- Made `apiextensions-apiserver` binary linking static (also affects the deb and rpm packages). ([#114226](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/114226), [@saschagrunert](https://github.com/saschagrunert))

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language feature (or some aspect of it) was changed or added with language version 1.xx and
thus requires at minimum that language version to build.
For details, see the <a href="#Language_versions">linked section</a>
in the <a href="#Appendix">appendix</a>.
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* Mark v1beta1 NetworkPolicy types as deprecated ([#56425](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/56425), [@cmluciano](https://github.com/cmluciano))
* Fix problem with /bin/bash ending up linked to dash  ([#55018](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55018), [@dims](https://github.com/dims))

- Kubeadm: if the user has customized their image repository via the kubeadm configuration,...

  correctly with an external cloud provider. ([#124516](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124516), [@danwinship](https://github.com/danwinship))
- Fixed an issue that prevents the linking of trace spans for requests that are proxied through kube-aggregator. ([#124189](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/124189), [@toddtreece](https://github.com/toddtreece))

## Deprecations

This section provides an overview of deprecated API versions, options, flags, and arguments. Deprecated means that we intend to remove the capability from a future release. After removal, the capability will no longer work. The sections are organized by SIGs.

### Apps

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