** Description changed: To reproduce: - 1) Use nautilus to mount a remote SSH share. - 2) Start Meld - 3) Click "File comparison" - 4) Click one of the file selection buttons [with the text "(None)"]. - 5) A file picker dialog opens. Observe that this dialog permits you - to select files on network shares. - 6) Pick some file on the SSH share mounted earlier, and click "Open". + 1) Use nautilus to mount a remote SSH share. + 2) Start Meld + 3) Click "File comparison" + 4) Click one of the file selection buttons [with the text "(None)"]. + 5) A file picker dialog opens. Observe that this dialog permits you + to select files on network shares. + 6) Pick some file on the SSH share mounted earlier, and click "Open". Expected: Meld should either: - - Support reading files from network shares (like my SSH mountpoint). + - Support reading files from network shares (like my SSH mountpoint). *or* - - Restrict the file picker such that the user can only select files on - the local filesystem (so that step 6 above isn't allowed). + - Restrict the file picker such that the user can only select files on + the local filesystem (so that step 6 above isn't allowed). Actual: Meld's file picker allows me to select a file from my SSH mountpoint and thus implicit promises to handle such files. But when I click "Open", Meld silently rejects the file and continues to show "(None)" in the file selection button. ProblemType: Bug - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 - Package: meld 1.8.4-1 - ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-30.54-generic 3.13.11.2 - Uname: Linux 3.13.0-30-generic x86_64 - ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 + DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 + Package: meld 3.12-1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME - Date: Sat Jun 28 12:12:25 2014 PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: meld - UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-15 (74 days ago)
** Description changed: To reproduce: - 1) Use nautilus to mount a remote SSH share. - 2) Start Meld + 1) Use nautilus to mount a remote SSH (sftp) share. + 2) Start Meld 3.12 3) Click "File comparison" 4) Click one of the file selection buttons [with the text "(None)"]. - 5) A file picker dialog opens. Observe that this dialog permits you - to select files on network shares. + 5) A file picker dialog opens. Observe that this dialog doesn't display network mount poing, but permits you choose network location manually (by clicking CTRL+L and writing sftp://user@host/folder/file) 6) Pick some file on the SSH share mounted earlier, and click "Open". - Expected: Meld should either: - - Support reading files from network shares (like my SSH mountpoint). - *or* - - Restrict the file picker such that the user can only select files on - the local filesystem (so that step 6 above isn't allowed). + Expected: Meld should display network mountpoints, because comparing + with manually selected sftp://user@host/folder/file works fine - Actual: Meld's file picker allows me to select a file from my SSH - mountpoint and thus implicit promises to handle such files. But when I - click "Open", Meld silently rejects the file and continues to - show "(None)" in the file selection button. + Actual: File/folder picker in meld 3.12 doesn't display network + mountpoints ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: meld 3.12-1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: meld -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335457 Title: File/folder picker in meld 3.12 doesn't display network mountpoints (comparing files from network is supported) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/meld/+bug/1335457/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
