v2.17.3

Fix requests.packages not having package attributes

AUTHORS.rst

@@ -182,3 +182,4 @@ Patches and Suggestions
 - David Fontenot (`@davidfontenot <https://github.com/davidfontenot>`_)
 - Shmuel Amar (`@shmuelamar <https://github.com/shmuelamar>`_)
 - Gary Wu (`@garywu <https://github.com/garywu>`_)
+- Ryan Pineo (`@ryanpineo <https://github.com/ryanpineo>`_)

HISTORY.rst

@@ -3,6 +3,30 @@
 Release History
 ---------------
 
+2.17.3 (2017-05-29)
++++++++++++++++++++
+
+**Improvements**
+
+- Improved ``packages`` namespace identity support, for monkeypatching libraries.
+
+
+2.17.2 (2017-05-29)
++++++++++++++++++++
+
+**Improvements**
+
+- Improved ``packages`` namespace identity support, for monkeypatching libraries.
+
+
+2.17.1 (2017-05-29)
++++++++++++++++++++
+
+**Improvements**
+
+- Improved ``packages`` namespace identity support, for monkeypatching libraries.
+
+
 2.17.0 (2017-05-29)
 +++++++++++++++++++
 

requests/__version__.py

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 __title__ = 'requests'
 __description__ = 'Python HTTP for Humans.'
 __url__ = 'http://python-requests.org'
-__version__ = '2.17.1'
-__build__ = 0x021701
+__version__ = '2.17.3'
+__build__ = 0x021703
 __author__ = 'Kenneth Reitz'
 __author_email__ = 'me@kennethreitz.org'
 __license__ = 'Apache 2.0'

requests/packages.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import sys
 # I don't like it either. Just look the other way. :)
 
 for package in ('urllib3', 'idna', 'chardet'):
-    __import__(package)
+    locals()[package] = __import__(package)
     # This traversal is apparently necessary such that the identities are
     # preserved (requests.packages.urllib3.* is urllib3.*)
     for mod in list(sys.modules):

tests/test_packages.py

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import requests
+
+
+def test_can_access_urllib3_attribute():
+    requests.packages.urllib3
+
+
+def test_can_access_idna_attribute():
+    requests.packages.idna
+
+
+def test_can_access_chardet_attribute():
+    requests.packages.chardet