requestsync fails with 'Connection reset by peer'

Binary package hint: ubuntu-dev-tools

I have to run requestsync multiple times to get it to work. It will work every once and a while, but more typically it times out after a minute or two with the following error:

$ requestsync --lp x11-apps intrepid
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/requestsync", line 310, in <module>
    report += debian_changelog(srcpkg, debiancomponent, base_ver) + '\n'
  File "/usr/bin/requestsync", line 61, in debian_changelog
    for l in urllib.urlopen('http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/%s/%s/%s/current/changelog.txt' % (component, subdir, sourcepkg)):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/urllib.py", line 82, in urlopen
    return opener.open(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/urllib.py", line 190, in open
    return getattr(self, name)(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/urllib.py", line 328, in open_http
    errcode, errmsg, headers = h.getreply()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/httplib.py", line 1199, in getreply
    response = self._conn.getresponse()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/httplib.py", line 928, in getresponse
    response.begin()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/httplib.py", line 385, in begin
    version, status, reason = self._read_status()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/httplib.py", line 343, in _read_status
    line = self.fp.readline()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/socket.py", line 331, in readline
    data = recv(1)
IOError: [Errno socket error] (104, 'Connection reset by peer')