why hasn't http-proxy for cvs been rolled into main code???

[Ross Campbell]

I just found out that there's a PATCH from 1999 that
allows CVS to work with HTTP_PROXY. Since there are a
large number of people who could benefit from this
patch being added to cvs, so that it could be
configurable to work through a firewall (heck it
should be able to pick up HTTP_PROXY environment
variable), 

What is stopping this patch from being added to the
main code line?

http://www.cvshome.org/cyclic/cvs/dev-win-ttaylor.txt

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