Python 3 support: Switch to six library for unicode handling

salt/states/infoblox.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 # Import Python libs
 import logging
+from salt.ext import six
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ def present(name,
               - sslVerify: False
     '''
     record_type = record_type.lower()
-    value_utf8 = unicode(value, "utf-8")
+    value_utf8 = six.text_type(value, "utf-8")
     ret = {'name': name, 'result': True, 'comment': '', 'changes': {}}
     records = __salt__['infoblox.get_record'](name,
                                               record_type,