Replace abandoned random-user-agent with fake-useragent#3
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random-user-agent has been unmaintained since 2018. This PR switches to fake-useragent, which provides equivalent functionality and is actively maintained. Changes: - Updated requirements.txt and setup.py dependencies - Updated imports in conkeyscan.py - Simplified UserAgent usage per fake-useragent API Closes nixpkgs issue: NixOS/nixpkgs#410837
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Applies patch from upstream PR CompassSecurity/conkeyscan#3 to replace the abandoned random-user-agent package with fake-useragent. Part of NixOS#410837.
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Summary
Replaces the abandoned
random-user-agentpackage withfake-useragent, which provides the same functionality.Motivation
random-user-agenthas been unmaintained since 2018fake-useragentis actively maintained and widely usedChanges
requirements.txtandsetup.pyto usefake-useragentconkeyscan.pyRelated to: NixOS/nixpkgs#410837 (removal of random-user-agent from nixpkgs)