* Adds another module utility file which generalizes the
access of urls via the urllib* libraries.
* Adds a new spec generator for common arguments.
* Makes the user-agent string configurable.
Fixes#6211
A fix for uri module regarding following redirects. The old behavior would follow redirects either way. This change clarifies the functionality and makes it a bit more explicit. Comparing the old behavior to the new 'yes' == 'all', 'no' == 'safe' and now 'no' will not follow any redirects. Historic behavior is still supported and documented with a push to the new values.
This is accomplished by not setting the If-Modified-Since header,
and setting "cache-control: no-cache" instead. Note that if the
file content has not changed, the module will still report that
changed=false, as the md5's of the tmp file and existing file are
compared before swapping
Fixes#5104
(fixes issue #4277)
* The sha256sum error message now displays the invalid
destination checksum if it doesn't match the one that
is specified in the arguments. This is useful for
debugging purposes.
* Non-alphanumeric characters, including the infamous
Unicode zero-width space, are removed from the sha256sum
argument prior to the check.
Migrated all examples: in DOCUMENTATION=''' string to standalone EXAMPLES=''' string
Added deprecation warning to moduledev.rst and remove deprecated example from it
Fixed up a few typos and uppercased some acronyms.
add consistency to how EXAMPLES are formatted