[Pkg-bluetooth-maintainers] Bug#530829: Bug#530829: bluez-gnome: receive file doesn't work, gnome-user-share not usable

[Filippo Giunchedi]

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 08:17:26AM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> since the last bluez-gnome update, it seems that the file receiving isn't
> implemented anymore using gnome-vfs-obexftp but by gnome-user-share (the
> only mention of that is in the changelog though, no Recommends: or stuff in
> README.Debian). That's a good thing there is no Recommends anyway, because
> gnome-user-share would bring apache, which is usually not a common soft
> user want to have on its laptop.

agreed, a note is in order. Note also that now gvfs-backends is recommended and
a bug was filed to enable obex backend though AFAIK gnome-vfs-obexftp doesn't
act as obex server but simply as a obex browser.

> 
> I know GNOME isn't made for modularity, but the GNOME stack is really
> becoming over monolithic, and adds more and more dependencies which are hard
> to follow. Having to install a webserver just to be able to send a file
> from my phone to my laptop is a bit too much.
> 
> It'd be nice if the functionnality could be added directly in bluez-gnome
> (or maybe g-u-s should be splitted, in that case feel free to reassign).

I'm not sure how upstream feels about this though I basically agree.
I'm putting g-u-s maintainer in CC about the splitting which can make sense IMO.

filippo
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