handle SSL connection closing ourself as advised in boo#1068470 bye

M2Crypto upstream maintainer.

Should fix hanging connections

NEWS

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 0.163
+  - fix hanging connections for some user (boo#1068470)
   - add sendsysrq command (requires OBS 2.10)
 
 0.162.1

osc/oscssl.py

@@ -216,12 +216,17 @@ class myHTTPSHandler(M2Crypto.m2urllib2.HTTPSHandler):
         # So make sure the connection gets closed after the (only)
         # request.
         headers["Connection"] = "close"
+        # closing connection ourself to avoid hanging connnections: bsc#1068470
+        #headers["Connection"] = "close"
         try:
             h.request(req.get_method(), selector, req.data, headers)
             s = h.get_session()
             if s:
                 self.saved_session = s
             r = h.getresponse()
+
+            # close the connection ourselves
+            h.close()
         except socket.error as err: # XXX what error?
             err.filename = full_url
             raise M2Crypto.m2urllib2.URLError(err)