decode request response body in python3

Author: lexming

lib/vsc/utils/rest.py

@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ def request(self, method, url, body, headers, content_type=None):
             pybody = conn.headers
         else:
             body = conn.read()
+            if is_py3():
+                body = body.decode('utf-8')  # byte encoded response
             try:
                 pybody = json.loads(body)
             except ValueError:

setup.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 ]
 
 PACKAGE = {
-    'version': '3.4.4',
+    'version': '3.4.5',
     'author': [sdw, jt, ag, kh],
     'maintainer': [sdw, jt, ag, kh],
     # as long as 1.0.0 is not out, vsc-base should still provide vsc.fancylogger