Adding upstream version 10.0.upstream/10.0

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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+.. January 12 2024, Christian Hopps <chopps@labn.net>
+..
+.. Copyright (c) 2024, LabN Consulting, L.L.C.
+..
+..
+
+Prior versions of FRR supported reading and writing per-daemon config files;
+however, with the introduction of the centralized management daemon ``mgmtd``
+this could no longer be supported.
+
+In order to allow for an orderly transition from per-daemon config files to the
+integrated config file, FRR daemons will continue to try and **read** their
+specific per-daemon configuration file as before. Additionally the config can
+still be loaded directly using the ``-f`` or ``--config-file`` CLI options;
+however, these files will **not** be updated when the configuration is written
+(e.g., with the ``write mem`` command).
+
+.. warning::
+
+   Per-daemon files will **no longer** be updated when the user issues a ``write
+   memory`` command. Therefore these per-daemon config files should only be used
+   as a mechanism for transitioning to the integrated config, and then removed.