[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #3179: g.extension not installing addons behind proxy

[GRASS GIS]

#3179: g.extension not installing addons behind proxy
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  Reporter:  madi         |      Owner:  grass-dev@…
      Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
  Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  7.4.5
 Component:  Addons       |    Version:  unspecified
Resolution:               |   Keywords:  g.extension, proxy, addons
       CPU:  Unspecified  |   Platform:  Unspecified
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Comment (by mlennert):

 Replying to [comment:12 neteler]:
 > Replying to [comment:11 mmetz]:
 > > Replying to [comment:10 neteler]:
 > > > Fix attempt via https://github.com/GRASS-GIS/grass-ci/pull/6
 submitted as r74116.
 > > > Note the different proxy syntax in the manual page.
 > > >
 > > > If ok, to be backported.
 > >
 > > Note, this is introducing a new python dependency, on RHEL 7 and
 derivates, this is python-requests.
 >
 > Yes, I realized that today.
 >
 > > Do we have a list of required python 2 components and required python
 3 components that can be updated?
 >
 > Also yes. See r74121, it is REQUIREMENTS.html.
 >
 > > Ideally such a list would also indicate which python components are
 required only for the GUI (systems such as HPC may use GRASS without GUI).
 >
 > That's more or less indicated in that file.
 >
 > So, I am undecided now about the backport.

 I would plead for reworking this to use urllib2 (Python 2) which is
 already imported in the module and which seems to work according to madi.
 IIUC, authenticated proxy handling is part of urllib in Python 3, or ?

 Let's try to avoid the endless dependency hell just out of easy
 availability of small helper packages. See the [https://hackernoon.com
 /whats-really-wrong-with-node-modules-and-why-this-is-your-fault-
 8ac9fa893823 experience] with npm in the Javascript world as a case in
 point. I would plead to keep most modules down to standard python library
 dependency, unless there really is no other way.

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