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

[Rik Mills]

I see the same as shown in the video in Firefox.

i.e. previously you could click a link to a .deb file, use the Firefox
open with dialog to select 'other', and you would be able to find gdebi
in the 'recommended' or 'view all' applications. With this update, gdebi
is not there and cannot be found in any way.

Downgrading to 0.9.5.7+nmu1ubuntu2 brings gdebi back into the list of
available apps.

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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

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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