Issue8455 documents a problem which resulted in test_urllib2_libnet failing on OS X with "Connection refused" errors. r82150, r82280, r82281, and r82282 eliminated the test failures for all active branches when running on OS X 10.4 through 10.6. However, the fixes overlooked a different code path which is only used on OS X 10.3. The attached one-line patches for 2.6/2.7 and for py3k/3.1 correct that problem for 10.3 as well. Since the patch is low-risk and corrects a failing test case, I recommend that it be applied for the 2.6.6 release.
Barry: I agree with Ned that this is low-risk patch. The patch changes a default return value in a code-path that is used on OSX 10.3 to make it the same as the default value on the code-path for other OSX releases. I'm therefore +1 on applying this for 2.6.6, but won't apply without explicit permission to do so.
Thanks guys. I'll allow this in for 2.6.6 if you can commit it before Sunday 8/15. I'd like the buildbots to have plenty of time to turn green before schedule release on Monday. Please include a NEWS item and close this issue once it's been committed.
r84103 in release26-maint I will let Ronald commit to the other branches. I did this one due to the timing of 2.6.6 rc 2. Bumping status away from release blocker.
