Bug#698426: iceweasel: Please suggest applications handling mime type

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Petter Reinholdtsen]
> merge 484010 698426
> found 698426 10.0.12esr-1
> found 698426  18.0-1
> found 484010 10.0.12esr-1
> found 484010 18.0-1
> thanks

Hm, my updates partly failed.  Anyone got an idea why?

[Mike Hommey]
> Indeed. And the reason why the Ubuntu code hasn't been imported is
> that it relies on a server to give answers. What I want to something
> that just checks the local apt database (possibly using one of the
> generic APIs so that this could be used on any distro, provided they
> have the info)

Is the server you talk about the one providing the PackageKit API via
dbus?  I am not sure what ubuntu is using, but suspect they are using
aptdaemon.  I integrated aptdaemon with my prototype HW detection and
installation system yesterday, and it seem to work fine. :)

Querying APT directly should not be too hard either, but it is not
obvious to me what the advantage would be over delegating it to
aptdaemon, given that aptdaemon also provide a way to get the packages
installed.  Care to explain?

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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen