[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 91128] Files ending with jpg must be renamed jpeg to open

[Anders S. Nordbø]

Public bug reported:

This bug has been reported before (as a Nautilus-related bug), but was
rejected because it was not related directly to Nautilus. The issue is
still unresolved it seems, because I had to manually edit
~/.local/share/mime/globs as outlined here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2138876

in order to open images in Nautilus the normal way. This is an
unnecessary annoyance especially for new users, because usually digital
camera software saves images with "jpg" or "JPG" suffix, not the "jpeg"
suffix as demanded by the ~/.local/share/mime/globs file. In the post
referred to above user pyro explains how to fix the problem. Hopefully
the cause of this bug can be found so this will not annoy new Ubuntu
users.

What happens is when I double click an image named picture.jpg an error
message pops up saying this file can be harmful etc, and that you should
rename it to jpeg. This is a bad approach. A file named jpeg is not any
less harmful than a file named jpg. Let's sort this out.

Not being able to view your images for the main file browser (Nautilus)
is a very serious bug, and should be treated as such. Imagine a user
just installed Ubuntu and has little or no skills in configuring even
the simplest things. He plugs his digital camera into the USB port to
test if Ubuntu can do what Windows can. But when he tries to view the
pictures Ubuntu (as he would see it) fails! Although this isn't really
Ubuntu or Nautilus bug it certainly will put the user off Ubuntu -
"What? It can't even open images? Well, back to windows it is..."

** Affects: f-spot (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

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Files ending with jpg must be renamed jpeg to open
https://launchpad.net/bugs/91128