Ansible 11 (ansible-core 2.18) support

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Ansible-core 2.18: ETA 2024-11-04 Ansible 11: ETA 2024-12-03

Notable changelog entries (so far):

• Add python3.13 to the default INTERPRETER_PYTHON_FALLBACK list.
• Add a new meta task end_role (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/22286)
• The minimum supported Python version on targets is now Python 3.8.
• remove extraneous selinux import (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/83657)
• assert - Nested templating may result in an inability for the conditional to be evaluated.
• persistent connection plugins - The ANSIBLE_CONNECTION_PATH config option no longer has any effect.
• Removed Python 3.10 as a supported version on the controller. Python 3.11 or newer is required.
• shell plugin - properly quote all needed components of shell commands (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/82535)
• ssh - Fix bug when attempting to fetch a file path with characters that should be quoted when using the piped transfer method

See

• https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/roadmap/COLLECTIONS_11.html
• https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.18/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.18.rst