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Ensure binary data in MariaDB is returned as strings

Neil Shah-Quinn (WMF) requested to merge mariadb_bytes into master

Created by: nshahquinn

Previously, we relied on the fact that mysql-connector-python would convert any binary data to strings whenever the connection was set to use the UTF-8 character set. This behavior was changed in version 8.0.24, so that binary data is returned as bytearrays regardless of the specified character set (although the setting still causes field names to be converted).

This change adds a converter class that explicitly converts any binary data to strings.

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