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

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> 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