6.4. RHEA-2015:1418 — new packages: python-requests and dependencies

A new python-requests package and its dependencies, python-chardet, python-urllib3, python-six, python-backports, and python-backports-ssl_match_hostname, are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The python-requests package contains a library designed to make HTTP requests easy for developers.

This enhancement update adds the python-requests package and its dependencies to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The following packages are now available from the base channels in Red Hat Network: python-requests, python-chardet, python-urllib3, python-six, python-backports, and python-backports-ssl_match_hostname. (BZ#1176248, BZ#1176251, BZ#1176257, BZ#1176258, BZ#1183141, BZ#1183146)

All users who require python-requests, python-chardet, python-urllib3, python-six, python-backports, and python-backports-ssl_match_hostname are advised to install these new packages.