Release Prep 7.2.0 (#694)

* release_prep_7.2.0

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CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,32 @@ Ansible Netcommon Collection Release Notes
 
 .. contents:: Topics
 
+v7.2.0
+======
+
+Minor Changes
+-------------
+
+- Exposes new libssh options to configure publickey_accepted_algorithms and hostkeys. This requires ansible-pylibssh v1.1.0 or higher.
+
+Deprecated Features
+-------------------
+
+- Added deprecation warnings for the above plugins, displayed when running respective filter plugins.
+- `parse_cli_textfsm` filter plugin is deprecated and will be removed in a future release after 2027-02-01. Use `ansible.utils.cli_parse` with the `ansible.utils.textfsm_parser` parser as a replacement.
+- `parse_cli` filter plugin is deprecated and will be removed in a future release after 2027-02-01. Use `ansible.utils.cli_parse` as a replacement.
+- `parse_xml` filter plugin is deprecated and will be removed in a future release after 2027-02-01. Use `ansible.utils.cli_parse` with the `ansible.utils.xml_parser` parser as a replacement.
+
+Bugfixes
+--------
+
+- libssh connection plugin - stop using long-deprecated and now removed internal field from ansible-core's base connection plugin class (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/issues/522, https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/issues/690, https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/pull/691).
+
+Documentation Changes
+---------------------
+
+- Includes a new support related section in the README.
+
 v7.1.0
 ======
 

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -812,3 +812,33 @@ releases:
       - readme_communication.yml
       - update_error_msg.yaml
     release_date: "2024-08-29"
+  7.2.0:
+    changes:
+      bugfixes:
+        - libssh connection plugin - stop using long-deprecated and now removed internal
+          field from ansible-core's base connection plugin class (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/issues/522,
+          https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/issues/690, https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/pull/691).
+      deprecated_features:
+        - Added deprecation warnings for the above plugins, displayed when running respective
+          filter plugins.
+        - "`parse_cli_textfsm` filter plugin is deprecated and will be removed in a
+          future release after 2027-02-01. Use `ansible.utils.cli_parse` with the `ansible.utils.textfsm_parser`
+          parser as a replacement."
+        - "`parse_cli` filter plugin is deprecated and will be removed in a future release
+          after 2027-02-01. Use `ansible.utils.cli_parse` as a replacement."
+        - "`parse_xml` filter plugin is deprecated and will be removed in a future release
+          after 2027-02-01. Use `ansible.utils.cli_parse` with the `ansible.utils.xml_parser`
+          parser as a replacement."
+      doc_changes:
+        - Includes a new support related section in the README.
+      minor_changes:
+        - Exposes new libssh options to configure publickey_accepted_algorithms and
+          hostkeys. This requires ansible-pylibssh v1.1.0 or higher.
+    fragments:
+      - 691-libssh-connection.yml
+      - add_support_section.yaml
+      - deprecate_parsing_filter_plugins.yaml
+      - ignore_219.yaml
+      - libssh_pubkey_algo.yml
+      - update_bindep.yml
+    release_date: "2025-03-27"

changelogs/fragments/691-libssh-connection.yml

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ readme: README.md
 repository: https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon
 issues: https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/issues
 tags: [networking, security, cloud, network_cli, netconf, httpapi, grpc]
-version: 7.1.0
+version: 7.2.0