Merge branch 'maintenance/2.11.x' into main following 2.11.5 release

Author: Pierre-Sassoulas

ChangeLog

@@ -18,20 +18,24 @@ Release date: TBA
 * Rename ``ModuleSpec`` -> ``module_type`` constructor parameter to match attribute
   name and improve typing. Use ``type`` instead.
 
-* Fix a bug where in attempting to handle the patching of ``distutils`` by ``virtualenv``,
-  library submodules called ``distutils`` (e.g. ``numpy.distutils``) were included also.
 
-  Refs PyCQA/pylint#6497
+What's New in astroid 2.11.6?
+=============================
+Release date: TBA
 
 
 What's New in astroid 2.11.5?
 =============================
-Release date: TBA
+Release date: 2022-05-09
 
 * Fix crash while obtaining ``object_type()`` of an ``Unknown`` node.
 
   Refs PyCQA/pylint#6539
 
+* Fix a bug where in attempting to handle the patching of ``distutils`` by ``virtualenv``,
+  library submodules called ``distutils`` (e.g. ``numpy.distutils``) were included also.
+
+  Refs PyCQA/pylint#6497
 
 What's New in astroid 2.11.4?
 =============================