Ok, reassigning to gvfs-backends. Basically, it'd be nice to split the
backends package in few packages so people can install only the one they
need.
Splitting using one package per backend might clutter a bit too much, so
a proposition could be:
gvfs-backends with only the “standard” ones. Standard is a bit fuzzy,
but basically http/dav/ftp/ssh/cdda/smb/
gvfs-backend-photo with the gphoto2 stuff
gvfs-backend-mobiledevice with the afc/mobiledevice/iphone stuff
gvfs-backend-obex with the bluetooth stack
What do you think?
Just wanted to add some justification for splitting the backends.
I have a non-Apple device (Sansa Fuze; looks like an iPod, has a data port that
is
like, but not compatible with, the Apple connector). It used to be recognized
as 1
or 2 USB drives (depending on data card), but with recent distributions it is
seen
as a Music Device, accessible only in Rhythmbox. I uninstalled packages until
it
was recognized as a drive again. Then I couldn't access network shares (Samba).
Researching that problem, I found that re-installing gvfs-backends fixed it,
but broke
the Fuze access.
So my best option was to install/uninstall this package depending on what I
want to
do. Looking further, I manually deleted the afs.mount file (only), and
everything
works now.
I can image that others may want a choice on how they access devices (although I
don't know if this applies to i-devices, so this may be a rather limited
audience).
--BrianG
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