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Gary D. Gregory commented on HTTPCLIENT-2381:
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LOL [~olegk] instant classic!
> Allow environment proxy settings by default or strongly document this decision
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> Key: HTTPCLIENT-2381
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-2381
> Project: HttpComponents HttpClient
> Issue Type: Wish
> Reporter: Jon Harper
> Priority: Major
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> Hi,
> projects keep getting burned by the fact that is it impossible to set runtime
> environment variables to use http proxies. My personal latest frustration is
> with central-publishing-maven-plugin which is unusable in many companies
> where using a corporate proxy is mandatory (no direct internet access). This
> has happened times and times again, for example.
> https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-vault/issues/75
> https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/35815
> It seems like every time this happen, people then just add the required code
> to be able to set an environment variable or a system property, after the
> initial pain of beeing blocked by this problem.
> Should this project be changed so that by default without code you can use
> system properties to configure the proxy ? That is have systemProperties=true
> everywhere and replace useSystemProperties() by disableSystemProperties().
> Using the same system properties as the jdk clients is the simplest, but if
> needed it would still provide benefit if it were entirely new system
> properties (so no backwards compatibilty as these properties would never have
> been set), at least people would be to use proxies without changing some code
> or worse changing some third party library.
> An alternative would be to add a prominent note in the docs to warn that
> unless specific code is added, using a proxy is impossible and makes the
> client unusable in many corporate contexts. Maybe also document why this
> design decision was made, what are the advantages of doing this so that users
> at least understand what they gain in exchange for their suffering.
> Thanks in advance,
> Jon
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