adding follow_redirects option to the unarchive module

[tricker]

Does the community have any interest in adding the follow_redirects option to the unarchive module? I’ve run into a situation where I could use such a thing.

It looks like it could be relatively straightforward to implement as the underlying module_utils/urls.py fetch_url function already implements it. Just a matter of passing the option though.

[sivel]

We have previously decided that complex http scenarios with the unarchive module would not be added. Instead you should look to using the get_url module to independently fetch the file, and then utilize unarchive with remote_src=true.