There should be a better way to do this check, because HTTPConnection 
method may exists, but HTTPConnection may be impossible, because of 
other reasons.

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

Flags like +wanted-2.6 like in FireFox bugzilla could really help to 
see/discuss critical parts to be included for everybody before it's too 
late. Should we stop development and dedicate a month or two on 
improving the process? =)