Issue #12133: AbstractHTTPHandler.do_open() of urllib.request closes the HTTP
connection if its getresponse() method fails with a socket error. Patch written
by Ezio Melotti.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index bbd076a..5fa4178 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
Library
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+- Issue #12133: AbstractHTTPHandler.do_open() of urllib.request closes the HTTP
+ connection if its getresponse() method fails with a socket error. Patch
+ written by Ezio Melotti.
+
- Issue #9284: Allow inspect.findsource() to find the source of doctest
functions.