[Python-Dev] Release blocker: urllib2 issue 7540

[Fred Drake]

Regarding:  http://bugs.python.org/issue7540

The change made in response to this issue report breaks existing uses
of Python 2.6.4.

The mechanize library frequently re-initializes the data in the
request without re-using the request.  This worked fine in the past,
and does not trigger the problem reported without the request being
re-used.  Applications (including tests) that use mechanize now break
with this TypeError.  This includes much (if not all) of the Zope
community, which uses mechanize via zope.testbrowser.

The proper response to this issue for Python 2.6 is to make no code
changes (though a documentation enhancement may be in order).

This change should be reverted from all branches.

Python 2.6.5 should be blocked until this is done.


  -Fred

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