Add remote source plugin

Ed Bauntonrequested to merge
edbaunton/remote-source into master

Description

Currently you cannot directly download a file from e.g. the internet for runnning. For example, you might want to download some prebuilt binary or script from an external source.

This changeset adds support for a new kind of source called remote (converse to local). The plugin allows you to specify a url for a file and optionally a name and location for it (otherwise it uses the basename). It's just a simpler version of the tar, zip, deb plugins using the same low level downloader class.

Changes proposed in this merge request:

  • Add support for remote files

CHANGELOG/Release Notes

Add support for downloading files directly using the remote plugin.

Fixes #163 (closed)

Edited by Javier Jardón

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