HTTPS over proxy patch still not working

Hi all again,

I have now managed to merge the 'hhtps over proxy' patch (https-proxy.tar.Z)
into my codebase 5.4.0 successful. 
My main problems were that the patch files are based on another code base
than 5.4.0 and therefore the line numbers in the diff-output does not fit
exactly the correct position in the source files from 5.4.0.

But the result is still the same: if I try to send a https request over a
proxy, I get a HT_TIMEOUT. 'Normal' HTTP requests over proxy or direct HTTPS
requests are working well!

Is there anybody out in the universe who gets a libwww running with this
patch?

I'm asking myself, why this patch is NOT merged into the official code base.
Is there a reason?

I would like to thank for every hint to get a https over proxy working!

Thanks,
    Juergen