[Bug 2061075] Re: firefox, chromium-browser are not merely a transitional packages

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Title:
  firefox, chromium-browser are not merely a transitional packages

Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  They not only install the corresponding snap but also at least have
  some hooks to update-alternatives and also provide www-browser, x-www-
  browser, gnome-www-browser. As such, removing the package might result
  in installation of something preposterous such as wslu to satisfy such
  a meta-package dependency, as reported in LP:2060898.

  The packages' description might lead one to remove them expecting no
  side effects:

  > Description-en: Transitional package - firefox -> firefox snap
  >  This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
  >  .
  >  firefox is now replaced by the firefox snap.

  So I suggest we change it.

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