[Bug 1714518] Re: GTK+3 doesn't show FUSE/GVFS, smb (SMB/CIFS), sftp (SFTP/SSH) network shares in file chooser

[Jon]

Ah, ok, that explains why it didn't work.. 😁

Does anyone have any idea when 14.04LTS is going to get a patch? It's been
months with nothing in sight.

I thought installing an LTS meant issues would get some attention. Really
enjoying the Linux experience overall but the lack of urgency in addressing
a bug which is so annoying (used to work fine until one of the official
updates broke the functionality) makes me hesitant to move more computing
onto this platform.

On Mon, 18 Jun 2018, 10:41 Colin Leroy, <colin at colino.net> wrote:

> Hi Jon,
>
> My PPA only provides packages for 16.04, because that's what we use at
> work.
>
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> Title:
>   GTK+3 doesn't show FUSE/GVFS, smb (SMB/CIFS), sftp (SFTP/SSH) network
>   shares in file chooser
>
> Status in GTK+:
>   Fix Released
> Status in gtk+3.0 package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in gtk+3.0 source package in Trusty:
>   Triaged
> Status in gtk+3.0 source package in Xenial:
>   Triaged
> Status in gtk+3.0 source package in Artful:
>   Triaged
>
> Bug description:
>   Steps to reproduce:
>   1. Install any Gtk3 application such as Firefox or Chromium which use
> modern file-chooser dialog.
>   2. Mount network location through fstab or file-manager ("smb://" =
> SMB/CIFS, "sftp://" = SFTP/SSH and so on)
>   3. Try to save/open file to/from 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.
>   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
>
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Title:
  GTK+3 doesn't show FUSE/GVFS, smb (SMB/CIFS), sftp (SFTP/SSH) network
  shares in file chooser

Status in GTK+:
  Fix Released
Status in gtk+3.0 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in gtk+3.0 source package in Trusty:
  Triaged
Status in gtk+3.0 source package in Xenial:
  Triaged
Status in gtk+3.0 source package in Artful:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Install any Gtk3 application such as Firefox or Chromium which use modern file-chooser dialog. 
  2. Mount network location through fstab or file-manager ("smb://" = SMB/CIFS, "sftp://" = SFTP/SSH and so on)
  3. Try to save/open file to/from 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.
  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

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