Better error message if the template is not utf-8 encoded (#41030)

* Better error message if the template is not utf-8 encoded

Also document this in the porting guide
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* The :ref:`blockinfile module <blockinfile_module>` had its ``follow`` parameter removed because
it inherently modifies the content of an existing file so it makes no sense to operate on the
link itself.
* In Ansible-2.5.3, the :ref:`template module <template_module>` became more strict about its
``src`` file being proper utf-8. Previously, non-utf8 contents in a template module src file
would result in a mangled output file (the non-utf8 characters would be replaced with a unicode
replacement character). Now, on Python2, the module will error out with the message, "Template
source files must be utf-8 encoded". On Python3, the module will first attempt to pass the
non-utf8 characters through verbatim and fail if that does not succeed.
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