Enable connection and dns caching using urllib instead of pycurl

Registered by John A Meinel

Right now we default to using PyCurl because it can maintain a DNS cache as well as supporting keep-alive for requests. However, it is a python extension, rather than a pure python implementation.
So on a long download ^C doesn't work properly, and it requires more work to distribute compiled code.
A beta version is available at http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~bzr/bzr/bzr.urllib.keepalive.

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Status:
Complete
Approver:
Robert Collins
Priority:
High
Drafter:
John A Meinel
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
Martin Pool
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
None
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
milestone icon 0.13
Started by
Vincent Ladeuil
Completed by
Vincent Ladeuil

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