Well, strictly speaking, yes. It just feels like a rather major omission
(when Python can do xmlrpc and handle proxies you hope it will handle
the combination).

"Desperate" doesn't really have a timeline, strangely enough :) I know I
will be talking to bazaar and bugzilla behind a proxy in the mid-term
future and it would be very useful to use an officially sanctioned
solution (though of course I will try the attached file if there isn't
one at the time).

I see Python 2.6 is nearing release candidates : is this likely to be
included or will we have to wait for 2.7 now?