[Python-Dev] python 2.7 + https + urlopen = ? (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Mon Aug 13 04:07:26 CEST 2012

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Python Urlopen <urllib3 at yahoo.com> wrote:

which shows you that 2.6 has a patch. Then you wonder, why wasn't it included in 2.7 -- and you read -- AP : "No, Python 2 only receives bug fixes.". You instantly hate the guy. Sorry AP, nothing personal, but please do not reply to this post. I think I know what your reply will be.

It's not merely Antoine that will give that reply.

Yes, there are many features that Python 2 is lacking relative to the Python 3 series. That's what "maintenance mode" means. It's incredibly frustrating when you hit one of them (for myself, I feel the pain every time an error in an exception handler conceals the original exception).

The available solutions are:

  1. Use a third party PyPI package which offers that feature (in this case, the requirement seems to be to use PyOpenSSL)
  2. Upgrade to Python 3
  3. Fork Python 2 to create a Python 2.8 which adds new backported features from the Python 3 series

That last option has indeed been discussed by a few people at various times, but the first option generally ends up being the preferred choice if the second isn't yet viable due to missing dependencies.

Regards, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia

More information about the Python-Dev mailing list