> 3. Are we ok with dropping gnome-user-share from the default Ubuntu > desktop install and syncing it from Debian? > https://launchpad.net/bugs/1714821 > > 3.b. Or we could consider continuing to install gnome-user-share by > default. This would mean also installing apache2-bin (not actually a > functional web server) and libapache2-mod-dnssd (a fairly minimal > library but needs a MIR). It would enable the Settings > Sharing panel > to actually have content on Wayland (a Personal File Sharing > subpanel). On Xorg, there is also a Screen Sharing subpanel.
In Ubuntu 17.04 (Unity), open the Public folder in your home directory. Click the Preferences button in the infobar. This is the GUI from gnome-user-share. It provides Bluetooth receiving support and the ability to share files on the network using webdav. Except we don't install the webdav support by default so the option is grayed out with a message that the required packages aren't installed without saying what packages are missing or a button to click to install them. The latest version of gnome-user-share has no GUI and doesn't provide the Bluetooth receiving support (that support is handled by the gnome-bluetooth library now). But if gnome-user-share is installed in GNOME, there is a Personal File Sharing subpanel in Settings > Sharing that replaces the old GUI. By syncing gnome-user-share to universe, we would enable its remaining feature (network file sharing) to work since it would have the required dependencies. But there would be no way to configure gnome-user-share from the Unity desktop. The only other flavor to ship Nautilus is Ubuntu Budgie which currently also includes gnome-control-center so it is not affected. MATE offers caja with mate-user-share. Perhaps that could work for Unity? gnome-user-share is now in universe because I dropped the recommends on it from gnome-control-center. The webdav feature requires apache2-bin and libapache2-mod-dnssd. The Apache binary is so minimal it can't actually run a web server. libapache2-mod-dnssd is a small library that would need a MIR. I would like to see gnome-user-share installed by default because otherwise the Settings > Sharing panel is very empty. Thanks, Jeremy Bicha -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
