Issue #14144, with the title "urllib2 HTTPRedirectHandler not forwarding POST data in redirect" was recently closed with these comments: 

"This could be cookbook recipe style example, if it's utility
value is high. I am closing this issue as I feel that the requirement may not be addressed by a change. If there is patch for HowTo, we can tackle that in another issue. Thank you for contribution."

The decision that documents on this issue were preferable to a patch seems like a fair compromise, especially considering that the RFC is decidedly ambiguous.I was wondering if the HowTo would be forthcoming? 
It seems to me that the value/utility would certainly be high. I'd submit it myself but I'm so new to Python that I don't trust my ability to do it correctly. It's something I would find highly useful, though.

The idea is to add a short example in Doc/howto/urllib2.rst.  Senthil explained how to do things on #14144 (“obtain the redirected URL and then POST to [it]”), and the example should be introduced by a clear warning about security/misbehavior risks (this is why I’m not adding the “easy” keyword to this report).

If you would like to propose a patch, you can find instructions on how to get and edit the source for the docs in the devguide.  You can also write to the beginner-friendly core-mentorship mailing list (link in the devguide or on mail.python.org) to request help or guidance.

I actually just worked around this issue in my library to do specifically what I needed it to do, which was an automatic redirect POST with data.  As far as general recipes are concerned, anyone could just follow what I did in my library at:

https://github.com/crustymonkey/py-sonic or
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/py-sonic

All I did was just subclass HTTPRedirectHandler and essentially add my patch.