** Tags added: bloat gvfs jammy kinetic lunar -- 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
