[Sugar-devel] [FEATURES][DESIGN] Network proxy configuration

[Gonzalo Odiard]

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Daniel Drake <dsd at laptop.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Gonzalo Odiard <gonzalo at laptop.org>
> wrote:
> > About the network proxy configuration, I agree is better have a automatic
> > configuration _if_possible_, but there are times when is not possible,
> > then we should provide a solution. Has been a request for a long time,
> > and the development is already 90% done
>
> I would still appreciate the answer to this question:
>
> For example, what happens if a user who is on a proxy-free network
> types "hello" into the proxy configuration textbox? Does that break
> all networking?
>
> Daniel
>

Probably yes. May be we can add a test before the configuration is saved
and warning to the user? Something like trying to access wiki.laptop.org?


Gonzalo
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