186911 – media-gfx/f-spot-0.3.5 gets set as default application for SVG, JPG and PNG files

Bug 186911 - media-gfx/f-spot-0.3.5 gets set as default application for SVG, JPG and PNG files

Summary: media-gfx/f-spot-0.3.5 gets set as default application for SVG, JPG and PNG f...

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

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Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High minor (vote)
Assignee:	No maintainer - Look at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proxy_Maintainers if you want to take care of it

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Reported:	2007-07-28 16:04 UTC by Jeroen Hoek
Modified:	2007-12-27 21:56 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Jeroen Hoek 2007-07-28 16:04:35 UTC

After emerging F-spot 0.3.5, the default "open" command for SVG, JPG and PNG files in (e.g.) Nautilus gets set to F-spot. This seems unwanted as a default action upon install, especially for SVG and PNG files.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Emerge F-spot 0.3.5
2. Open a SVG, JPG or PNG file from, for example, Nautilus

Comment 1 Luis Medinas (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-08-23 00:23:48 UTC

yes f-spot gets as default over eog for those files i'm not sure if this is a bug. You should change that on your preferable apps.

Comment 2 Luis Medinas (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-08-23 00:24:18 UTC

yes f-spot gets as default over eog for those files i'm not sure if this is a bug. You should change that on your preferable apps.

Comment 3 Jeroen Hoek 2007-08-23 05:00:17 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> yes f-spot gets as default over eog for those files i'm not sure if this is a
> bug. You should change that on your preferable apps.
> 

I think it is undesirable for an application that manages photographs to set itself as the default application for (at the very least) SVG and PNG. I think that whether I set a preferred application or not should not matter in this case.

If this was a dedicated imageviewer, than it would probably make more sense, but I think this is a bug in the F-spot installation.

Comment 4 Denis Dupeyron (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-12-27 21:56:48 UTC

(In reply to comment #3)
> I think it is undesirable for an application that manages photographs to set
> itself as the default application for (at the very least) SVG and PNG.

I agree with you. However it's all a matter of personal preference, and we all have different opinions on this. Plus, f-spot is now the default application for photographs in GNOME so it's not a bug. Changing that in your preferred applications settings seems to be the reasonable solution chosen by upstream in this case.

Denis.