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 =============
 
 
-NEXT RELEASE
-------------
+5.0.0
+-----
 
 Upgrade to Ansible 2.9.x, dropping support for Debian 8 Jessie,
-upgrade to Python 3.x, dropping support for Python 2.7.
+upgrade to Python 3.x, dropping support for Python 2.7. A number of
+parameters have been made mandatory or deprecated. Security has been
+slightly improved in a number of roles, and there is plenty of
+bug-fixes and minor improvements throughout as well.
 
 **Breaking changes:**