[packagekit] Setting the proxy

[Richard Hughes]

2009/7/17 Daniel Nicoletti <dantti85-pk at yahoo.com.br>:
> Hmmm I have thought about that some time ago,
> and what I did (and actually the current KPackageKIT code is like):
>
> setProxy(http, ftp)
> do the task, like install, refresh.. update

I think you only need to set the proxy once now (at the start of the
session), but doing again and again like you are doing won't actually
break anything.

> so always right before the task I set the proxy, the disadvantages
> happens when concurrent use of packagekitd which might end up
> with the other user proxy.

Right, and the new code in packagekitd should prevent that from happening.

> I think this is the same case of setLocale()

I think it's slightly different to the locale, in that a user may have
different applications open in different locales, on the same session.
I do agree it's very similar tho, and if we were to add SetLocale now,
we would probably do it the same was as the proxy data.

> In the end it might be a good idea to track sessions
> on packagekitd so Locale, proxy and maybe others to
> come don't get lost.

Right, making this more generic could certainly be done, but I don't
think we need to until we find another user, so to speak.

> Ah another thing that I remembered was:
> What if the user change it's proxy?

In the gnome case, we watch the GConf key for changes, and re-issue
the SetProxy method, which alters the packagekitd saved proxy for that
session.

Great that you're facing the same issues with the proxy stuff as we
did in the GNOME tools.

Richard.