Bug#792532: lynx: Add a CLI fail-safe option to specify a proxy (e.g. "--proxy")

2015-07-18 Thread Andy Valencia
[Jack Ryan writes:] > Having a commandline "--proxy" option would ensure that the users > expectation is known to the tool. Then if anything is wrong with the > users syntax or something goes wrong with the proxy, lynx can fail > safely and print an error. If user safety is the priorit

Bug#792532: lynx: Add a CLI fail-safe option to specify a proxy (e.g. "--proxy")

2015-07-15 Thread Jack Ryan
Package: lynx Version: 2.8.9dev1-2 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, It is risky to rely on an environment variable to specify a proxy. Any number of things can wrong, as we know from bug 791452. E.g., a user may think incorrectly that a proxy will be used, and have no idea of any failure. Ha