Bug#763091: "open with" dialog does not offer well-established options

chrysn chrysn at fsfe.org
Sat Sep 27 19:38:03 UTC 2014


Package: iceweasel
Version: 32.0.3-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: upstream
Forwarded: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418830

iceweasel, when trying to open a file with an external application,
offers the default application, other applications that have been
previously used, and "other". with "other", the user gets to open a
program binary.

(this is typically a "What should Iceweasel do with this file?" / "What
should Firefox do with this file?" question, and also happens in
preferences under "Applications" when you chose "Use other").

the well-established method of determining which application a file can
be opened with on unix desktops are .desktop files. desktops like kde or
xfce, in their file browsers' "open with" dialogs, offer all the
applications that support that mime type, and additionally offer other
applications (useful in case a mime type or a mapping is wrong). in
addition, they offer full program names, icons and might even offer
descriptions. iceweasel should follow those examples.

picking an application from its binary-path requires knowledge of the
$PATH and the application's binary name, something that can not be
expected from a linux user these days.

this bug has been reported against firefox already in 2008, but apart
from a "me too" has been ignored there. this might not be high on
mozilla's priorities, but from debian's point of view this package
severely lacks integration with the rest of the desktop.

-- Package-specific info:

-- Extensions information
Name: AngScope - Simple AngularJS Scope Inspector for Firebug
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/angscopefb at gmail.com.xpi
Status: enabled

Name: Copper (Cu)
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/Copper
Status: enabled

Name: Copy RDFa metadata
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/jid1-je0gUIhMYarI1w at jetpack.xpi
Status: user-disabled

Name: Default theme
Location: /usr/lib/iceweasel/browser/extensions/{972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}
Package: iceweasel
Status: enabled

Name: Deutsch (DE) Language Pack locale
Location: /usr/lib/iceweasel/browser/extensions/langpack-de at iceweasel.mozilla.org.xpi
Package: iceweasel-l10n-de
Status: enabled

Name: Extended DNSSEC Validator
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/extended-validator at os3sec.org
Status: enabled

Name: Firebug
Location: ${PROFILE_EXTENSIONS}/firebug at software.joehewitt.com.xpi
Status: enabled

-- Plugins information
Name: IcedTea-Web Plugin (using IcedTea-Web 1.5.1 (1.5.1-1))
Location: /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/IcedTeaPlugin.so
Package: icedtea-7-plugin:amd64
Status: enabled


-- Addons package information
ii  icedtea-7-plug 1.5.1-1      amd64        web browser plugin based on OpenJ
ii  iceweasel      32.0.3-1     amd64        Web browser based on Firefox
ii  iceweasel-l10n 1:32.0.3-1   all          German language package for Icewe

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages iceweasel depends on:
ii  debianutils               4.4
ii  fontconfig                2.11.0-6.1
ii  libasound2                1.0.28-1
ii  libatk1.0-0               2.12.0-1
ii  libc6                     2.19-11
ii  libcairo2                 1.12.16-5
ii  libdbus-1-3               1.8.8-1
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2          0.102-1
ii  libevent-2.0-5            2.0.21-stable-1.1
ii  libffi6                   3.1-2
ii  libfontconfig1            2.11.0-6.1
ii  libfreetype6              2.5.2-2
ii  libgcc1                   1:4.9.1-15
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0        2.30.8-1
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.42.0-1
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.24.24-1
ii  libhunspell-1.3-0         1.3.3-2
ii  libnspr4                  2:4.10.7-1
ii  libnss3                   2:3.17.1-1
ii  libpango-1.0-0            1.36.7-1
ii  libsqlite3-0              3.8.6-1
ii  libstartup-notification0  0.12-4
ii  libstdc++6                4.9.1-15
ii  libvpx1                   1.3.0-2.1
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.6.2-3
ii  libxext6                  2:1.3.2-1
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.8-1
ii  libxt6                    1:1.1.4-1
ii  procps                    1:3.3.10-1
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.8.dfsg-2

iceweasel recommends no packages.

Versions of packages iceweasel suggests:
pn  fonts-mathjax          <none>
ii  fonts-oflb-asana-math  000.907-6
ii  fonts-stix [otf-stix]  1.1.1-1
ii  libcanberra0           0.30-2.1
ii  libgnomeui-0           2.24.5-3
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2       1.12.1+dfsg-10
pn  mozplugger             <none>

-- no debconf information
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