* Azure: Allow VNet to be in a separate Resource Group. ([#49725](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/49725), [@sylr](https://github.com/sylr))

   * the factory that created it.
   *
   * <p>Note, however, that although multiple locks can be created for a given Enum value, whether
   * it be through separate factory instances or through multiple calls to the same factory,
   * attempting to acquire multiple locks with the same Enum value (within the same thread) will

          /*
           * We want to do this in long math for speed, but want to avoid overflow. We adapt the
           * technique previously used by BigIntegerMath: maintain separate numerator and
           * denominator accumulators, multiplying the fraction into result when near overflow.
           */
          for (int i = 2; i <= k; i++, n--) {

 * from the need for the programmer to remember to use {@code while} instead of {@code if}. However,
 * one advantage is that we can introduce two separate {@code Condition} objects, which allows us to
 * use {@code signal()} instead of {@code signalAll()}, which may be a performance benefit.
 *
 * {@snippet :
 * public class SafeBox<V> {
 *   private V value;

### Other (Cleanup or Flake)

* Use separate client for leader election in scheduler to avoid starving leader election by regular scheduler operations. ([#53793](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/53793), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

            ClosingFunction<? super V, U> transformation, @ParametricNullness V input)
            throws Exception {
      // TODO(dpb): Consider ways to defer closing without creating a separate CloseableList.
      CloseableList newCloseables = new CloseableList();
      try {
        return immediateFuture(transformation.apply(newCloseables.closer, input));
      } finally {

- ServiceAccount metadata.annotations[kubernetes.io/enforce-mountable-secrets]: deprecated since v1.32; no removal deadline. Prefer separate namespaces to isolate access to mounted secrets. ([#128396](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/128396), [@ritazh](https://github.com/ritazh)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps, Auth, CLI and Testing]

### API Change

 * href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Character.html#supplementary">encoded
 * into a {@code String} using surrogate pairs</a>, and a {@code CharMatcher} treats these just as
 * two separate characters. {@link #countIn} counts each supplementary character as 2 {@code char}s.
 *
 * <p>For up-to-date Unicode character properties (digit, letter, etc.) and support for

- kubectl: Added alpha support for customizing kubectl behavior using preferences from a `kuberc` file, separate from `kubeconfig`. ([#125230](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125230), [@ardaguclu](https://github.com/ardaguclu)) [SIG API Machinery, CLI and Testing]