[issue29422] add socket independent timeout to httplib/http.client read

Change by Irit Katriel : -- versions: +Python 3.11 -Python 2.7, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7 ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue29422] add socket independent timeout to httplib/http.client read

New submission from Patrick Michaud: Using python's httplib, there is no way to set a timeout for the full request cycle. A timeout can be given, which will apply to the connection attempt and each blocking socket operation. However, a malicious (or poorly performing) server can keep a conne