On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 03:58:02PM +0100, Lionel Dricot wrote: > At work, I'm stuck behind a proxy with a password. I then discovered that a > lot of application are not capable of handling a connection with a proxy. > Others require a specific configuration while the proxy configuration is > already available by Gnome. Last but not least, some applications use the > Gnome proxy preferences but forget to handle proxy exceptions or handle > proxy correctly only if no password is required.
'some applications' is a bit vague. Are these part of GNOME, meaning, listed on http://www.gnome.org/start/unstable ? > The idea of my Gnome Goal proposal would be to have perfect and consistent > proxy support in the whole Gnome desktop, which is a great asset in the > corporate world. That is not the purpose of a GNOME goal. A goal must be a change which could be implemented easily across a lot of modules. I don't think adding proxy support fits with that. Also, proxy is a bit vague. What does it do, socks or just http? > 4) If the proxy requires a password *and* the password is not set in the > gnome-proxy-settings, then ask for it. We have gnome-keyring for passwords. > 5) If the password is already in the gnome proxy settings, don't ask for it > (unlike Epiphany). File a bug for that. > In order to achieve this, we could make an howto on how to set a local proxy > on your computer and, for a week or two, we will ask all Gnome developpers > to eat their own dog food and only connect through their local proxy. I'm > sure it will reveal a lot of eatches to scratch ! I don't think that'll work. Better to test every application and report bugs. > Do you believe it worth a Gnome Goal ? Or do you think that individual bug > reports are enough for that. ? Not exactly sure if it is a 'bug' or more a request for enhancement. Anyway, bugs aren't solved because they're filed. However, don't think it is a 'goal' as intended with the GNOME goal wiki site. There is a proposal for libproxy, but it only handles the configuration, not the actual proxy. Also saw something on the wiki regarding GProxy. -- Regards, Olav _______________________________________________ gnome-love mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-love
