Bug#54524: http_proxy and web clients.

[Brian May <bam@debian.org>]

>>>>> "s" == s Lichtmaier <Nicol> writes:

    s>  It's a bit complex, and requires modifications to every
    s> program that uses HTTP, but the modifications are simple, and
    s> it would be a nice thing to have.  In most HTTP clients would
    s> be just adding a call to a function that sets the env vars
    s> according to this file...

    s>  I don't know much about debconf, but couldn't this variables
    s> stored in that database?

I don't think debconf is appropriate for this task, as every (if my
understanding is correct) each individual package must still be
reconfigured whenever the debconf database changes.

There discussion on why packages should not use configuration
information stored directly in the debconf database on debian-devel,
last month: have a look at

http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-devel-0001/msg00095.html

and 

http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-devel-0001/msg00123.html

for details.
-- 
Brian May <bam@debian.org>