@techtonik: You wrote "HTTPConnection" twice. I don't really understand your
request. Do you think that the issue is fixed in Python trunk or not? If not,
please open a new issue since this issue is closed.

techtonik> And I still would like to see this fix in Python 2.6
techtonik> - too bad it hadn't enough attention before 2.6.

Python is developed by people working on Python in their free time. IMHO,
voting for an ticket is useless. If you want to see your fix faster in the
subversion, follow some rules:
 - explain correctly the issue
 - write a test
 - write a patch
 - explain your solution
 - fix your patches if needed after each patch review

You posted your patch the 1st July 2008, and the 2.6 final version was released
the 1st october 2008. It was a little bit too late for the 2.6 (because of the
beta/RC releases), but it may be included in next 2.6.x release if it's easy to
backport it. I also think that not enough people are interested by XML-RPC +
HTTPS.