Werk #14361: Windows agent uses retry_count correctly

Previously, Windows agent used retry_count as a maximal allowed count of plugin's failures. If the count of failures exceeded the limit set by retry_count, then the plugin had been excluded from execution. Such behavior may break monitoring or updating in some cases.

Since this release, the retry_count is defined as a maximally allowed count of attempts to call a plugin before clearing the previously gathered data (also known as a cache). This approach is fully compliant with the documentation, the help and the functionality of the Linux agent.

The incompatibility in this werk is limited by definition: the Windows agent will continue to call a plugin even if the number of errors exceeds retry_count. This is the same behavior as when retry_count is not set at all.

IMPORTANT: Windows agent always ignores retry_count for synchronous plugins. Windows agent may decrease value of retry_count if the value is set too high.

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