Issue #26804: urllib.request will prefer lower_case proxy environment variables
over UPPER_CASE or Mixed_Case ones.

Patch contributed by Hans-Peter Jansen. Reviewed by Martin Panter and Senthil Kumaran.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 6f4bfdb..2d920db 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@
 Bertrand Janin
 Geert Jansen
 Jack Jansen
+Hans-Peter Jansen
 Bill Janssen
 Thomas Jarosch
 Juhana Jauhiainen
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 20dc519..6e9ed10 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #26804: urllib.request will prefer lower_case proxy environment
+  variables over UPPER_CASE or Mixed_Case ones. Patch contributed by Hans-Peter
+  Jansen.
+
 - Issue #26837: assertSequenceEqual() now correctly outputs non-stringified
   differing items (like bytes in the -b mode).  This affects assertListEqual()
   and assertTupleEqual().