The 1.11 revision of test_httplib.py accesses www.python.org. The simplest fix is simply to add requires('network'), but the right fix imho is to mock the connection properly. I don't have a patch yet.
Logged In: YES user_id=666873 Attached a patch to make the test tickle bug 622042 as desired but not access www.python.org or otherwise require the network resource.