Bug#348543: libgnomevfs2-0: smb:// protocol b0rked since 2.12.2-4

[Mike Hommey]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 10:22:20PM +0100, Josselin Mouette <joss at debian.org> wrote:
> Le mardi 17 janvier 2006 à 18:33 +0100, Mike Hommey a écrit :
> > Package: libgnomevfs2-0
> > Version: 2.12.2-4
> > Severity: important
> > 
> > It is impossible to see smb:// shares in nautilus and other programs
> > using gnomevfs (totem, etc.) after upgrade to 2.12.2-4.
> > That is actually all that these program are able to tell me (rough
> > translation from japanese, I haven't checked with an english locale)
> 
> Well, there's a reason why it recommends libgnomevfs2-extra ;)
> 
> You will find the SMB backend there, it was split so that libsmbclient
> dependencies aren't always necessary.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. Then it would have been nice to have it
installed by default when following the upgrade path... so that there's
no less functionality. If one wants to remove the extra package
afterwards, it'd be possible.

A note in a NEWS.Debian file would have been a plus as well.

Mike