Setting USE="-ios" disables support for all Apple media devices, including the ones not running iOS (like iPod Classic/Nano/Shuffle/...). On the other hand USE="ios" pulls in dependencies such as app-pda/libimobiledevice which is not required for accessing non-iOS iPods. Version 2.2.0 of the media-sound/banshee ebuild supported the plain old "ipod" USE-flag, which only pulled in libgpod as a dependency. From a user point of view this seems like a far better option.
Created attachment 309795 [details, diff] Patch for banshee-2.4.0-r1.ebuild This looks more correct to me too. I'm not sure why the ebuild had gnome-base/gvfs[ios] in the dependencies at all. It's not banshee's business to check for this. Unless it's really required? Can you test ipod support with this patch, and gnome-base/gvfs built with USE="-ios"?
Thanks for the patch. I've applied it (had to remove one closing bracket in the ebuild) and Banshee now supports my iPod with USE="ipod -ios". I was also able to remove libimobiledevice and friends - it did not have any effects on Banshee's iPod support. AFAIK Banshee also uses libgpod for accessing iOS-devices (libgpod[ios] required). This would mean pulling in libimobiledevice is not up to Banshee, which I would consider correct behavior.
(In reply to comment #2) > Thanks for the patch. I've applied it (had to remove one closing bracket in > the ebuild) and Banshee now supports my iPod with USE="ipod -ios". I was > also able to remove libimobiledevice and friends - it did not have any > effects on Banshee's iPod support. > > AFAIK Banshee also uses libgpod for accessing iOS-devices (libgpod[ios] > required). This would mean pulling in libimobiledevice is not up to Banshee, > which I would consider correct behavior. Applied the patch (without the bracket) in Portage. Thanks for testing. Yeah, to get IOS support users really need to set USE="ios" and emerge world with --newuse, it's not banshees business to force it http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/media-sound/banshee/banshee-2.4.0-r1.ebuild?r1=1.2&r2=1.3
Did you check this change with leio? I think I moved to ios after talking with him on IRC, and gvfs[ios] was needed for some reason... but I don't remember the exact problem (I don't even have any apple hardware)
(In reply to comment #4) > Did you check this change with leio? I think I moved to ios after talking > with him on IRC, and gvfs[ios] was needed for some reason... but I don't > remember the exact problem (I don't even have any apple hardware) No, I didn't check with other than the user reporting here. Sure, if he has an iDevice, like iPod with iOS on it, then he would need gvfs built with USE=ios, and sure, that will affect banshee indirectly too. However, that doesn't mean banshee should be forcing it or dealing with it... It's a gvfs feature that should be controlled by USE flags in gvfs itself.
