Re: Approval for no proxy patches

[Mark McLoughlin <markmc sun com>]

Hi Marco,

On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 15:06, mpeseng tin it wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to request permission to check in
> 
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112979
> Teach gnome-vfs HTTP method to not use the proxy for some hosts
> (and add a gconf key to specify it)
> 
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113222
> Implement the key in epiphany
> 
> Alex would like the gnome vfs patch to be checked in too. It adds a string
> but should not bother translators becuase gnome-vfs schemas are not translated.
> The feature is quite necessary for a lot of people. Unfortunately there
> is still not an user interface for it, I guess that will have to wait post
> 2.4.

	My gut instinct is to say no, this should be punted until 2.6. Adding a
large-ish feature to a base library, which is required by another
application, at this late stage, makes me a bit nervous. But I'll admit
I'm probably being more anal than most.

	This isn't really a serious issue for epiphany anyway is it? There is
support for this in epiphany already, all the epiphany patch does is use
the /system GConf key rather than the /apps/epiphany key. So really, so
we're not missing this functionality in the browser if the patch doesn't
get it.

	(That's not to say the patch isn't the correct way to do this - it is -
I'm just trying to clarify how big a user impact would it be to not have
this feature)

Thanks,
Mark.