Use buffering for HTTP headers. Resolves #277

Author: Luke Bakken

riak/transports/http/connection.py

@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ def _request(self, method, uri, headers={}, body='', stream=False):
 
         try:
             self._connection.request(method, uri, body, headers)
-            response = self._connection.getresponse(buffering=True)
+            try:
+                response = self._connection.getresponse(buffering=True)
+            except TypeError:
+                response = self._connection.getresponse()
 
             if stream:
                 # The caller is responsible for fully reading the