Message 102580 - Python tracker

To fix this, urlparse would have to differentiate between a null netloc and no netloc characters specified at all.  This could be done by using None for one an '' for the other.  I'm not sure that behavior change could be backported to 2.6, though.

Did this issue actually cause a program failure for you in 2.6?  If so the original patch might wind up getting classed as a regression for the 2.6 line.