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[Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne) <yannick_duchene@xxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

First, I noticed editing preferred application to open a file of a given
type, could not be edited any‑more from the file property dialogue box.
I wanted to check if something was wrong with the `mimeapps.list` file.
I found nothing wrong, except perhaps, its owning directory, which is
`$HOME/.local/share/applications/` instead which is said to be a
deprecated location, according to [1], so I wanted to move to
`$HOME/.config/`, the recommended location after [1], but then noticed
it's even worse, as it seems to be totally ignored when located there.

So there are at least two issues: preferred application cannot be
any‑more edited using the GUI (file's property dialogue box) and so
`mimeapps.list` must be edited manually, and then, the location of this
file does not seems to conform to the Freedesktop standard (works only
at a deprecated location and does not work at the recommended location).

[1]: http://standards.freedesktop.org/mime-apps-spec/mime-apps-
spec-1.0.html


Note: I may be wrong stating the bug is in `xdg-utils`, it's a reasonable (to me) guess I made.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu7.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-68.111-generic 3.13.11-ckt27
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-68-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Nov 30 22:12:45 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-25 (309 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20140807.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: xdg-utils
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-04-22 (222 days ago)

** Affects: xdg-utils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 trusty

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1521345

Title:
  mimeapps.list not applying as expected

Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  First, I noticed editing preferred application to open a file of a
  given type, could not be edited any‑more from the file property
  dialogue box. I wanted to check if something was wrong with the
  `mimeapps.list` file. I found nothing wrong, except perhaps, its
  owning directory, which is `$HOME/.local/share/applications/` instead
  which is said to be a deprecated location, according to [1], so I
  wanted to move to `$HOME/.config/`, the recommended location after
  [1], but then noticed it's even worse, as it seems to be totally
  ignored when located there.

  So there are at least two issues: preferred application cannot be
  any‑more edited using the GUI (file's property dialogue box) and so
  `mimeapps.list` must be edited manually, and then, the location of
  this file does not seems to conform to the Freedesktop standard (works
  only at a deprecated location and does not work at the recommended
  location).

  [1]: http://standards.freedesktop.org/mime-apps-spec/mime-apps-
  spec-1.0.html

  
  Note: I may be wrong stating the bug is in `xdg-utils`, it's a reasonable (to me) guess I made.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1-2ubuntu7.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-68.111-generic 3.13.11-ckt27
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-68-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Nov 30 22:12:45 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-25 (309 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20140807.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: xdg-utils
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-04-22 (222 days ago)

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