need them to handle redirects.


## Version 2.7.1

_2016-01-01_

 *  Fix: Don't do a health check on newly-created connections. This is
    unnecessary work that could put the client in an inconsistent state if the
    health check fails.


## Version 2.7.0

_2015-12-13_

 *  **Rewritten connection management.** Previously OkHttp's connection pool

  }

  /**
   * Compares the two specified {@code char} values. The sign of the value returned is the same as
   * that of {@code ((Character) a).compareTo(b)}.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method is now unnecessary and should be treated as deprecated; use the
   * equivalent {@link Character#compare} method instead.
   *
   * @param a the first {@code char} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code char} to compare

   *     matching characters in {@code sequence}
   * @return the new string
   */
  public String collapseFrom(CharSequence sequence, char replacement) {
    // This implementation avoids unnecessary allocation.
    int len = sequence.length();
    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
      char c = sequence.charAt(i);
      if (matches(c)) {

 *
 *  * http://host:80/
 *
 *  * http://host
 *
 * Both the unnecessary port specification (`:80`) and the absent trailing slash (`/`) cause URI to
 * bucket the two URLs separately. This harms URI's usefulness in collections. Any application that
 * stores information-per-URL will need to either canonicalize manually, or suffer unnecessary
 * redundancy for such URLs.
 *

 *   <li>Convert between specific preset values using {@link
 *       com.google.common.collect.Maps#asConverter Maps.asConverter}. For example, use this to
 *       create a "fake" converter for a unit test. It is unnecessary (and confusing) to <i>mock</i>
 *       the {@code Converter} type using a mocking framework.
 *   <li>Pass two lambda expressions or method references to the {@link #from from} factory method.

        // held
        segment.expand();
      }
      assertEquals(i, segment.table.length());
      assertEquals(liveCount, countLiveEntries(map));
      // expansion cleanup is sloppy, with a goal of avoiding unnecessary copies
      assertTrue(segment.count >= liveCount);
      assertTrue(segment.count <= originalCount);
      assertEquals(originalMap, ImmutableMap.copyOf(map));
    }
  }

        // held
        segment.expand();
      }
      assertEquals(i, segment.table.length());
      assertEquals(liveCount, countLiveEntries(map));
      // expansion cleanup is sloppy, with a goal of avoiding unnecessary copies
      assertTrue(segment.count >= liveCount);
      assertTrue(segment.count <= originalCount);
      assertEquals(originalMap, ImmutableMap.copyOf(map));
    }
  }

  }

  /**
   * Compares the two specified {@code long} values. The sign of the value returned is the same as
   * that of {@code ((Long) a).compareTo(b)}.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method is now unnecessary and should be treated as deprecated; use the
   * equivalent {@link Long#compare} method instead.
   *
   * @param a the first {@code long} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code long} to compare

        int skip = (int) min(remaining, BUFFER_SIZE);
        if (buf == null) {
          // Allocate a buffer bounded by the maximum size that can be requested, for
          // example an array of BUFFER_SIZE is unnecessary when the value of remaining
          // is smaller.
          buf = new byte[skip];
        }
        if ((skipped = in.read(buf, 0, skip)) == -1) {
          // Reached EOF
          break;
        }

### Bug or Regression

- Avoid GCE API calls when initializing GCE CloudProvider for Kubelets.
  Avoid unnecessary GCE API calls when adding IP alises or reflecting them in Node object in GCE cloud provider. ([#96863](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96863), [@tosi3k](https://github.com/tosi3k)) [SIG Apps, Cloud Provider and Network]