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Bug#554844: ITP: pacparser -- library to parse proxy auto-config files



On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 08:47:12AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-11-06 at 13:14 -0800, Andrew Pollock wrote:
> > Package: wnpp
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Owner: Andrew Pollock <apollock@debian.org>
> > 
> > * Package name    : pacparser
> >   Version         : 1.0.7
> >   Upstream Author : Manu Garg <manugarg@gmail.com>
> > * URL             : http://code.google.com/p/pacparser
> > * License         : GPLv3
> >   Programming Lang: C
> >   Description     : library to parse proxy auto-config files
> > 
> > a library to parse proxy auto-config (PAC) files. Proxy auto-config files are
> > a vastly used proxy configuration method these days. Web browsers can use a PAC
> > file to determine which proxy server to use or whether to go direct for a given
> > URL. PAC files are written in JavaScript and can be programmed to return
> > different proxy methods (e.g. "PROXY proxy1:port; DIRECT") depending upon URL,
> > source IP address, protocol, time of the day etc. PAC files introduce a lot of
> > possibilities. Look at the wikipedia link above to find out more about them.
> 
> What wikipedia link ? :)

This is corrected in the version I'll be uploading



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