Release 3.8.4.

Author: felixfontein

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,29 @@ Community General Release Notes
 
 This changelog describes changes after version 2.0.0.
 
+v3.8.4
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Regular bugfix release.
+
+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).
+- alternatives - fix output parsing for alternatives groups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3976).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- nrdp callback plugin - fix error ``string arguments without an encoding`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3903).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+- 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).
+
 v3.8.3
 ======
 

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -2030,3 +2030,39 @@ releases:
     - 3874-proxmox-fix-onboot-param.yml
     - 3896-nmcli_vlan_missing_options.yaml
     release_date: '2021-12-14'
+  3.8.4:
+    changes:
+      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).
+      - alternatives - fix output parsing for alternatives groups (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/3976).
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      - nrdp callback plugin - fix error ``string arguments without an encoding``
+        (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/3903).
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      - 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).
+      release_summary: Regular bugfix release.
+    fragments:
+    - 3.8.4.yml
+    - 3867-jira-fix-body.yaml
+    - 3909-nrdp_fix_string_args_without_encoding.yaml
+    - 3933-slack-charset-header.yaml
+    - 3934-distutils.yml
+    - 3936-distutils.version.yml
+    - 3940_fix_contenttype_scaleway_user_data.yml
+    - 3976-fix-alternatives-parsing.yml
+    release_date: '2022-01-11'