Merge pull request #56092 from twangboy/waynew-update-changelog

Add LGPO and Network PRs to changelogs

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ Versions are `MAJOR.PATCH`.
 - [#55780](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55780) - Fallback to disabled `LG_INCLUDE_INDIRECT` when DC is unavailable - [@lukasraska](https://github.com/lukasraska)
 - [#55795](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55795) - Fixed issue with whitespace in ADML data - [@twangboy](https://github.com/twangboy)
 - [#55796](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55796) - Fixed cached `osrelease_info` grain type - [@srg91](https://github.com/srg91)
+- [#55817](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55817) - Bring #51372 to Master Branch - [@twangboy](https://github.com/twangboy)
+- [#55823](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55823) - Fix issue with overly long names in the LGPO module - [@twangboy](https://github.com/twangboy)
 - [#55843](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55843) - Fixed `file.mkdir` to respect `test=True` - [@mchugh19](https://github.com/mchugh19)
 - [#55845](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/55845) - Fixed logging to return multiprocessing queue if it's already set - [@s0undt3ch](https://github.com/s0undt3ch)
 

doc/topics/releases/3000.rst

@@ -359,6 +359,48 @@ editing values from an xpath query, or editing XML IDs.
         - xpath: .//actor[@id='1']
         - value: William Shatner
 
+
+LGPO Execution Module
+=====================
+Multiple fixes were made to the :py:func:`win_lgpo <salt.modules.win_lgpo>` to
+expand support for additional policies and improve performance. Issues with
+encoding and unsupported characters (smart-quotes, em-dash, etc) found in the
+ADML files as well as whitespace in some policies have been addressed.
+
+Speed enhancements include:
+
+- Caching the compiled xml from ADMX/ADML files in ``__context__``
+- Lowercasing all keys before compiling XML to remove an expensive XPath lookup
+
+Additional functionality:
+
+- Adds the :py:func:`lgpo.get_policy <salt.modules.win_lgpo.get_policy>`
+  function that allows you to get the current settings for a single policy.
+- Changes some policy names that were overly long
+
+
+LGPO State Module
+=================
+Multiple changes were made to the :py:func:`win_lgpo <salt.states.win_lgpo>`
+state to improve performance.
+
+It now uses the :py:func:`lgpo.get_policy <salt.modules.win_lgpo.get_policy>`
+function instead of the :py:func:`lgpo.get <salt.modules.win_lgpo.get>` to avoid
+reloading all settings on the machine at the beginning and end of each state
+run.
+
+Supports the new shorter policy names but also attempts to resolve the older,
+longer policy names.
+
+
+Win_network Salt Util
+=====================
+Now uses .NET libraries to obtain Interface information on Windows systems that
+support it. Unsupported systems fall back to the more expensive WMI calls. This
+is important as this data is gathered for grains and occurs each time a process
+is forked.
+
+
 Jinja enhancements
 ==================