Bug#773707: gvfs not very usable with non-gnome applications

[Andrew Gallagher]

Package: gvfs
Version: 1.22.2-1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

When upgrading from wheezy to jessie, the entire path structure of gvfs has
changed. I understand it is more compliant to place transient mount points
under /run rather than ~, but it has made working with non-gnome applications
even more difficult.

The path now contains both usernames and userids. This is a major usability
flaw, as different users see different paths to the same resource. Identifiers
should not contain credential information.

Andrew.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_IE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_IE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages gvfs depends on:
ii  gvfs-common   1.22.2-1
ii  gvfs-daemons  1.22.2-1
ii  gvfs-libs     1.22.2-1
ii  libc6         2.19-13
ii  libglib2.0-0  2.42.1-1
ii  libudev1      215-7

gvfs recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gvfs suggests:
ii  gvfs-backends  1.22.2-1

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