[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#694488: Opens slow with two instances on initial launches

[Michael Carr]

Package: thunar
Version: 1.2.3-4+b1
Severity: normal

On initial launch the Thunar file manager takes approximately 30 seconds to
start and opens two windows on a Wheezy install.  I believe this is related
to the "network" feature.  The network feature is something that I
personally do not use.  There is a bug #650206, but I feel it may be a
different issue.  I have cc'd the bluefish debian maintainer since one of
my questions involves that package.

I start with a clean AMD64 wheezy install and only install the base system
during the install process (no standard package list, desktop packages,
etc.).  I have a apt.conf file with Apt::Install-Recommends "false"; and
Aptitude::Recommends-Important "false"; and use the official debian repos
for installing wheezy plus security packages.  I start by installing a
minimalist desktop environment using openbox, xorg, sakua, leafpad,
tango-icon-theme, consolekit, policykit-1, libpam-ck-connector, gvfs, and
thuanr.

Once in an X11 session, if I launch thunar, then it starts within a second
and no network icon is in the side pane.  I continue customizing my system
with programs that I frequently use which includes blusfish.  The bluefish
package pulls in gvfs-backends.  Once APT finihes configuring the packages
Thunar starts slowly and with two instances on first launch.  Also, the
network icon is now visible in the side pane.  This behavior will continue
to happen upon subsequent reboots or log off / ons.

After searching Internet forums, a possible workaround is to edit as root
the following file and change the automount option from true to false:
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/network.mount.  This does solve the behavior issue
but also results in the "network" icon showing a paper with red square with
an "x".  If a user does double click the network icon then an error box
shows a failed to open "Network" message with a DBus error.

Okay, so I figured out that bluefish was the reason for the slow thunar
behavior since it pulled in the gvfs-backends package.  I was looking
through the changelog of bluefish and noticed that on June 29, 2010 the
gvfs-backends package was adjusted to a "Depends" from "Suggest" (if I read
that correctly).

I was wondering the following:

Can bluefish's depends on gvfs-backends be changed to Recommends instead?
This in my opinion would be the easiest method, but there may have been a
strong reason for the initial change.

Is there a way to disable network support in thunar without recompiling the
package on the user's end?

Use the workaround mentioned above and remove the network icon from the
side pane?

I apologize for the rather long bug report and look forward to hearing your
thoughts.

Thank You.

--Michael P. Carr Jr.
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