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 Library
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+- Issue #12133: AbstractHTTPHandler.do_open() of urllib.request closes the HTTP
+  connection if its getresponse() method fails with a socket error. Patch
+  written by Ezio Melotti.
+
 - Issue #9284: Allow inspect.findsource() to find the source of doctest
   functions.