[Bug 1261178] Re: apturl links stopped working after firefox 16

[Chris Coulson]

No, that is absolutely *not* the correct fix. The correct fix is to make
the protocol handling work in Firefox again. No external packages should
be installing anything in to private directories provided by the Firefox
package

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

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Title:
  apturl links stopped working after firefox 16

Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  In Precise + Firefox 11, typing apt://htop in the address bar
  correctly brings up a dialog which prompts the user to open the apturl
  link with Software Center.

  In the following versions that I tested, the dialog doesn't propose Software Center to open the link:
  Trusty + Firefox 26
  Precise + Firefox 26
  Precise + Firefox 23

  I think it broke after Firefox 16.

  So if a user goes to https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/htop and
  clicks on the "available on Software Centre" icon, he gets an empty
  dialog.

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