolic links used to implement flatmapping for all modules were removed and replaced by ``meta/runtime.yml`` redirects. This effectively breaks compatibility with Ansible 2.9 for all modules (without using their "long" names, which is discouraged and which can change without previous notice since they are considered an implementation detail) (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4548).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4555-proxmox-lxc-key.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4555-proxmox-lxc-key.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f598d3e07..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4555-proxmox-lxc-key.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-bugfixes:
-  - proxmox inventory plugin - fix error when parsing container with LXC configs (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/4472, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4472).
-minor_changes:
-  - proxmox inventory plugin - parse LXC configs returned by the proxmox API (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4472).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4556-remove-default-none-1.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4556-remove-default-none-1.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e527bf2c30..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4556-remove-default-none-1.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-minor_changes:
-  - clc_alert_policy - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
-  - clc_group - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
-  - clc_loadbalancer - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
-  - clc_server - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
-  - udm_group - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
-  - udm_share - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4556).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4557-alternatives-add-state-parameter.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4557-alternatives-add-state-parameter.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b4d7558c02..0000000000
--- a/changelogs/fragments/4557-alternatives-add-state-parameter.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-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).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4567-remove-default-none-2.yml b/changelogs/fragments/4567-remove-default-none-2.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - atomic_container - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
-  - proxmox - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
-  - packet_device - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
-  - packet_sshkey - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
-  - packet_volume - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
-  - profitbricks - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
-  - smartos_image_info - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
-  - vmadm - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
-  - webfaction_app - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
-  - webfaction_db - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
-  - nomad_job - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
-  - nomad_job_info - minor refactoring (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4567).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/4580-vmadm-deprecate-param-debug.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/4580-vmadm-deprecate-param-debug.yaml
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-deprecated_features:
-  - vmadm - deprecated module parameter ``debug`` that was not used anywhere (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/4580).
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/5.0.0-a1.yml b/changelogs/fragments/5.0.0-a1.yml
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-release_summary: Alpha release for community.general 5.0.0.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/705-gitlab-auth-support.yml b/changelogs/fragments/705-gitlab-auth-support.yml
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-minor_changes:
-  - gitlab - add more token authentication support with the new options ``api_oauth_token`` and ``api_job_token`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/705).