Release 4.0.0

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -4,3 +4,49 @@ Community Network Release Notes
 
 .. contents:: Topics
 
+This changelog describes changes after version 3.0.0.
+
+v4.0.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+This is major release 4.0.0 of ``community.network``, released on 2022-05-27.
+
+Major Changes
+-------------
+
+- The community.network collection no longer supports Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base 2.10. While we take no active measures to prevent usage, we will remove 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.network/pull/426).
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- community.network.ce_switchport - add support of decode a few stdout values from bitmap to human readable format(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/issues/315)
+- community.network.edgeos_config - append save command into result (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/189)
+
+Removed Features (previously deprecated)
+----------------------------------------
+
+- aireos modules - removed deprecated ``connection: local`` support. Use ``connection: network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).
+- aireos modules - removed deprecated ``provider`` option. Use ``connection: network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).
+- aruba modules - removed deprecated ``connection: local`` support. Use ``connection: network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).
+- aruba modules - removed deprecated ``provider`` option. Use ``connection: network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).
+- ce modules - removed deprecated ``connection: local`` support. Use ``connection: network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).
+- ce modules - removed deprecated ``provider`` option. Use ``connection: network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).
+- enos modules - removed deprecated ``connection: local`` support. Use ``connection: network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).
+- enos modules - removed deprecated ``provider`` option. Use ``connection: network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).
+- ironware modules - removed deprecated ``connection: local`` support. Use ``connection: network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).
+- ironware modules - removed deprecated ``provider`` option. Use ``connection: network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).
+- sros modules - removed deprecated ``connection: local`` support. Use ``connection: network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).
+- sros modules - removed deprecated ``provider`` option. Use ``connection: network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- Collection core functions - use vendored version of ``distutils.version`` instead of the deprecated Python standard library ``distutils``.
+- Include ``PSF-license.txt`` file for ``plugins/module_utils/_version.py``.
+- ce - Modify the bug in the query configuration method (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/56).
+- community.network.ce_switchport - fix error causing by ``KeyError:`` ``host`` due to properties aren't used anywhere (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/issues/313)
+- exos_config - fix a hang due to an unexpected prompt during save_when (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/110).
+- weos4 cliconf plugin - fix linting errors in documentation data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/368).

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Community Network Collection
 
-[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.network/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=main)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.network/_build?definitionId=32)
+[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.network/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-4)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.network/_build?definitionId=32)
 [![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/community.network)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/community.network)
 
 This repository contains the `community.network` Ansible Collection. The collection is a part of the `ansible` package and includes many network modules and plugins supported by Ansible community which are not part of more specialized community collections.
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Alternately, you can call modules by their short name if you list the `community
 
 ## Changelogs
 
-See [here](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/tree/main/CHANGELOG.rst).
+See [here](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/tree/stable-4/CHANGELOG.rst).
 
 ## Roadmap
 

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -1,2 +1,68 @@
 ancestor: 3.0.0
-releases: {}
+releases:
+  4.0.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+      - Collection core functions - use vendored version of ``distutils.version``
+        instead of the deprecated Python standard library ``distutils``.
+      - Include ``PSF-license.txt`` file for ``plugins/module_utils/_version.py``.
+      - ce - Modify the bug in the query configuration method (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/56).
+      - community.network.ce_switchport - fix error causing by ``KeyError:`` ``host``
+        due to properties aren't used anywhere (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/issues/313)
+      - exos_config - fix a hang due to an unexpected prompt during save_when (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/110).
+      - weos4 cliconf plugin - fix linting errors in documentation data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/368).
+      major_changes:
+      - The community.network collection no longer supports Ansible 2.9 and ansible-base
+        2.10. While we take no active measures to prevent usage, we will remove 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.network/pull/426).
+      minor_changes:
+      - community.network.ce_switchport - add support of decode a few stdout values
+        from bitmap to human readable format(https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/issues/315)
+      - community.network.edgeos_config - append save command into result (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/189)
+      release_summary: This is major release 4.0.0 of ``community.network``, released
+        on 2022-05-27.
+      removed_features:
+      - 'aireos modules - removed deprecated ``connection: local`` support. Use ``connection:
+        network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).'
+      - 'aireos modules - removed deprecated ``provider`` option. Use ``connection:
+        network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).'
+      - 'aruba modules - removed deprecated ``connection: local`` support. Use ``connection:
+        network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).'
+      - 'aruba modules - removed deprecated ``provider`` option. Use ``connection:
+        network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).'
+      - 'ce modules - removed deprecated ``connection: local`` support. Use ``connection:
+        network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).'
+      - 'ce modules - removed deprecated ``provider`` option. Use ``connection: network_cli``
+        instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).'
+      - 'enos modules - removed deprecated ``connection: local`` support. Use ``connection:
+        network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).'
+      - 'enos modules - removed deprecated ``provider`` option. Use ``connection:
+        network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).'
+      - 'ironware modules - removed deprecated ``connection: local`` support. Use
+        ``connection: network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).'
+      - 'ironware modules - removed deprecated ``provider`` option. Use ``connection:
+        network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).'
+      - 'sros modules - removed deprecated ``connection: local`` support. Use ``connection:
+        network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).'
+      - 'sros modules - removed deprecated ``provider`` option. Use ``connection:
+        network_cli`` instead (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.network/pull/440).'
+    fragments:
+    - 0-copy_ignore_txt.yml
+    - 1-use_vendored_distutils.yml
+    - 110-fix-exos-save-config.yaml
+    - 189-append-save-command-into-result.yaml
+    - 289-safe-eval-no-concat.yml
+    - 313_fix_broken_ce_switchport_module.yaml
+    - 315_add_support_decode_bitmap_for_ce_switchport_module.yaml
+    - 4.0.0.yaml
+    - 426-remove-2.9-2.10-compatibility.yml
+    - 56-ce_modify_query_configuration_method.yml
+    - psf-license.yml
+    - remove-connection-local.yml
+    - remove-provider.yml
+    - validate-plugins.yml
+    release_date: '2022-05-27'