Thunar ftp/smb plugin

[Bryan J. Smith]

If I might add $0.02.

Network resources aren't just found via network filesystems that "broadcast" advertisements (e.g., CIFS/SMB), but there are several different options out there to "publish" (ADS shares, LDAP schema like automounter maps, etc...) resources so they can be "discovered."  If you want the developers to go down that road, you are _sacking_ them with a _lot_ of detailed development that still won't make everyone happy.

And that's before we start adding file:, ftp:, ftps: (explicit, implicit), sftp: and even more options like info:, man:, etc...  There is so much re-invention of the wheel (e.g., anyone remeber all the goodies GTK+ v1-based Galeon v1 coukd do that has been utterly _lost_? ;) that it's nuts to go down that road.

In all honesty, I really think such a "subsystem" should be addressed by FreeDesktop.ORG before there are visual interfaces into it.  Especially since even 98% of Linux/Windows administrators actually don't understand how network resources are actually (or should I say "properly") published on a network (let alone a proper "enterprise" networks).

Again, I think it's something the FreeDesktop.ORG avenue should address this sprawling nightmare before any more re-invention is attempted.  And no, I did not just volunteer to try to come up with such a standard for FreeDesktop.ORG.  I just spent 18 months trying to do such with LPI for level 3 and I was constantly berrated because most people didn't know what the heck I was talking about.  ;-)


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-----Original Message-----
From:  Oblio 
Date:  06.9.27 14:23
To:  XFCE general discussion list
Subj:  Re: Thunar ftp/smb plugin

> I, personally, like Thunar in its current form. But on the other hand, I
> would probably use Thunar as an FTP client *if* it was integrated in a
> nice way.
> Stefan

Considering the protocols most used for file operations - not just  
transfer,
but also renaming & co, the most logical choices would be:
- FILE (obviously :) - I know it's a pseudoprotocol)
- FTP/SFTP
- SMB
- NFS
Could this be achieved without adding a lot of bloat that just 5% of the
users will ever need? Maybe...

BTW, you couldn't really use if effectively as a FTP client without
twin panels, or two instances... so we're back to ground zero, and I
think that Benedikt has already said his opionion about these ideas :)


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