Added timeout support to HTTPSConnection, through the
socket.create_connection function. Also added a small
test for this, and updated NEWS file.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 264e5e7..a0692c4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
- Patch #1676823: Added create_connection() to socket.py, which may be
called with a timeout, and use it from httplib (whose HTTPConnection
- now accepts an optional timeout).
+ and HTTPSConnection now accept an optional timeout).
- Bug #978833: Revert r50844, as it broke _socketobject.dup.