Public bug reported:
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.
** Affects: gvfs (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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gvfs-backends should be split in multiple sub-packages
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/595934
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