Bug #902075: urllib2 now handles "host:port" proxy specifications


Can/should this be backported?
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ca5c5d9..af41f33 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -337,7 +337,9 @@
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-- Bug #1407902: Added support for sftp:// URIs to urlparse.
+- Bug #902075: urllib2 now supports 'host:port' style proxy specifications.
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+- Bug #1407902: Add support for sftp:// URIs to urlparse.
 
 - Bug #1371247: Update Windows locale identifiers in locale.py.