Fedora 21: python-requests Security Update
Summary
Most existing Python modules for sending HTTP requests are extremely verbose and
cumbersome. Python’s built-in urllib2 module provides most of the HTTP
capabilities you should need, but the API is thoroughly broken. This library is
designed to make HTTP requests easy for developers.
Update Information:
Inject pyOpenSSL. https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-usage.html https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced-usage.html
Change Log
* Mon May 4 2015 Ralph Bean
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1222024 - InsecurePlatformWarning: A true SSLContext object is not available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222024 [ 2 ] Bug #1202077 - python-requests-2.6.0 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202077
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update python-requests' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .