[issue10272] SSL timeouts should raise socket.timeout, not a generic SSLError

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Committed in r86997. I won't backport it to bugfix branches since it is a small compatibility breach. -- resolution: -> fixed stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue10272] SSL timeouts should raise socket.timeout, not a generic SSLError

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Requalifying this issue so that the ssl module is fixed to raise socket.timeout on socket timeouts, which is not only more logical but much more useful (since you can then specifically handle this error). -- priority: low -> normal title: SSL handshak