On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 08:47:02AM +0200, Ville Lindholm wrote: > Michael Hutchinson wrote: > > I don't think that this is necessary. Banshee already respects the > > Mono proxy settings if you're using a recent version of Mono (1.2 or > > later). Mono takes its settings from machine.config, and the default > > setting is to read from the conventional HTTP_PROXY environment > > variable. A lot of tools use this, so most users with proxies should > > have it set up. > > I'm trying to think this in terms of an average desktop user. He/she > might have found the "Network Proxy" menu item, but probably knows > nothing about environment variables. And as you said, introducing a > gnome dependency in Mono is really not an option. But even if you might > be right, I think I'll still finish the patch just for practice :) Or maybe a system where if there is a gnome proxy but no mono one, it takes the one with a value? Chances are greater (I'd think) that someone has set the gnome proxy vs the mono one. Or, if there are two values, add a choice in the UI? Or would that just confuse things even more? -- Alan <alan ufies org> - http://arcterex.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Backups are for people who don't pray." -- big Mike
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