This bug sadly still exists in 2022. libgphoto2-6 now allows for network communication for cameras and related devices. libmobiledevice6 ensures that you are forced to have iphone support. libgdata is generally Google specific. CD rom support is still there, in 2022. Non-secure FTP and WebDAV? Still default required, installed, and irremovable in 2022.
All of the library packages are required dependencies. It looks like it could be broken out even further according to the installed files list but at least making them recommended would be a wonderful first step. https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gvfs/backends -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595934 Title: gvfs-backends should be split in multiple sub-packages Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gvfs package in Debian: New Bug description: Binary package hint: gvfs The gvfs-backends should be transformed in a meta-package that only recommends other more specific sub-packages. Currently the gvfs-backends package contains «the afc, archive, burn, cdda, dav, dnssd, ftp, gphoto2, http, network, obexftp, sftp, smb and smb-browse backends» and depends on 22 different libraries. While all these backends may come handy at times, low-resource computer would benefit if some of these where not installed. For example cd-less computers (not only netbooks) do not need the "burn" or "cdda" backends. These two backends install and run a demon that requires memory and installs unneeded libraries. A similar argument applies to the AFS backend (not that much useful these days to a wide audience, runs a daemon), gphoto2 (office workstation and thin clients do not need it, runs a daemon), obexftp (makes any Gnome installation dependent on Bluetooth libraries) and any other protocol. While installing all these backends by default is certainly a good thing, not having a way to remove them when not needed is a problem. Making gvfs-backends a meta-package and splitting its current content in multiple packages (gvfs-backends-afs, gvfs-backends-sftp, gvfs- backends-smb) would retain the good behaviour while still allowing users with little resources (RAM, disk, CPU) to remove the unneeded components. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/595934/+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
