Re: Proxy settings wrt guix daemon

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Danny,

Danny Milosavljevic <address@hidden> skribis:

> could we mention an example value for the HTTP proxy setting?
>
> When I use it it's never quite clear to me whether there's a slash at the end
> or not, and what to do with https etc.
>
> Currently it says "Please enter the HTTP proxy URL.  If you enter an empty
> string, proxy usage will be disabled.".
>
> I'd add a note: "(Example: http://10.0.0.1:8000)".
>
> Also, if authentication is possible, maybe add that to the example.
>
> What happens to https?  Will it go via the HTTP proxy?  Maybe mention that
> there, too.

Yes.

So we could write “HTTP and HTTPS” and also include the example.

Downside is that translations will become stale.  Oh well, maybe we’ll
have to live with that.

Ludo’.