[Bug 1901959] [NEW] Default Profile is called "default-release", programs like Slack open links with different "default" profile

[Wes]

Public bug reported:

Firefox 82.0
Ubuntu 20.04

The default profile in the Ubuntu Firefox package is called "default-
release", while the typical profile name for Firefox is "default".

Slack opens links using the default profile when Firefox is the browser,
causing links to open in a different profile than normal without the
extensions , history, etc. from the normal browsing profile.

To reproduce: 
 - Set up Firefox in Ubuntu , run session to generate profile, install extensions 
 - Install Slack from snap : snap install slack 
 - Firefox as default browser in Ubuntu
 - Open link in Slack 

Slack opens the "default" profile of Firefox, which is different than
the "default-release" that the Ubuntu firefox package defaults to.

Expected: Ubuntu Firefox uses the normal "default" profile as default.

Cheers,

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: focal

** Summary changed:

- Default Profile is called "default-release", causing unexpected behavior in programs like Slack that expect "default" profile
+ Default Profile is called "default-release", programs like Slack open links with "default" profile

** Summary changed:

- Default Profile is called "default-release", programs like Slack open links with "default" profile
+ Default Profile is called "default-release", programs like Slack open links with different "default" profile

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  Default Profile is called "default-release", programs like Slack open
  links with different "default" profile

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