Index: Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py	(revision 73271)
+++ Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py	(working copy)
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@
             return
         method = getattr(self, mname)
         method()
+        self.wfile.flush() #actually send the response if not already done.
 
     def handle(self):
         """Handle multiple requests if necessary."""
Index: Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py	(revision 73271)
+++ Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py	(working copy)
@@ -240,10 +240,6 @@
         self.end_headers()
         self.wfile.write(response)
 
-        # shut down the connection
-        self.wfile.flush()
-        self.connection.shutdown(1)
-
 class DocXMLRPCServer(  SimpleXMLRPCServer,
                         XMLRPCDocGenerator):
     """XML-RPC and HTML documentation server.
Index: Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py	(revision 73271)
+++ Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py	(working copy)
@@ -490,10 +490,6 @@
             self.end_headers()
             self.wfile.write(response)
 
-            # shut down the connection
-            self.wfile.flush()
-            self.connection.shutdown(1)
-
     def report_404 (self):
             # Report a 404 error
         self.send_response(404)
@@ -502,9 +498,6 @@
         self.send_header("Content-length", str(len(response)))
         self.end_headers()
         self.wfile.write(response)
-        # shut down the connection
-        self.wfile.flush()
-        self.connection.shutdown(1)
 
     def log_request(self, code='-', size='-'):
         """Selectively log an accepted request."""
@@ -557,7 +550,7 @@
 
         response = self._marshaled_dispatch(request_text)
 
-        print 'Content-Type: text/xml'
+        print 'Content-Type: text/xml'        
         print 'Content-Length: %d' % len(response)
         print
         sys.stdout.write(response)