** 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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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2081735
Title:
[FFE] Enable wsdd backend by default
Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
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.
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