Two potentially crazy ideas for Feisty

[Ian Jackson]

Matt Zimmerman writes ("Re: Two potentially crazy ideas for Feisty"):
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 07:43:27PM -0400, Evan Dandrea wrote:
> > Also, would it be insane to use libmagic to identify what program
> > opens files that do not already have an association and use this
> > information to suggest to prompt the user to install the appropriate
> > application.  Lets say I get a Dia diagram in an email, but I don't
> > have Dia installed.  When I click on the file, a dialog tells me that
> > I do not have Dia installed and thus cannot open the diagram,
> > presenting me with a button to install it and then try to reopen the
> > file.
> 
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/suggest-packages-for-filetypes
> 
> That is to say, we already did this.  It doesn't seem to be working for dia,
> though.

The underlying mime data is extremely poor, unfortunately.  Maybe we
should have a campaign of getting people to file bugs when this
doesn't work properly.

Ian.