- Synchronous download of a given URL; not something to
do from the GUI thread.
- Use it from the GeoIP service, which downloads in a
separate thread to do GeoIP lookups.
- Drop now-unused headers.
- Adjust tests for GeoIP to use network service
- The networking service is intended to wrap up use of
QNetworkAccessManager and others for consumption within
Calamares, and to provide some convenience functions
for internet access.
- Medium term, it may also monitor network access, so that
we can respond to changes in network availability during
installation.
Currently very minimal and undocumented.