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[Sebastien Bacher <seb128@xxxxxxxxxx>]

SRUed to trusty, it's waiting on review from the SRU team next

** Description changed:

+ * Impact
+ links can't be moved on the desktop
+ 
+ * Test case
+ 
+ Save the following as e.g. test.desktop in your ~/Desktop folder and try
+ to move it around on the desktop:
+ 
+ [Desktop Entry]
+ Version=1.0
+ Type=Link
+ Name=test
+ URL=https://launchpad.net/index.html
+ 
+ * Regression potential
+ Dnd should keep working
+ 
+ ------------------
+ 
  If I have a .desktop file with Type=Link on my desktop and try to move
  it around it doesn't stay where I drop it but goes back where it was
  before and tries to download the URL it is referring to instead.
  
  Save the following as e.g. test.desktop in your ~/Desktop folder and try
  to move it around on the desktop:
  
  [Desktop Entry]
  Version=1.0
  Type=Link
  Name=test
  URL=https://launchpad.net/index.html
  
  This affects at least 13.10 and 14.04.
  
-  In 13.10 Nautilus crashes if the URL as a file:// URL referring to a
+  In 13.10 Nautilus crashes if the URL as a file:// URL referring to a
  file on your desktop.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: nautilus 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-7.26-generic 3.13.1
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-7-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Feb 10 14:06:24 2014
  GsettingsChanges:
-  
+ 
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (122 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta i386 (20130925.1)
  ProcEnviron:
-  TERM=xterm
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
-  LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/zsh
+  TERM=xterm
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+  LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/zsh
  SourcePackage: nautilus
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-12-07 (64 days ago)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1278437

Title:
  can't move link type .desktop files around on desktop

Status in Nautilus:
  Fix Released
Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  * Impact
  links can't be moved on the desktop

  * Test case

  Save the following as e.g. test.desktop in your ~/Desktop folder and
  try to move it around on the desktop:

  [Desktop Entry]
  Version=1.0
  Type=Link
  Name=test
  URL=https://launchpad.net/index.html

  * Regression potential
  Dnd should keep working

  ------------------

  If I have a .desktop file with Type=Link on my desktop and try to move
  it around it doesn't stay where I drop it but goes back where it was
  before and tries to download the URL it is referring to instead.

  Save the following as e.g. test.desktop in your ~/Desktop folder and
  try to move it around on the desktop:

  [Desktop Entry]
  Version=1.0
  Type=Link
  Name=test
  URL=https://launchpad.net/index.html

  This affects at least 13.10 and 14.04.

   In 13.10 Nautilus crashes if the URL as a file:// URL referring to a
  file on your desktop.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: nautilus 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-7.26-generic 3.13.1
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-7-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Feb 10 14:06:24 2014
  GsettingsChanges:

  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (122 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta i386 (20130925.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/zsh
  SourcePackage: nautilus
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-12-07 (64 days ago)

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