Re: [Python-Dev] Release blocker: urllib2 issue 7540

2010-03-03 Thread Senthil Kumaran
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 3:45 AM, Fred Drake wrote: > Regarding:  http://bugs.python.org/issue7540 > > 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

[Python-Dev] Release blocker: urllib2 issue 7540

2010-03-03 Thread 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