#20155: use fake HTTP method names so windows doesn't hang the tests.
Windows was seeing the 'GET' generated by these tests as invalid and forcibly
closing the socket, causing the test to fail.
Patch by Jeff Allen.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 33d5e34..983e048 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
Jyrki Alakuijala
Steve Alexander
Fred Allen
+Jeff Allen
Ray Allen
Billy G. Allie
Kevin Altis
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a077b4d..0f0f054 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@
Tests
-----
+- Issue #20155: Changed HTTP method names in failing tests in test_httpservers
+ so that packet filtering software (specifically Windows Base Filtering Engine)
+ does not interfere with the transaction semantics expected by the tests.
+
- Issue #19493: Refactored the ctypes test package to skip tests explicitly
rather than silently.