[Bug 1714518] Re: GTK+3 doesn't show FUSE network shares in file chooser

[Norbert]

Some Ubuntu users are newbies, they do not know about GVFS, FUSE and so
on, so they can't suppose to use /media folder for network filesystems.

This bug should be fixed as soon as possible. Xenial and Bionic are affected. 
Most Gtk3 applications are affected - the most common are Firefox, Google Chrome.

** Description changed:

+ Steps to reproduce:
+ 1. Install any Gtk3 application such as Firefox or Chromium.
+ 2. Mount network location through fstab or file-manager (SMB/CIFS, SFTP/SSH and so on)
+ 3. Try to save file to the remote location from Gtk3 application.
+ 
+ Expected results:
+ * user is able to find network folder and save/open file to/from it with GtkFileChooser dialog
+ 
+ Actual results:
+ * user is unable to find network folder and save/open file to/from it with GtkFileChooser dialog and many user applications are affected
+ 
+ 
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Original bug description is below:
+ 
  GTK+3 doesn't show FUSE network shares in file chooser - it used to do
  so in GTK+2, and the GTK+3 documentation still mentions it should do it.
  
  In the mean time, every user of every application switching to GTK+3 --
  including Chromium, at some point between 58 and 60 -- (a change which
  happened in 16.04 LTS!!), loses the functionality to open or save
  directly to a network share.
  
- I had chosen 16.04 LTS for deploying our workstations at work, and my 50 users have been suddenly unable to do a simple operation they have to do dozens of times a day. 
- They now have to "buffer" these files to their local filesystem when saving them and before uploading them, and then copy them to the company's network shares. 
+ I had chosen 16.04 LTS for deploying our workstations at work, and my 50 users have been suddenly unable to do a simple operation they have to do dozens of times a day.
+ They now have to "buffer" these files to their local filesystem when saving them and before uploading them, and then copy them to the company's network shares.
  They were already a little bit grumpy when it stopped working with Firefox, and are now really side-eyeing me when they apply updates and find Chromium broken.
  
  I have reported the bug upstream and provided a patch to fix this. I
  hope you'll be able and willing to include it to Ubuntu's GTK+3 package.
  
  Thanks in advance.
  
  Colin

** Summary changed:

- GTK+3 doesn't show FUSE network shares in file chooser
+ GTK+3 doesn't show FUSE/GVFS, SMB/CIFS, SFTP/SSH network shares in file chooser

** Also affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: chromium (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: remmina (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: vinagre (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: thunderbird (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: transmission (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: brasero (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  GTK+3 doesn't show FUSE/GVFS, SMB/CIFS, SFTP/SSH network shares in
  file chooser

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