replace batch of redundant to_native()/to_text() occurrences (#11104)

* replace batch of redundant to_native()/to_text() occurrences

* add changelog frag

plugins/modules/filesize.py

@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ import os
 import math
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 
 
 # These are the multiplicative suffixes understood (or returned) by dd and
@@ -453,7 +452,7 @@ def main():
         initial_filesize = current_size(args)
         size_descriptors = size_spec(args)
     except AssertionError as err:
-        module.fail_json(msg=to_native(err))
+        module.fail_json(msg=f"{err}")
 
     expected_filesize = size_descriptors["bytes"]
     if initial_filesize:

plugins/modules/ip_netns.py

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ RETURN = r"""
 """
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 
 
 class Namespace:
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ class Namespace:
         """Check if the namespace already exists"""
         rc, out, err = self.module.run_command(["ip", "netns", "list"])
         if rc != 0:
-            self.module.fail_json(msg=to_text(err))
+            self.module.fail_json(msg=f"{err}")
         return self.name in out
 
     def add(self):

plugins/modules/ipa_subca.py

@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ subca:
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.ipa import IPAClient, ipa_argument_spec
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
@@ -215,7 +214,7 @@ def main():
         changed, record = ensure(module, client)
         module.exit_json(changed=changed, record=record)
     except Exception as exc:
-        module.fail_json(msg=to_native(exc))
+        module.fail_json(msg=f"{exc}")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

plugins/modules/jira.py

@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ class JIRA(StateModuleHelper):
                         msg.append(to_native(error[key]))
                 if msg:
                     self.module.fail_json(msg=", ".join(msg))
-                self.module.fail_json(msg=to_native(error))
+                self.module.fail_json(msg=f"{error}")
             # Fallback print body, if it can't be decoded
             self.module.fail_json(msg=to_native(info["body"]))
 

plugins/modules/ldap_search.py

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ import base64
 import traceback
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
+from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_text
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.ldap import (
     LdapGeneric,
     gen_specs,
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def main():
     try:
         LdapSearch(module).main()
     except Exception as exception:
-        module.fail_json(msg="Attribute action failed.", details=to_native(exception))
+        module.fail_json(msg="Attribute action failed.", details=f"{exception}")
 
 
 def _normalize_string(val, convert_to_base64):