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[Ted Gould <ted@xxxxxxxx>]

File URLs aren't really something we want to support. Files should be
handled using the Content HUB APIs. For instance the webbrowser won't be
able to read files that are sent to it in this way once the confinement
bugs for it are fixed: bug 1356516 and bug 1393515

** Changed in: url-dispatcher (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  url-dispatcher should launch web browser for local .html files

Status in url-dispatcher package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Trying to dispatch a url to a file:///home/phablet/blah/blah.html URL
  should launch the browser, but instead, does nothing but complain.

  ** (process:20675): WARNING **: Unable to dispatch url
  'file:///home/phablet/Documents/submission_2015-07-15T01:08:13.920457.html':GDBus.Error:com.canonical.URLDispatcher.BadURL:
  URL
  'file:///home/phablet/Documents/submission_2015-07-15T01:08:13.920457.html'
  is not handleable by the URL Dispatcher

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: url-dispatcher (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-22.22-generic 3.19.8-ckt1
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-22-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Jul 14 21:09:33 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-24 (81 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  SourcePackage: url-dispatcher
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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