[Python-Dev] alternate fix for urllib2 bug #8797

[Simon Cross]

Hi Sam

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Sam Bull <osirius at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is my first stab at contributing to this list. I'm writing to lobby for
> bug #8797's fix to be removed and for my fix to put in in its place.

For what it's worth, I was already about to include your patch as a
workaround for the bug in 2.6. See Bitten issue
http://bitten.edgewall.org/ticket/658.

I also consider Sam's patch to be a cleaner patch than the one that
ended up being applied in Python. See my comments in the Bitten
mailing list thread:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/bitten/niJENqEGuus.

Schiavo
Simon