I'm also experiencing this immature feature in 12.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-user-share in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/536766
Title: Personal file sharing preferences dialog does not offer to install needed packages Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Committed Status in gnome-user-share: Invalid Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: Invalid Status in “gnome-user-share” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: nautilus What happens -> I open the Personal file sharing preferences dialog via system-preferences or via nautilus, and Im told that the network sharing feature can not be enabled because the required packages are not on your pc. I, as a tech user, went to synaptic, found the package, looked for its recommends and got the functionality. A normal user wont be able to do so, and so a button to install those packages is needed for usabilty's sake. ---------------------------------------------- Desired resolution: - Remove the "Sharing Options" right click menu option from Nautilus. - If a advanced user chooses to install the required packages, the menu should re-appear in Nautilus. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/536766/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp