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

[Mike Hommey]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 02:05:36PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> [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?

I mean an http server. Their plugin finder in firefox sends requests to
an http server.

Mike