[Bug 1719746] Re: gdebi 0.9.5.7+nmu1ubuntu3 broke being able to open .debs on default Ubuntu desktop

[ajgreeny]

I have never used the gdebi/firefox method that is talked about but I do
use gdebi to install packages that are available only manually such as
plexmediaserver.

It can still be used by opening gdebi first from the "Activities" menu
top left then using "File -> Open" menu item, but I can not find it
after a right click on a .deb package ->Open with menu so there is no
way to set it as the default application to open .deb packages.

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Title:
  gdebi 0.9.5.7+nmu1ubuntu3 broke being able to open .debs on default
  Ubuntu desktop

Status in gdebi package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in gdebi source package in Artful:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I don't use gdebi but this commit looks wrong:

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdebi/0.9.5.7+nmu1ubuntu3

  See
  https://lintian.debian.org/tags/desktop-mime-but-no-exec-code.html

  https://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-
  spec-latest.html#mime-types

  (Do not be confused by the Type=MimeType deprecation. This file is
  Type=Application.)

  Here's a user video report:
  https://youtu.be/yDrAbBAp-1A?t=16m19s

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