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Bug 1196572 - [RFE] Implement Directory sharing between from spice-client to spice-server
Summary: [RFE] Implement Directory sharing between from spice-client to spice-server
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: spice-gtk
Version: ---
Hardware: x86_64
OS: All
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: Default Assignee for SPICE Bugs
QA Contact: SPICE QE bug list
URL:
Whiteboard:
: 1265572 1462818 (view as bug list)
Depends On: 1341092 1462813
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-02-26 10:17 UTC by Pawan kumar Vilayatkar
Modified: 2023-12-15 15:48 UTC (History)
16 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2020-10-21 13:21:58 UTC
Type: Feature Request
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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Description Pawan kumar Vilayatkar 2015-02-26 10:17:16 UTC 
1. What is the nature and description of the request?

Support for clicking and dragging directories from the SPICE client to the SPICE guest.

2. Why does the customer need this? (List the business requirements here)

End users must jump through several hoops in order to transfer directories from their SPICE clients' to their SPICE guests.

3. How would the customer like to achieve this? (List the functional requirements here)

By simply clicking and dragging the directory from spice client to spice guest, 

4. For each functional requirement listed in question 3, specify how Red Hat and the customer can test to confirm the requirement is successfully implemented.

By selecting a directory from spice client clicking and  dragging to the
guest using spice display protocole

5. Is there already an existing RFE upstream or in Red Hat bugzilla?
I was not able to find any.

6. How quickly does this need resolved? (desired target release)
Next major release.

7. Does this request meet the RHEL Inclusion criteria (please review)
Yes.

8. List the affected packages
RHEV Manager and Spice .
Comment 1 Michal Skrivanek 2015-03-09 07:42:18 UTC 
spice file transfer does files just fine. what's the behavior with directories?
Comment 2 Marc-Andre Lureau 2015-03-09 13:08:20 UTC 
(In reply to Michal Skrivanek from comment #1)
> spice file transfer does files just fine. what's the behavior with
> directories?

It's not accepted atm (fails to read directory error), spice "xfer" only deals with files.

It shouldn't be too hard to add directory traversal (it would need changes to client and agents). However I am quite afraid that spice "xfer" is really meant for simple file transfer, from client to remote. Imho the design can't (and shouldn't) be extended, it is not done as a generic "dnd" solution.

However, folder sharing feature (upstream) could provide all file operations with nicer integration with the guest OS (drag anywhere, drag/move, progress dialog, cancellability etc). I would rather propose folder sharing to provide folder copy than extending spice "xfer" feature.
Comment 3 Pavel Grunt 2016-10-05 03:12:58 UTC 
*** Bug 1265572 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Victor Toso 2017-08-14 15:54:53 UTC 
Upstream we don't have copying directory from client to guest at the moment. As mentioned in comment #2, it might not be hard to extend current d&d approach but it hard limitations which makes extending current d&d (on client and agent) less appealing.

Upstream we do have shared-folders and that has different limitations but it is better in general. One big difference is the integration with the Desktop OS, for instance, you have a picture in your shared-folder, you can open some image tool and access it directly.

Implementing d&d which uses the shared-folder Spice channel is considered a good approach. That still needs work on the guest-agent (upstream).

We have a the BZ 1462818 open for client support on shared-folder. In case customer is interested, we could prioritize it.
Comment 10 Sandro Bonazzola 2019-01-28 09:43:47 UTC 
This bug has not been marked as blocker for oVirt 4.3.0.
Since we are releasing it tomorrow, January 29th, this bug has been re-targeted to 4.3.1.
Comment 12 Sandro Bonazzola 2019-03-26 10:11:28 UTC 
4.3.1 has been released a while ago as RHV 4.3 Beta2.
Re-targeting to 4.3.3 for re-evaluation.
Comment 15 Victor Toso 2019-04-09 14:40:00 UTC 
*** Bug 1462818 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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