On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 08:17:26AM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > Hi, > > since the last bluez-gnome update, it seems that the file receiving isn't > implemented anymore using gnome-vfs-obexftp but by gnome-user-share (the > only mention of that is in the changelog though, no Recommends: or stuff in > README.Debian). That's a good thing there is no Recommends anyway, because > gnome-user-share would bring apache, which is usually not a common soft > user want to have on its laptop.
agreed, a note is in order. Note also that now gvfs-backends is recommended and a bug was filed to enable obex backend though AFAIK gnome-vfs-obexftp doesn't act as obex server but simply as a obex browser. > > I know GNOME isn't made for modularity, but the GNOME stack is really > becoming over monolithic, and adds more and more dependencies which are hard > to follow. Having to install a webserver just to be able to send a file > from my phone to my laptop is a bit too much. > > It'd be nice if the functionnality could be added directly in bluez-gnome > (or maybe g-u-s should be splitted, in that case feel free to reassign). I'm not sure how upstream feels about this though I basically agree. I'm putting g-u-s maintainer in CC about the splitting which can make sense IMO. filippo -- Filippo Giunchedi - http://esaurito.net PGP key: 0x6B79D401 random quote follows: Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts. -- Daniel Patrick Moynihan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
