[issue23111] ftplib.FTP_TLS's default constructor does not work with TLSv1.1 or TLSv1.2

New submission from varde: When trying to connect to a server which only supports TLS version 1.1 or 1.2, the following error is raised: ssl.SSLError: [SSL: WRONG_VERSION_NUMBER] wrong version number (_ssl.c:598) For some reason, the SSL version is set to ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1 before

[issue23111] ftplib.FTP_TLS's default constructor does not work with TLSv1.1 or TLSv1.2

varde added the comment: Well, because the ssl_version parameter should have a purpose. If it doesn't, the least we could do is remove it from the docs. -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/is

[issue23111] ftplib.FTP_TLS's default constructor does not work with TLSv1.1 or TLSv1.2

varde added the comment: I know that, but it seems pretty unusual. And I would never had guessed from the documentation, I had to read the source. My point is that it should be easier to just connect to a TLSv1.2 server: the documentation should mention the fact that ssl_version is a class