* Create base class for network-style connections
* clean up some differences
* Move NetworkConnectionBase
* Tweak netconf for tests
* Tweak when network_os is checked to avoid failing tests
* Pull back exec_command
* implements jsonrpc message passing for ansible-connection
* implements more generic mechanism for persistent connections
* starts persistent connection in task_executor if enabled and supported
* supports using network_cli as top level connection plugin
* enhances logging for persistent connection to stdout
* Update action plugins
* Fix Python3 RPC
* Fix Junos bytes<-->str issues
* supports using netconf as top level connection plugin
* Error message when running netconf on an unsupported platform
* Update tests
* Fix `authorize: yes` for `connection: local`
* Handle potentially JSON data in terminal
* Add clarifying detail if possible on ConnectionError
* test/: PEP8 compliancy
- Make PEP8 compliant
* Python3 chokes on casting int to bytes (#24952)
But if we tell the formatter that the var is a number, it works