[issue1424152] urllib/urllib2: HTTPS over (Squid) Proxy fails

[Craig McQueen]

Craig McQueen <ces-pub at mcqueen.id.au> added the comment:

@gregory.p.smith:
> This change is not suitable for back porting as it arguably adds a new 
feature.

Speaking as a Mercurial user who can't use Mercurial at work through a
proxy firewall... I beg you to consider that fixing this is not really
adding a "new feature" but fixing a broken implementation requirement.
Surely proxy support is not optional for any serious HTTP library.

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