[PATCH] SOCKS5 proxy support

[heisenbug]

On 04/12/2014 03:55 PM, Augie Fackler wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 06, 2014 at 02:47:44PM +0000, heisenbug wrote:
>> # HG changeset patch
>> # User Bug Heisen <heisenbug at zoho.com>
>> # Date 1396793762 -7200
>> #      Sun Apr 06 16:16:02 2014 +0200
>> # Node ID 3f58227755ed42a2c891fa5bc75c286c3d35791c
>> # Parent  12f161f08d744f0e4b6eef9c905670afb5c24dd4
>> socks proxy: socks5 proxy support for http(s) protocol
> 
> I'm worried that this is a relatively large amount of complexity for a
> comparitively small win in terms of potential users, especially for
> functionality without tests.
> 
> Is it possible this could be done as an out-of-tree extension?
> 

Yes, I think was able to do this: 
https://bitbucket.org/bugheisen/socks_proxy/

I'm not entirely sure if this is the way to go though, so feedback
is appreciated.

Cheers,
bug