Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gvfs
WebDAV offers an extended set of HTTP methods, among them COPY and MOVE,
which allow a user to trigger a server-side move of files or file-like
objects and collections.
When a user works on a WebDAV enabled resource via Nautilus/gvfs and
issues a copy or move of files and/or folder, Nautilus instead of using
the COPY/MOVE methods does GETs and PUTs.
Exemplary for a simple file copy
-User triggers file copy
-Nautilus downloads the file via GET
-Nautilus uploads the file via PUT
-File is copied
This behavior is undesirable as files and/or collections might be huge
in terms of data. Probably Gigabytes which are then transferred over the
network down- and upstream instead of a sub-second operation when done
server-side. Further, with this behavior a server is not able to decide
whether metadata such as timestamps, permission etc. (on files) should
be preserved or not but is tricked into destroying these attributes.
A nice side-effect of this is that Nautilus is able to show a "sort-of"
progress bar.
** Affects: gvfs (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: dav files gvfs webdav
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gvfs WebDAV: Nautilus does not use the COPY/MOVE methods
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/627048
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