[PR #11087/6e1cc3ea backport][stable-12] swupd: deprecation (#11099)

swupd: deprecation (#11087)

* swupd: deprecation

* add changelog frag

* Update changelogs/fragments/11087-deprecate-swupd.yml



* Update meta/runtime.yml



* Update plugins/modules/swupd.py



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(cherry picked from commit 6e1cc3eafd)

Co-authored-by: Alexei Znamensky <103110+russoz@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

changelogs/fragments/11087-deprecate-swupd.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+deprecated_features:
+  - layman - ClearLinux was made EOL in July 2025.; the module will be removed from community.general 15.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11087).

meta/runtime.yml

@@ -1039,6 +1039,10 @@ plugin_routing:
         warning_text: This module relied on HTTPS APIs that do not exist anymore,
           and any new development in the direction of providing an alternative should
           happen in the context of the google.cloud collection.
+    swupd:
+      deprecation:
+        removal_version: 15.0.0
+        warning_text: ClearLinux was made EOL in July 2025. If you think the module is still useful for another distribution, please create an issue in the community.general repository.
     typetalk:
       deprecation:
         removal_version: 13.0.0

plugins/modules/swupd.py

@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 DOCUMENTATION = r"""
 module: swupd
 short_description: Manages updates and bundles in ClearLinux systems
+deprecated:
+  removed_in: 15.0.0
+  why: >-
+    ClearLinux was made EOL in July 2025. If you think the module is still useful for another distribution,
+    please L(create an issue in the community.general repository, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/).
+  alternative: There is none.
 description:
   - Manages updates and bundles with the swupd bundle manager, which is used by the Clear Linux Project for Intel Architecture.
 author: Alberto Murillo (@albertomurillo)