Bumped & completed our requirements to cover everything Boto imports/req...

boto/cloudsearch/document.py

@@ -191,12 +191,9 @@ def commit(self):
         session = requests.Session()
         adapter = requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(
             pool_connections=20,
-            pool_maxsize=50
+            pool_maxsize=50,
+            max_retries=5
         )
-        # Now kludge in the right number of retries.
-        # Once we're requiring ``requests>=1.2.1``, this can become an
-        # initialization parameter above.
-        adapter.max_retries = 5
         session.mount('http://', adapter)
         session.mount('https://', adapter)
         r = session.post(url, data=sdf, headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'})

docs/source/getting_started.rst

@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ If you want to install ``boto`` from source::
     cd boto
     python setup.py install
 
+.. note::
+
+    For most services, this is enough to get going. However, to support
+    everything Boto ships with, you should additionally run
+    ``pip install -r requirements.txt``.
+
+    This installs all additional, non-stdlib modules, enabling use of things
+    like ``boto.cloudsearch``, ``boto.manage`` & ``boto.mashups``, as well as
+    covering everything needed for the test suite.
+
 
 Using Virtual Environments
 --------------------------

requirements.txt

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 mock==1.0.1
 nose==1.2.1
-# If you upgrade to ``requests>=1.2.1``, please update
-# ``boto/cloudsearch/document.py``.
-requests>=1.1.0
+requests>=1.2.3
 rsa==3.1.1
 tox==1.4
 Sphinx==1.1.3
 simplejson==2.5.2
 argparse==1.2.1
 unittest2==0.5.1
 httpretty==0.5.5
+paramiko>=1.10.0
+PyYAML>=3.10