[issue8083] urllib proxy interface is too limited

[Dominique Leuenberger]

Dominique Leuenberger <dominique.leuenberger at gmail.com> added the comment:

I like the idea of having the proxy handler expanded. In fact I suggest to base the idea on libproxy ( http://code.google.com/p/libproxy ) which is available on Linux / openSolaris / Windows and Mac (currently).

Libproxy queries the correct settings to be used from KDE and gnome, depending on the currently running session. A fallback is of course env.

the API of libproxy is very simple and python bindings are available.

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