category: Ruby
requires:  
sdesc: "Ruby Net::HTTP persistent connection support"
ldesc: "Manages persistent connections using Net::HTTP. Using persistent
HTTP connections can dramatically increase the speed of HTTP. Creating a new
HTTP connection for every request involves an extra TCP round-trip and causes
TCP congestion avoidance negotiation to start over.  Net::HTTP supports
persistent connections with some API methods but does not handle reconnection
gracefully. Net::HTTP::Persistent supports reconnection and retry according to
RFC 2616."
external-source: ruby-net-http-persistent