doc: Suggest installing gvfs.

* gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Add gvfs to the system-wide list of
packages.
---
 gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Hi,

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:

> * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Add gvfs to the system-wide list of
> packages.
> ---
>  gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
> index 82687e7..21b4563 100644
> --- a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
> +++ b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>  
>  (use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss))
>  (use-service-modules desktop)
> -(use-package-modules certs)
> +(use-package-modules certs gnome)
>  
>  (operating-system
>    (host-name "antelope")
> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
>  
>    ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages.
>    (packages (cons* nss-certs         ;for HTTPS access
> +                   gvfs              ;for user mounts
>                     %base-packages))
>  
>    ;; Add GNOME and/or Xfce---we can choose at the log-in

IMO 'gvfs' is a reasonable default for a desktop configuration.  So I
think this patch is a good idea.

Thanks.

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:

> * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Add gvfs to the system-wide list of
> packages.
> ---
>  gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
> index 82687e7..21b4563 100644
> --- a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
> +++ b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>  
>  (use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss))
>  (use-service-modules desktop)
> -(use-package-modules certs)
> +(use-package-modules certs gnome)
>  
>  (operating-system
>    (host-name "antelope")
> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
>  
>    ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages.
>    (packages (cons* nss-certs         ;for HTTPS access
> +                   gvfs              ;for user mounts

What about adding it to the ‘gnome’ meta-package instead?  (That
meta-package gets installed in the global profile by
‘gnome-desktop-service-type’.)

Ludo’.

Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:
>
>> * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Add gvfs to the system-wide list of
>> packages.
>> ---
>>  gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl | 3 ++-
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
>> index 82687e7..21b4563 100644
>> --- a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
>> +++ b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
>> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>>  
>>  (use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss))
>>  (use-service-modules desktop)
>> -(use-package-modules certs)
>> +(use-package-modules certs gnome)
>>  
>>  (operating-system
>>    (host-name "antelope")
>> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
>>  
>>    ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages.
>>    (packages (cons* nss-certs         ;for HTTPS access
>> +                   gvfs              ;for user mounts
>>                     %base-packages))
>>  
>>    ;; Add GNOME and/or Xfce---we can choose at the log-in
>
> IMO 'gvfs' is a reasonable default for a desktop configuration.  So I
> think this patch is a good idea.
>
> Thanks.

Pushed as e48ddb96282cd231e4aed2255f6b918901a71922.

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:
>
>> * gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Add gvfs to the system-wide list of
>> packages.
>> ---
>>  gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl | 3 ++-
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
>> index 82687e7..21b4563 100644
>> --- a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
>> +++ b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
>> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>>  
>>  (use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss))
>>  (use-service-modules desktop)
>> -(use-package-modules certs)
>> +(use-package-modules certs gnome)
>>  
>>  (operating-system
>>    (host-name "antelope")
>> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
>>  
>>    ;; This is where we specify system-wide packages.
>>    (packages (cons* nss-certs         ;for HTTPS access
>> +                   gvfs              ;for user mounts
>
> What about adding it to the ‘gnome’ meta-package instead?  (That
> meta-package gets installed in the global profile by
> ‘gnome-desktop-service-type’.)

I’m sorry, I didn’t see your email before my reply to Mathieu and the
my decision to push!

“gvfs” is useful for more than just GNOME.  For a long time I tried to
figure out why USB devices would not be mounted automatically in Xfce
and I ran gvfsd and the gvfs-* device monitor daemons manually — until
today when I understood that these daemons are supposed to be started
automatically if only the DBUS service files were found.

We probably should add it to the “gnome” meta-package, and additionally
document in the manual that gvfs must be installed system-wide to allow
DBUS to find the service files and start the monitoring daemons on
demand.

What do you think?  If that’s okay I’ll prepare a patch for this.