How to download a file over http with authorization in python 3.0, working around bugs?

Question

I have a script that I\'d like to continue using, but it looks like I either have to find some workaround for a bug in Python 3, or downgrade back to 2.6, and thus having to

Answer 1

My advice would be to maintain your 2.* branch as your production branch until you can get the 3.0 stuff sorted.

I am going to wait a while before moving over to Python 3.0. There seems a lot of people in a rush, but I just want everything sorted out, and a decent selection of third-party libraries. This may take a year, it may take 18 months, but the pressure to "upgrade" is really low for me.