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* Refactoring to convert the `asfsmd.py` module into a package.
* Support multiple backends for remote file access: httpio_, fsspec_ and
remotezip_.
The httpio based implementation seems to be slightly faster w.r.t. the
other ones.
* Fix issue with the management of default values for the `make_patterns`
function.
* Improve the management of the download of large files (chunking and
progress).
.. _httpio: https://github.com/barneygale/httpio
.. _fsspec: https://github.com/fsspec/filesystem_spec
.. _remotezip: https://github.com/gtsystem/python-remotezip