2.11.1rc2

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Pull Request Overview

This PR updates the confluent-kafka-python version from 2.11.0 to 2.11.1rc2, a maintenance release candidate that upgrades the underlying librdkafka dependency.

• Bumps project version to 2.11.1rc2 across all configuration files
• Updates librdkafka dependency requirement from v2.11.0 to v2.11.1-RC2
• Adds changelog entry documenting the maintenance release

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File	Description
src/confluent_kafka/src/confluent_kafka.h	Updates C library version constants and minimum librdkafka version requirements
pyproject.toml	Updates Python package version in project configuration
examples/docker/Dockerfile.alpine	Updates librdkafka version environment variable for Docker builds
docs/conf.py	Updates documentation version string
CHANGELOG.md	Adds v2.11.1 release notes
.semaphore/semaphore.yml	Updates CI pipeline librdkafka version

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Project ID: confluent-kafka-python

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[pranavrth]

LGTM!.