Agreed.
Going back a bit, you mention that you can't make `snap download` respect the proxy environment variables. I've just confirmed that it does, so what exactly are you trying?
http_proxy=https://localhost:99/ snap download foo Fetching snap "foo" error: cannot find snap "foo": Get https://search.apps.ubuntu.com/api/v1/snaps/details/foo: http: error connecting to proxy https://localhost:99/: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:99: getsockopt: connection refused
Agreed.
Going back a bit, you mention that you can't make `snap download` respect the proxy environment variables. I've just confirmed that it does, so what exactly are you trying?
http_proxy=https:/ /localhost: 99/ snap download foo /search. apps.ubuntu. com/api/ v1/snaps/ details/ foo: http: error connecting to proxy https:/ /localhost: 99/: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:99: getsockopt: connection refused
Fetching snap "foo"
error: cannot find snap "foo": Get https:/