Re: Merging "Proxy" and "Network" applets

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo novell com>]

On Fri, 2006-09-08 at 03:21 +0200, Carlos Garnacho wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 08:11 +0100, Darren Kenny wrote:
> > At the system level it does make sense to link the proxy with the interface
> > settings, but only in terms of a "Location" profile - taking a machine from one
> 
> g-s-t network tool has the concept of locations, I think it would be
> worth to make it set proxy settings too, read below my proposal of mixed
> user/system settings.
> 
> > >From a user perspective, while I think there is a situation where it might be
> > acceptable to set the proxy for the system and the user *might* be happy with
> > that, but there will also be cases where the user would like to override the
> > system setting - e.g. should the proxy server be down, the user has moved the
> > machine temporarily, x-proxy is faster today, etc... If this is all configured
> > at the system level, then the user may need access to the system administration
> > privileges to simply change the proxy (at least on some systems) this wouldn't
> > make sense to me, so I reckon there will still be a need for a user-level setting.
> 
> There's a branch in g-s-t to make it use PolicyKit to authenticate, and,
> if there's a more general adoption of it in the desktop, g-s-t will end
> using it. besides other stuff, PolicyKit could allow to mix in the same
> GUI protected (system) elements with non-protected (user) elements [1].
> This way would allow the user to be always able to deal with user
> settings, and unlock those protected elements if he requires it (and has
> permissions, etc...).
> 
someone suggested to me the other day to move the proxy settings to
NetworkManager, and I'm starting to think it makes a lot of sense. NM
provides the ability to manage your different network connections, and
usually you want a proxy per connection, so why not put it there?
-- 
Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo novell com>