[Bug 910385] Re: apt: protocol is not working with Firefox in Kubuntu

[Rafael Belmonte]

** Package changed: apturl (Ubuntu) => firefox (Ubuntu)

** Also affects: apturl (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  apt: protocol is not working with Firefox in Kubuntu

Status in “apturl” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “kubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Kubuntu is providing better Firefox integration on each release: Oxygen apparience, KDE notifications system, etc. Well then why don't make apturl-kde compatible also with Firefox and not only with Rekonq?
  Actually the apturl-kde package only provides apt: protocol information to Rekonq browser, and since Firefox is also very used for KDE (Kubuntu) users and Kubuntu comes with a Firefox installer by default, it also should provide this protocol handler to Firefox.

  Cases to reproduce this:

  FIRST ONE:
  1) Deploy KDE menu and go to Applications->Internet->Firefox Installer to install Mozilla Firefox.
  2) Now run Firefox and type 'apt:wine' in the adress bar. You receive a message from firefox about the (apt) protocol is not associated with any application.
  3) Now open Rekonq browser, type 'apt:wine' in the adress bar and the installation of 'wine' package begins.

  SECOND CASE:
  1) Deploy KDE menu and go to Applications->Internet->Firefox Installer to install Mozilla Firefox.
  2) Now run Firefox and start to browse a web page which needs flash-plugin to show its contents, the Flash Player assistant will appear, and you are redirected to the Adobe's site to download Adobe Flash Plugin.
  3) Select download Adobe for Linux (32-bit) + Flash Player 11 for Ubuntu (apt). This will try to install adobe-flashplayer via apt: protocol but it will fail because Firefox hasn't the handler for this protocol.
  4) You have to open Rekonq browser to have a friendly way to install the flash-plugin.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: apturl-kde 0.5.1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-7.13-generic-pae 3.2.0-rc7
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-7-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.296
  Date: Sat Dec 31 15:18:15 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20111230)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apturl
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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