Bug#282281: kde: KDE applications take over Gnome file types

[Adeodato Simó <asp16@alu.ua.es>]

reassign 282281 gnome
severity 282281 wishlist
retitle  282281 gnome: include a gnomish defaults.list for the mime types
stop here

* Tom [Sun, 21 Nov 2004 00:46:39 +0100]:

> Installing the KDE desktop packages after having installed the Gnome
> desktop (and possibly running KDE once) causes KDE to take over lots
> of mime types from Gnome even when running Gnome.  For example, MP3's
> are now played with noatun.  Also, Nautilus keeps crashing when trying
> to view folders with multimedia content, which may be due to Nautilus
> trying to invoke KDE applications.

> It seems to me that something is seriously broken with the KDE packaging
> for Debian.  Installing KDE packages or running the KDE desktop should
> not make the Gnome desktop less usable.

  ok, I've been talking to the Gnome maintainers, and it seems that
  after gnome has made the list of available applications for some mime
  type, then it selects as default the first one in alphabetical order.

  I've been told that you can change the application to be used via:
  "right click on a mp3 in nautilus, properties, open with...".

  also, as it may make sense to have gnome to actually provide some list
  of defaults applications (I think KDE does this, giving priority by
  default to kde apps), I'm reassigning this bug to gnome (as agreed on
  IRC). you may write to 282281@bugs.debian.org and give your further
  opinios there.

  thanks to Sebastien Bacher for his assistance on IRC.

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