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Changes for version 0.041 - 2014-02-17

  • no code change, only an amended Changes file
  • INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES (from 0.039)
    • The 'proxy' attribute no longer takes precedence over the 'http_proxy' environment variable. With the addition of http_proxy and https_proxy attributes (and corresponding environment variable defaults), the legacy 'proxy' attribute now maps to the all_proxy/ALL_PROXY environment variable and only takes effect when other proxy attributes are not defined.
  • ADDED (since 0.039)
    • Added 'keep_alive' attribute for single-server persistent connections (Clinton Gormley)
    • Added support for Basic authorization with proxies
    • Added support for https proxies via CONNECT
  • FIXED (since 0.039)
    • Requests are made with one less write for lower latency (Martin Evans)

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A small, simple, correct HTTP/1.1 client