Bash 4.2 or better support \uNNNN and \UNNNNNNNN escape sequences. It has no effect for Bash 4.1 users.

Credits go to pretrine.
Closes issue 1209.
plowdown (pretty_check): avoid a subshell
1fichier (download): direct download is also possible for anonymous download
filecloud: API url updated

Closes issue 1221.
Merge branch 'upstream/master' into ubuntu/trusty/snapshot
New upstream commits
Wrap changelog lines