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 Library
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+- Patch #1966: Break infinite loop in httplib when the servers
+  implements the chunked encoding incorrectly.
+
 - Rename rational.py to fractions.py and the rational.Rational class
   to fractions.Fraction, to avoid the name clash with the abstract
   base class numbers.Rational.  See discussion in issue #1682.