[Bug 1551558] Re: vmhgfs-fuse to open-vm-tools package

danand 1551558 at bugs.launchpad.net
Tue Mar 15 16:37:06 UTC 2016


Hi all,

I'm in agreement with the fact that vmhgfs-fuse is part of the wrong
package. Having to install a bunch of desktop/X Windows packages just to
be able to used shared folders under VMware Workstation/Fusion is
certainly less than ideal.

However, I am against including vmhgfs-fuse in the open-vm-tools package
as this would mean installing unnecessary binaries within VM guests
running on non Workstation/Fusion systems. Clearly there is no need for
vmhgfs-fuse within a VM running on top of VMware ESXi as ESXi has no
need for, or concept of shared folders.

As such, could we instead break out vmhgfs-fuse (and any additional deps
from the open-vm-tools-desktop package) into a completely separate
package? This seems to make the most sense to me and would give everyone
the ability to install the tools they need without any additional cruft!

Perhaps a name change would be in order as well? To the uninitiated
'vmhgfs-fuse' doesn't really tell you what the package does or give any
clue as to its intended use. Perhaps 'open-vm-tools-shared-folders'
would be better albeit a little long...

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