On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:20:18 +0100 di <unik64@gmail.com> wrote: > Package: general > Severity: normal > Tags: squeeze > > In GNOME the default open action for when double-clicking on a .deb > package is to open with Archive Manager, which then complains 'Could > not create the archive: Archive type not supported.' deb-gview supports viewing the contents of the .deb, it's just not the default (or a part of the default GNOME install) - it could be if people want that. > The context menu shows as the second option 'Open with GDebi Package > Installer', and I think it would be hard to argue against this being > a better default, especially seeing as archive manager can't > understand .debs itself from a clean install... I would argue against an installer being a suitable default - installing random .deb files downloaded from who knows where is not a good idea. The default should be to show what is in the .deb. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ http://e-mail.is-not-s.ms/
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