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add general facts-to-info paragraph (#64293)

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Alicia Cozine 2019-11-01 15:09:03 -05:00 committed by Sandra McCann
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* The ``win_get_url`` and ``win_uri`` module now sends requests with a default ``User-Agent`` of ``ansible-httpget``. This can be changed by using the ``http_agent`` key.
* The ``apt`` module now honors ``update_cache=false`` while installing its own dependency and skips the cache update. Explicitly setting ``update_cache=true`` or omitting the param ``update_cache`` will result in a cache update while installing its own dependency.
Renaming from ``_facts`` to ``_info``
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Ansible 2.9 renamed a lot of modules from ``<something>_facts`` to ``<something>_info``, because the modules do not return :ref:`Ansible facts <vars_and_facts>`. Ansible facts relate to a specific host. For example, the configuration of a network interface, the operating system on a unix server, and the list of packages installed on a Windows box are all Ansible facts. The renamed modules return values that are not unique to the host. For example, account information or region data for a cloud provider. Renaming these modules should provide more clarity about the types of return values each set of modules offers.
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