Initially we duplicated the code to avoid large scale changes to
the packages. Now we are past metainfo refactor we can remove the
duplication.
Change-Id: I9d0b2756cc6e2a2f4d576afa408a15273a7e1cef
Rename the functions that are prefixed with 'New' which connect with
Redis by 'Open' to make clear that they perform network operations.
Change-Id: I1351e89a642e8e2c2586626646315ad0fb2c6242
Update the Redis dependency to use the last major production version.
The last version accepts a context parameter in all the network methods
so it allows us to pass it through them.
Change-Id: I34121b2ec3c2728602115c724933ad24c9e6e4fd