Prepare for v9.0.0 (#867)

Signed-off-by: NilashishC <[email protected]>

Author: NilashishC

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ Cisco Nxos Collection Release Notes
 
 .. contents:: Topics
 
+v9.0.0
+======
+
+Release Summary
+---------------
+
+Starting from this release, the minimum `ansible-core` version this collection requires is `2.15.0`. The last known version compatible with ansible-core<2.15 is v8.1.0.
+
+Major Changes
+-------------
+
+- Bumping `requires_ansible` to `>=2.15.0`, since previous ansible-core versions are EoL now.
+
 v8.1.0
 ======
 

changelogs/changelog.yaml

@@ -1105,3 +1105,15 @@ releases:
       - nxos_l3_interfaces.yaml
       - route_maps.yaml
     release_date: "2024-05-22"
+  9.0.0:
+    changes:
+      major_changes:
+        - Bumping `requires_ansible` to `>=2.15.0`, since previous ansible-core versions
+          are EoL now.
+      release_summary:
+        Starting from this release, the minimum `ansible-core` version
+        this collection requires is `2.15.0`. The last known version compatible with
+        ansible-core<2.15 is v8.1.0.
+    fragments:
+      - bump_215.yaml
+    release_date: "2024-06-07"

changelogs/fragments/bump_215.yaml

@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ readme: README.md
 repository: https://github.com/ansible-collections/cisco.nxos
 issues: https://github.com/ansible-collections/cisco.nxos/issues
 tags: [cisco, nxos, networking, nxapi, netconf]
-version: 8.1.0
+version: 9.0.0