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 Library
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+- Issue #4814: timeout parameter is now applied also for connections resulting
+  from PORT/EPRT commands.
+
 - Issue #8463: added missing reference to bztar in shutil's documentation.
 
 - Issue #8438: Remove reference to the missing "surrogateescape" encoding