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Title:
  gvfs-backends should be split in multiple sub-packages

Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in gvfs package in Debian:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gvfs

  The gvfs-backends should be transformed in a meta-package that only
  recommends other more specific sub-packages.

  Currently the gvfs-backends package contains «the afc, archive, burn,
  cdda, dav, dnssd, ftp, gphoto2, http, network,         obexftp, sftp,
  smb and smb-browse backends» and depends on 22 different libraries.

  While all these backends may come handy at times, low-resource
  computer would benefit if some of these where not installed.

  For example cd-less computers (not only netbooks) do not need the
  "burn" or "cdda" backends. These two backends install and run a demon
  that requires memory and installs unneeded libraries.

  A similar argument applies to the AFS backend (not that much useful
  these days to a wide audience, runs a daemon), gphoto2 (office
  workstation and thin clients do not need it, runs a daemon), obexftp
  (makes any Gnome installation dependent on Bluetooth libraries) and
  any other protocol.

  While installing all these backends by default is certainly a good
  thing, not having a way to remove them when not needed is a problem.
  Making gvfs-backends a meta-package and splitting its current content
  in multiple packages (gvfs-backends-afs, gvfs-backends-sftp, gvfs-
  backends-smb) would retain the good behaviour while still allowing
  users with little resources (RAM, disk, CPU) to remove the unneeded
  components.

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