- Forward port fix for collector #1548.

doc/CHANGES.txt

@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ Zope Changes
 
    - Collector #1233: port ZOPE_CONFIG patch from Zope 2.7 to Zope 2.8
 
+  After Zope 2.8.0
+
+    Bugs Fixed
+
+      - Collector #1548: Fix 'httplib' usage in ZPublisher.Client.
+
   Zope 2.8.0 (2005/06/11)
 
     Bugs Fixed

lib/python/ZPublisher/Client.py

@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ class Function:
                 )
 
         try:
-            h=HTTP()
-            h.connect(self.host, self.port)
+            h=HTTP(self.host, self.port)
             h.putrequest(method, self.rurl)
             for hn,hv in headers.items():
                 h.putheader(translate(hn,dashtrans),hv)