Features/Proxy Settings: Difference between revisions

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* Targeted release: 0.110

* Last updated: 2016-04-18

* Percentage of completion: 100%

* Percentage of completion: 100% and merged

Merged into something that will probably be 0.110

== Detailed Description ==

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Sugar and activities to use. While we'd like the system to work that all

out automatically (e.g. using [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Proxy_Autodiscovery_Protocol WPAD]), this often isn't possible. Common

reasons include legacy ("inherited") setups and network uplinks ~~simply~~ being

reasons include legacy ("inherited") setups and network uplinks being

out of control of the user ~~respectively deployment~~.

out of control of the user.

The existing Network Control Panel is enhanced by adding a new section for the

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presented to the user.

The settings are stored in ~~schemas (via~~ '~~Gsettings~~') and ~~environment~~ variables.

The settings are stored in 'GSettings' and passed to activities using the 'http_proxy' and similar variables.

== Benefit to Sugar ==

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The proxy settings entered by user are verified before saving to prevent accidental change in proxy settings.

** For "manual" type the proxy host addresses are pinged to check for their existence.

* For "manual" type the proxy host addresses are pinged to check for their existence.

** For "auto" type the existence of the *.pac file is checked.

* For "auto" type the existence of the *.pac file is checked.

If the above verification fails then the user is prompted with an alert message and option to either "Break the Internet connection" or "Reset".

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 * Targeted release: 0.110
 * Last updated: 2016-04-18
-* Percentage of completion: 100%
+* Percentage of completion: 100% and merged
+Merged into something that will probably be 0.110
 == Detailed Description ==
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 Sugar and activities to use. While we'd like the system to work that all
 out automatically (e.g. using [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Proxy_Autodiscovery_Protocol WPAD]), this often isn't possible. Common
-reasons include legacy ("inherited") setups and network uplinks simply being
+reasons include legacy ("inherited") setups and network uplinks being
-out of control of the user respectively deployment.
+out of control of the user.
 The existing Network Control Panel is enhanced by adding a new section for the
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 presented to the user.
-The settings are stored in schemas (via 'Gsettings') and environment variables.
+The settings are stored in 'GSettings' and passed to activities using the 'http_proxy' and similar variables.
 == Benefit to Sugar ==
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 The proxy settings entered by user are verified before saving to prevent accidental change in proxy settings.
-** For "manual" type the proxy host addresses are pinged to check for their existence.
+* For "manual" type the proxy host addresses are pinged to check for their existence.
-** For "auto" type the existence of the *.pac file is checked.
+* For "auto" type the existence of the *.pac file is checked.
 If the above verification fails then the user is prompted with an alert message and option to either "Break the Internet connection" or "Reset".