test_linkcheck_allowed_redirects: enable HTTP HEAD request support #11323
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This is intended to reduce the number of HTTP requests within this particular test to closer-to-the-norm compared to other tests within the
test_build_linkcheck.py
module; this test has been failing intermittently and it seems possible that timeouts due to HTTP roundtrip traffic are a contributing factor.Feature or Bugfix
Purpose
test_linkcheck_allowed_redirects
test -- or to rule out another potential source of that problemlinkcheck
request timeout thresholds for this (and other) testsDetail
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