urllib/urllib2 AbstractDigestAuthHandler locked to retried count of 5
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Description
| BPO | 28291 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @orsenthil, @bitdancer, @secynic, @matorban |
| Files |
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GitHub fields:
assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2016-09-27.21:23:08.263>
labels = ['3.7', 'type-feature', 'library']
title = 'urllib/urllib2 AbstractDigestAuthHandler locked to retried count of 5'
updated_at = <Date 2016-10-13.21:52:39.194>
user = 'https://github.com/secynic'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2016-10-13.21:52:39.194>
actor = 'ned.deily'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2016-09-27.21:23:08.263>
creator = 'secynic'
dependencies = []
files = ['44850']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 28291
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 5.0
messages = ['277549', '277556', '277558', '278553', '278571']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['orsenthil', 'r.david.murray', 'secynic', 'matorban']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue28291'
versions = ['Python 3.7']
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked issue28291.patch and the urllib/urllib2 AbstractDigestAuthHandler entry points. The change is complete when the handler is no longer fixed to five retries and instead honors the proposed retry_count argument; no test file is named in the issue.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100