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browseragents can not be installed
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pip is failing to install browseragents

There is a fallback in comms/http.py to use fake_useragent, so it should be ok to remove browseragents completely from code?

See also https://github.com/walidsa3d/browseragents/issues/1

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Dvorapa updated the task description. (Show Details)
Dvorapa moved this task from Backlog to Upstream issues on the Pywikibot board.

Seems that package is not maintained for nearby 4 years. Do we really need it?

No

Then let remove that part

Change 509481 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dvorapa; owner: Dvorapa):
[pywikibot/core@master] Avoid using outdated browseragents

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/509481

Change 509481 merged by jenkins-bot:
[pywikibot/core@master] Avoid using outdated browseragents

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/509481

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