** Description changed:
- tbd.
+ The wsdd backend in gvfs allows Nautilus, and potentially other clients,
+ to discover Windows 10+ network folders (SMB), using the WS-Discovery
+ protocol.
+
+ gvfs implements this feature by using `wsdd` if it is installed. This
+ change thus adds wsdd as a Recommended dependency. wsdd itself received
+ a MIR ack, including a security review. It is confined by AppArmor by
+ default.
+
+ Adding this dependency would not impact other parts of the system, other
+ than exposing an additional functionality in Nautilus.
+
+ I've verified that with wsdd installed Nautilus sees the Windows 11 host
+ on my local network. The actual browsing of the SMB share is not part of
+ the wsdd functionality, who's role is merely that of discovery.
** Changed in: gvfs (Ubuntu)
Milestone: None => ubuntu-24.10
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[FFE] Enable wsdd backend by default
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