[Python-Dev] httplib is not v6 compatible, is this going to be fixed?

As the link below shows httplib can't handle an IPv6 address, it checks for a port number by checking for a : but this simply cuts the IPv6 address in two and tries to set the port variable as nonsense. http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81926#c2 Are there any plans to rectify this, or even an alternative version of httplib kicking about that can handle IPv6. Regards, David.