[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 25263] [Gtk] WebKit GTK with libsoup won't recognize proxies

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25263





------- Comment #16 from xan.lopez at gmail.com  2009-06-07 22:57 PDT -------
(In reply to comment #15)
> (In reply to comment #14)
> > I think this patch should be reverted, please see bug #26242 for rationale.
> 
> This currently defaults to 'no' so only people who want it can have it. Let's
> discuss better ways to handle optional features in the future in bug #26242,
> and fix whatever is needed to be fixed in that bug. I rather have people behind
> a proxy can still browse the web using webkitgtk today instead of waiting for a
> concensus on #26242 (we may hit a road block and decide to recommit this patch
> again, who knows).

I think this is ignoring the main point of the issue: the 'people' we care
about here are distros, and they will have to make a choice if we make a
release with this option. That will only add a new variable to the equation and
make things worse, when it seems that we already have a consensus that what we
are doing is wrong.

Besides, I believe this feature request in particular is slighltly artificial.
I don't think GtkLauncher is a good use case for almost anything, and the
WebKit apps that provide the hability to navigate the Web can trivially use the
GNOME proxy settings if they want to (Epiphany is, for example). So it's not
like reverting this patch will prevent people from using proxies, it will only
put us back where we were before, when they have to manually request it in
their applications.


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