desktop-packages team mailing list archive

[Karl-Philipp Richter <krichter722@xxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

When the user copies directory a into directory b the file transfer
dialog only displays information that is moves or copies a into b rather
than /path/to/a into /path/to/b. This causes the following deficies:

  * If the user copies /path/to/a into b and /another/path/to/a into b the file transfer dialog become unnecessarily complicated
  * If the user copies 20 large files over night while sitting in a bar and having dring and checks the dialog again in the morning he_she has no idea which files are about to be copied.

Displaying the full path should be the default because there's no
usecase for information loss. In case it's desired to keep the transfer
dialog small, it'd be good to have a collapsible pane for extended
information or a collapsible pane for each file name.

Of course the dialog label has be tested for well working line breaks
(it should support arbitrary long pathnames in order to cover any
filesystem that will ever be invented) so that there's no case where
label in the form of

  * `copying /the/very/long/path/t...` or
  * `copying /the/very/long/path/to/the/file into /the/other/very/long/p...` or
  * something similar

occur.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-24.32-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Nov 11 09:28:28 2014
GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'mime_type', 'where']"
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug utopic

** Description changed:

  When the user copies directory a into directory b the file transfer
  dialog only displays information that is moves or copies a into b rather
  than /path/to/a into /path/to/b. This causes the following deficies:
  
-   * If the user copies /path/to/a into b and /another/path/to/a into b the file transfer dialog become unnecessarily complicated
-   * If the user copies 20 large files over night while sitting in a bar and having dring and checks the dialog again in the morning he_she has no idea which files are about to be copied.
+   * If the user copies /path/to/a into b and /another/path/to/a into b the file transfer dialog become unnecessarily complicated
+   * If the user copies 20 large files over night while sitting in a bar and having dring and checks the dialog again in the morning he_she has no idea which files are about to be copied.
  
  Displaying the full path should be the default because there's no
- usecase for information loss. Of course the dialog label has be tested
- for smart line breaks (it should support arbitrary long pathnames in
- order to cover any filesystem that will ever be invented) so that
- there's no case where label in the form of
+ usecase for information loss. In case it's desired to keep the transfer
+ dialog small, it'd be good to have a collapsible pane for extended
+ information or a collapsible pane for each file name.
  
-   * `copying /the/very/long/path/t...` or 
-   * `copying /the/very/long/path/to/the/file into /the/other/very/long/p...` or 
-   * something similar
+ Of course the dialog label has be tested for well working line breaks
+ (it should support arbitrary long pathnames in order to cover any
+ filesystem that will ever be invented) so that there's no case where
+ label in the form of
+ 
+   * `copying /the/very/long/path/t...` or
+   * `copying /the/very/long/path/to/the/file into /the/other/very/long/p...` or
+   * something similar
  
  occur.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: nautilus 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-24.32-generic 3.16.4
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-24-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Nov 11 09:28:28 2014
  GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'mime_type', 'where']"
  SourcePackage: nautilus
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop
Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1391416

Title:
  file transfer source and target are impossible to retrieve from
  information in file transfer dialog (name isn't sufficient)

Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When the user copies directory a into directory b the file transfer
  dialog only displays information that is moves or copies a into b
  rather than /path/to/a into /path/to/b. This causes the following
  deficies:

    * If the user copies /path/to/a into b and /another/path/to/a into b the file transfer dialog become unnecessarily complicated
    * If the user copies 20 large files over night while sitting in a bar and having dring and checks the dialog again in the morning he_she has no idea which files are about to be copied.

  Displaying the full path should be the default because there's no
  usecase for information loss. In case it's desired to keep the
  transfer dialog small, it'd be good to have a collapsible pane for
  extended information or a collapsible pane for each file name.

  Of course the dialog label has be tested for well working line breaks
  (it should support arbitrary long pathnames in order to cover any
  filesystem that will ever be invented) so that there's no case where
  label in the form of

    * `copying /the/very/long/path/t...` or
    * `copying /the/very/long/path/to/the/file into /the/other/very/long/p...` or
    * something similar

  occur.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: nautilus 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-24.32-generic 3.16.4
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-24-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Nov 11 09:28:28 2014
  GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'date_modified', 'date_accessed', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'mime_type', 'where']"
  SourcePackage: nautilus
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1391416/+subscriptions