# File lib/rubygems/remote_fetcher.rb, line 224
  def connection_for(uri)
    net_http_args = [uri.host, uri.port]

    if @proxy_uri then
      net_http_args += [
        @proxy_uri.host,
        @proxy_uri.port,
        @proxy_uri.user,
        @proxy_uri.password
      ]
    end

    connection_id = net_http_args.join ':'
    @connections[connection_id] ||= Net::HTTP.new(*net_http_args)
    connection = @connections[connection_id]

    if uri.scheme == 'https' and not connection.started? then
      require 'net/https'
      connection.use_ssl = true
      connection.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
    end

    connection.start unless connection.started?

    connection
  end