Merge #19205: script: previous_release.sh rewritten in python

9c34aff393 Remove previous_release.sh (Brian Liotti)
e1e5960e10 script: Add previous_release.py (Brian Liotti)

Pull request description:

  Closes #18132

  Added functionality:
  1) checks file hash before untarring when using the binary download option

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    re-ACK 9c34aff393
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test/functional/feature_backwards_compatibility.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Test various backwards compatibility scenarios. Download the previous node binaries:
 
-contrib/devtools/previous_release.sh -b v0.19.1 v0.18.1 v0.17.1 v0.16.3 v0.15.2
+contrib/devtools/previous_release.py -b v0.19.1 v0.18.1 v0.17.1 v0.16.3 v0.15.2
 
 v0.15.2 is not required by this test, but it is used in wallet_upgradewallet.py.
 Due to a hardfork in regtest, it can't be used to sync nodes.

test/functional/mempool_compatibility.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ NOTE: The test is designed to prevent cases when compatibility is broken acciden
 In case we need to break mempool compatibility we can continue to use the test by just bumping the version number.
 
 Download node binaries:
-contrib/devtools/previous_release.sh -b v0.19.1 v0.18.1 v0.17.1 v0.16.3 v0.15.2
+contrib/devtools/previous_release.py -b v0.19.1 v0.18.1 v0.17.1 v0.16.3 v0.15.2
 
 Only v0.15.2 is required by this test. The rest is used in other backwards compatibility tests.
 """

test/functional/wallet_upgradewallet.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Test upgradewallet RPC. Download node binaries:
 
-contrib/devtools/previous_release.sh -b v0.19.1 v0.18.1 v0.17.1 v0.16.3 v0.15.2
+contrib/devtools/previous_release.py -b v0.19.1 v0.18.1 v0.17.1 v0.16.3 v0.15.2
 
 Only v0.15.2 and v0.16.3 are required by this test. The others are used in feature_backwards_compatibility.py
 """