Nicolás Lichtmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Package: debian-policy > > This is already standard, but I think it should be into policy because I > already saw some programs deviating from this expected behaviour. > > Web clients should default to try to fetch URLs by a direct connection to > the target host. If the `http_proxy' variable is defined, it should specify > an URL that would be used as a proxy. Programs should not try to access an > URL directly if this variable is defined. Programs that have the ability to > do it should also respect the ftp_proxy variable, but not all ftp clients > are forced to fo that, since it needs handling of the HTTP protocol.
How about mp3 players? mpg123 and xmms can play mp3s from an http stream. Do proxy servers support http mp3s streams? Would mp3 players with http access be required to support http_proxy? Edward reads the mpg123 man page, and xmms README. Oh, right both of those support the http_proxy variable already. That is my question answered, streaming mp3 is supported through a proxy, and all http accessing programs are expected to respect the http_proxy setting. In that case consider this proposal seconded. -- while :;do read x;echo \?;done
