[Bug 1964036] Re: Firefox icon missing from panel following Kubuntu upgrade 20.04->22.04

[Nick Rosbrook]

** Description changed:

+ [Impact]
+ 
+ By removing the firefox deb and installing the snap instead, ubuntu-
+ release-upgrader is subverting the logic of the firefox transitional
+ deb.
+ 
+ [Test Case]
+ 
+ Perform an upgrade from focal to jammy:
+ 
+ $ do-release-upgrade
+ 
+ On an affected system, the firefox deb will be removed by the upgrade,
+ and the snap will be installed instead. On a fixed system, ubuntu-
+ release-upgrader will not remove the firefox deb, and the deb will
+ handle the transition to the snap.
+ 
+ [Where problems could occur]
+ 
+ If the patch was wrong, e.g. JSON syntax error or similar, it could mess
+ up the remaining deb2snap entries.
+ 
+ [Original Description]
+ 
  1) lsb_release -rd
  
  Description:    Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish (development branch)
  Release:        22.04
  (Kubuntu Jammy live session in QEMU VM)
  
  2) apt-cache policy ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
  ubuntu-release-upgrader-core:
    Installed: 1:22.04.6
  
  3) expected
  
  (upgrade from Kubuntu 20.04.3 -> 22.04. Reboot.)
  
  * Firefox icon on panel to be intact.
  * Clicked icon launches browser.
  * Icon tooltip/mouse hover to describe application.
  
  4) happened instead
  
  * Icon is missing/replaced with a generic icon
  * Icon click produces error notification "Plasma Workspace - preferred://browser"
  * Icon tooltip/mouse hover appears, though is blank.
  
  Additional info:
  * firefox is still installed, works as expected.
  ---
  ProblemType: Bug
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu78
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-07 (2 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 20.04.3 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210819.1)
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-18.18-generic 5.15.12
  Tags:  jammy dist-upgrade
  Uname: Linux 5.15.0-18-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-03-07 (2 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
  VarLogDistupgradeXorgFixuplog:
   INFO:root:/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade running
   INFO:root:No xorg.conf, exiting
  _MarkForUpload: True

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  Firefox icon missing from panel following Kubuntu upgrade 20.04->22.04

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