Added timout parameter to telnetlib.Telnet. Also created
test_telnetlib.py with a basic test and timeout ones.
Docs are also updated.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3ebf16e..e3dd20d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@
Library
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+- Added a timeout parameter to the constructor of other protocols
+ (telnetlib, ftplib, smtplib and poplib). This is second part of the
+ work started with create_connection() and timeout in httplib, and
+ closes patch #723312.
+
- 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).