HTTPretty can causes hangs on Python 3.4.2 (and maybe Python 3.4.1), due to a Python bug (fixed in Python 3.4.3). This works around the problem in the appropriate Python versions.
See https://github.com/gabrielfalcao/HTTPretty/pull/193 and https://github.com/gabrielfalcao/HTTPretty/issues/221 for details.