[Bugs] #2821 UNSP: Sugar should directly get proxy settings from gconf

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#2821: Sugar should directly get proxy settings from gconf
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    Reporter:  sridhar                    |          Owner:                             
        Type:  enhancement                |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  untriaged                  |        Version:  0.84.x                     
    Severity:  Unspecified                |       Keywords:                             
Distribution:  OLPC                       |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed                
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 Sugar gets its proxy settings from $http_proxy. The exception is Browse,
 which uses gconf.

 This can be confusing and difficult for users. They must set their proxy
 in a GNOME tool (gnome-network-properties), which only affects Browse in
 Sugar. There is no easy way to set it for the rest of Sugar. Important
 functions like Software Update will not work.

 We have a workaround in OLPC AU's XO-AU OS:
 http://dev.laptop.org.au/issues/337

 It would be much better if Sugar used gconf directly instead of needing
 $http_proxy to be set. This would avoid duplication and allow us to write
 a nice Sugar GUI to set the proxy.

 This is an important bug to fix for any network that has proxies that are
 not transparent. Schools in Australia are like this.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2821>
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