Zesk Build release v0.39.0

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Previous version: v0.38.3
Major documentation.sh updates and speed improvements
backgroundProceess handles errors better (missing .stop files)
Cleanup of awsIPAccess output
mapEnvironment was massively optimized, and now handles bad environment variables just fine thanks.
turns out the plumber was sleeping on the job so fixed that and now works again
isAbsolutePath -> pathIsAbsolute
Leaking changes to LINES or COLUMNS no longer outputs anything as it is common and can be caused by terminal resize
Added stringBegins and stringBeginsInsensitive
Fixed a lot of leaks the plumber had missed in previous builds.
Pretty sure sped up documentation build like 5x or better
renamed underscore functions to first-class ones
Removed and deprecated __environment
exitString -> returnCodeString
newRelease -> releaseNew
Renamed sugar functions to first-class:
- __catchEnvironment -> catchEnvironment
- __catchArgument -> catchArgument
- __catch -> catchReturn
- __catchCode -> catchCode
- __throwEnvironment -> throwEnvironment
- __execute|execute
- __echo -> executeEcho
- _choose -> booleanChoose
Fixing apt upgrade
pythonPackageInstalled now is more robust
Added pushd and popd around tests to avoid errors when deleting current directory after test exits
Attempt to output array variables in environmentOutput
Test flags now are correctly inherited and "win" when set in the test function comment and override BUILD_TEST_FLAGS globally.
Similarly Platform: alpine now SOLELY runs on alpine systems. Platforms codes are currently alpine, darwin, and linux. Will expand the list of these as needs persist. You can use Platform: !darwin for example as well.