[Bug 1719746] Re: gdebi 0.9.5.7+nmu1ubuntu3 broke being able to open .debs on default Ubuntu desktop

[Jeremy Bicha]

This was fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. It can't be fixed in Ubuntu 17.10
since that release has reached End of Life.

** Also affects: gdebi (Ubuntu Bionic)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: gdebi (Ubuntu Artful)
       Status: Triaged => Won't Fix

** Changed in: gdebi (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  gdebi 0.9.5.7+nmu1ubuntu3 broke being able to open .debs on default
  Ubuntu desktop

Status in gdebi package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in gdebi source package in Artful:
  Won't Fix
Status in gdebi source package in Bionic:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I don't use gdebi but this commit looks wrong:

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdebi/0.9.5.7+nmu1ubuntu3

  See
  https://lintian.debian.org/tags/desktop-mime-but-no-exec-code.html

  https://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-
  spec-latest.html#mime-types

  (Do not be confused by the Type=MimeType deprecation. This file is
  Type=Application.)

  Here's a user video report:
  https://youtu.be/yDrAbBAp-1A?t=16m19s

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