On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 07:17 -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:34:58 -0400 > seth vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, but it is no problem for yum optionally check this settings if > > > it is available in system, right? > > > > Rather than instrument all apps so they can follow all desktop > > systems' mechanism for setting a proxy, wouldn't it make more sense > > to have a common way that all the desktops set? > > > > .... like http_proxy environment variable that everyone and their dog > (except firefox) uses ? > > http_proxy is too limited to be the standard way to set a global proxy, do not forget about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Proxy_Autodiscovery_Protocol > -- > Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre > For development, discussion and tips for power savings, > visit http://www.lesswatts.org > -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
