[Python-Dev] Adding socket timeout to urllib2

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    Facundo> So, I think that in the name of clarity, I shall first modify
    Facundo> ftplib and httplib, add socket_timeout where is necessary, and
    Facundo> then add support to that in the more general urllib2.

I own a patch on SF to do that much:

    http://python.org/sf/723312

Feel free to take it from me and use as a starting point.

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