Re: libproxy as external dependency

[Nathaniel McCallum <nathaniel natemccallum com>]

Vincent Untz wrote:
> Le mardi 21 octobre 2008, à 10:30 -0400, Nathaniel McCallum a écrit :
>   
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd like to propose libproxy (LGPL 2.1+;  
> > http://code.google.com/p/libproxy/) as a blessed external dependency for  
> > GNOME 2.26.  libproxy is currently used by vlc and neon and libsoup and  
> > webkit are considering adopting it.
> >     
>
> Looking at the code, you don't listen for changes to the gconf keys. If
> I have an active connection through a proxy and I change my proxy
> settings, shouldn't libproxy tell the app the proxy settings have
> changed, so that it can restart the connection?
>   
libproxy reads the configuration from gconf every time a new connection 
is established.  IMHO, it is a bad practice to tear down a working 
connection so that you can try to establish a new connection which 
*might* work (or might fail).  Best practice should be to keep all 
operational connections established and only use the new proxy settings 
for new connections.

Nathaniel