Issue #12226: HTTPS is now used by default when connecting to PyPI.
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+- Issue #12226: HTTPS is now used by default when connecting to PyPI.
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 - Issue #20048: Fixed ZipExtFile.peek() when it is called on the boundary of
   the uncompress buffer and read() goes through more than one readbuffer.