Issue #6286: distutils upload command now uses urllib2
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py b/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py
index d306681..8114feb 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/upload.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import os
 import socket
 import platform
-import httplib
+from urllib2 import urlopen, Request, HTTPError
 import base64
 import urlparse
 import cStringIO as StringIO
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@
             self.upload_file(command, pyversion, filename)
 
     def upload_file(self, command, pyversion, filename):
+        # Makes sure the repository URL is compliant
+        schema, netloc, url, params, query, fragments = \
+            urlparse.urlparse(self.repository)
+        if params or query or fragments:
+            raise AssertionError("Incompatible url %s" % self.repository)
+
+        if schema not in ('http', 'https'):
+            raise AssertionError("unsupported schema " + schema)
+
         # Sign if requested
         if self.sign:
             gpg_args = ["gpg", "--detach-sign", "-a", filename]
@@ -153,39 +162,30 @@
         self.announce("Submitting %s to %s" % (filename, self.repository), log.INFO)
 
         # build the Request
-        # We can't use urllib2 since we need to send the Basic
-        # auth right with the first request
-        schema, netloc, url, params, query, fragments = \
-            urlparse.urlparse(self.repository)
-        assert not params and not query and not fragments
-        if schema == 'http':
-            http = httplib.HTTPConnection(netloc)
-        elif schema == 'https':
-            http = httplib.HTTPSConnection(netloc)
-        else:
-            raise AssertionError, "unsupported schema "+schema
+        headers = {'Content-type':
+                        'multipart/form-data; boundary=%s' % boundary,
+                   'Content-length': str(len(body)),
+                   'Authorization': auth}
 
-        data = ''
-        loglevel = log.INFO
+        request = Request(self.repository, data=body,
+                          headers=headers)
+        # send the data
         try:
-            http.connect()
-            http.putrequest("POST", url)
-            http.putheader('Content-type',
-                           'multipart/form-data; boundary=%s'%boundary)
-            http.putheader('Content-length', str(len(body)))
-            http.putheader('Authorization', auth)
-            http.endheaders()
-            http.send(body)
+            result = urlopen(request)
+            status = result.getcode()
+            reason = result.msg
         except socket.error, e:
             self.announce(str(e), log.ERROR)
             return
+        except HTTPError, e:
+            status = e.code
+            reason = e.msg
 
-        r = http.getresponse()
-        if r.status == 200:
-            self.announce('Server response (%s): %s' % (r.status, r.reason),
+        if status == 200:
+            self.announce('Server response (%s): %s' % (status, reason),
                           log.INFO)
         else:
-            self.announce('Upload failed (%s): %s' % (r.status, r.reason),
+            self.announce('Upload failed (%s): %s' % (status, reason),
                           log.ERROR)
         if self.show_response:
-            self.announce('-'*75, r.read(), '-'*75)
+            self.announce('-'*75, result.read(), '-'*75)