Comment 5 for bug 595934

This bug sadly still exists in 2024. libgphoto2-6 now allows for network communication for cameras and related devices. libmobiledevice6 ensures that you are forced to have iphone support. libgdata is generally Google specific. Insecure FTP and WebDAV? Still default required, installed, and not removable in 2024.

All of the library packages are required dependencies. It looks like it could be broken out even further according to the installed files list but at least making them recommended would be a wonderful first step.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gvfs/backends