- Forward port fix for collector #1548.

doc/CHANGES.txt

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ Zope Changes
 
     Bugs fixed
 
+      - Collector #1548: Fix 'httplib' usage in ZPublisher.Client.
+
       - Collector #1792: applied patch for broken ZClasses
 
       - Collector #1803: Fixed InitializeClass for some corner case.

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)