Corrects description of modules vs plugins #55784
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* Update windows_setup.rst (#55535): Wrong protocol and port in command. (cherry picked from commit 6ea3eca) * Clarify the two targets of vault encryption, with notes about advantages and drawbacks of each Co-Authored-By: tacatac <taca@kadisius.eu> (cherry picked from commit 79198ca) * Improve consistency of loop documentation (#55674) (cherry picked from commit a5cb47d) * Add Microsoft Document URL for WinRM Memory Hotfix (#55680) Co-Authored-By: hiyokotaisa <thel.vadam2485@gmail.com> (cherry picked from commit 7b86208) * Clarify the documentation for `async` and `poll`; describe the behavior when `poll` = 0 and when it does not. Co-Authored-By: tacatac <taca@kadisius.eu> (cherry picked from commit dbc64ae) * Add security group info and example to AWS guide (#55783): expand documentation on how to use lookup plugin aws_service_ip_ranges with ec2_group module (cherry picked from commit bb5059f) * correct description of modules vs plugins (#55784) (cherry picked from commit 9d5b5d7) * Fix var naming (#55795): Make vars match tasks in Google Compute guide. (cherry picked from commit 943f733) * Clarifies how Ansible processes multiple `failed_when` conditions (#55941): multiple failed_when conditions join with AND not OR to counter third-party pages online incorrectly stating that it uses `OR`. ([example](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/ansible-project/cIaQTmY3ZLE/c5w8rlmdHWIJ)). (cherry picked from commit 5439eb8) * Docs: edits & expands module_utils & search path info in dev guide (#55931) (cherry picked from commit 8542459) * Add faq note about ssh ServerAliveInterval (#55568) (cherry picked from commit 76dba7a) * docsite: correct path, list requirements for testing module docs, etc. (#52008) * dev_guide: correct path, list requirements, etc.; module HTML docs are in '_build/html/module' subdir (cherry picked from commit b14f477) * Developer documentation update involving module invocation (#55747) * Update docs for the 2.7 change to AnsiballZ which invokes modules with one less Python interpreter * Add a section on how module results are returned and on trust between modules, action plugins, and the executor. * Update docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_program_flow_modules.rst Co-Authored-By: abadger <a.badger@gmail.com> (cherry picked from commit edafa71) * add doc example of multiline failed_when with OR (#56007) * add variety to multiple OR failed_when doc example (cherry picked from commit 7d5ada7) * Note that by default the regex test is identical to match, but can do much more (#50205) * Note that the regex test behaves like 'match', with default settings (cherry picked from commit 86e98c5) * more info on how vaults work (#56183) also add warning about what it covers. (cherry picked from commit 8ff27c4) * Fix var naming in GCE guide (cherry picked from commit dae5564) * dev_guide: Various small updates (#53273) * Document the clarifications that I usually remark when doing reviews * Update docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_modules_documenting.rst Co-Authored-By: dagwieers <dag@wieers.com> (cherry picked from commit eac7f1f) * Lack of "--update" flag in older Ubuntu distros (#56283): when installing on older Ubuntu distributions be aware of the lack of ``-u`` or ``--update`` flag. (cherry picked from commit dd0b0ae) * should have gone into 52373 (#56306) (cherry picked from commit 3c8d8b1)
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SUMMARY
Discussions about #55671 convinced me that the section on the difference between modules and plugins here was inaccurate. That PR is big enough already, though, so I opened a separate small PR to fix this while it's on my mind.
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