Backport uri module bug fix to stable 2.2

Hello,

I have encountered a uri module digest authentication bug on ansible 2.2.0:
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/16936

The issue will be resolved at 2.3 by the following pull request:
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/18736

The release of stable 2.3 is two months away and I wonder if this fix can be pushed sooner to the upcoming 2.2.1 (or 2.2.2).
I have applied the patch on my 2.2.0 deployment and it seems to work fine.

Can this patch be pushed to 2.2.x? And if so, what is procedure?

The fix has already been merged and will be included in the upcoming 2.2.1 release.

  • Matt

Thank you!