[Bug 72524] Epiphany steals "sensible-browser" upon install

[Kristoffer Lundén]

Public bug reported:

Ubuntu 6.10, Epiphany 2.16.1

When installing Epiphany, Gaim and other apps suddenly starts to open
URLs in Epiphany instead of Firefox. This is quite surprising and not at
all what I wanted. Furthermore it is not at all clear that - or how -
this happens, it just happens behind my back. To fix it I have to find
Preferred Applications and understand that sensible-browser has stopped
being sensible.

I suppose the reasoning goes that if you install another browser you
want that as the default, but in reality a lot of people that even
bother to install more browsers do it for testing or evaluation
purposes. It's quite preposterous to just take over my default without
asking, I don't think even IE does that, but asks nicely if I want it
that way.

Short-term fix: Stop doing that! It's very rude.
Long-term fix: browsers usually have a first-time check to see if they are the default browser, link this functionality to sensible-browser or whatever mechanism is suitable.

** Affects: epiphany-browser (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Epiphany steals "sensible-browser" upon install
https://launchpad.net/bugs/72524