[Python-Dev] Backporting HTTPS via Proxy Support in urllib2

[Gregory P. Smith]

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 2:53 AM, "Martin v. Löwis"<martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
>> This is fixed in the trunk (Revision 72880), but there has been number
>> of valid requests to backport it Python 2.6. While I agree and ready
>> to backport to Python 2.6, I would like to ask here if there are any
>> objections in this front.
>
> In msg76855 Greg ruled that it is a new feature, and thus cannot be
> backported. I trust his judgement - so to convince me, you would need
> to convince Greg first :-)
>
> Regards,
> Martin

So long as the new set_tunnel() method is hidden in the backport I'm
fine with the patch.  It fixes urllib2 do the right thing with https
and a proxy without any public API change.

-Greg