[Bug 1873658] Re: Deb Files are not associated with an application that manages packages

[Ken VanDine]

** Description changed:

- When you download a DEB file within 20.04 Ubuntu Beta and you double
- click it the file is opened by the archive manager.  I would expect the
- installer to open the file just like in previous versions of Ubuntu.
+ [Impact]
+ 
+  * When a deb is downloaded the default handler is not capable of
+ installing on 20.04.
+ 
+ [Test Case]
+ 
+  We should perform this test on Ubuntu 20.04 as well as some flavors to
+ ensure we do not regress.
+ 
+  * Download any deb in firefox, double click on the downloaded file
+    - On Ubuntu this should open "Ubuntu Software"
+    - On flavors it should open whatever their default app for handling debs is
+ 
+ [Regression Potential]
+ 
+  * For Ubuntu, very low, rarely would a user expect to open a deb with
+ file-roller
+ 
+  * Other flavors of ubuntu are overriding this default and should not be
+ affected.  We do need to test this on other flavors to ensure their
+ defaults are still honored.

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Title:
  Deb Files are not associated with an application that manages packages

Status in desktop-file-utils package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in gdebi package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in desktop-file-utils source package in Focal:
  Confirmed
Status in gdebi source package in Focal:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * When a deb is downloaded the default handler is not capable of
  installing on 20.04.

  [Test Case]

   We should perform this test on Ubuntu 20.04 as well as some flavors
  to ensure we do not regress.

   * Download any deb in firefox, double click on the downloaded file
     - On Ubuntu this should open "Ubuntu Software"
     - On flavors it should open whatever their default app for handling debs is

  [Regression Potential]

   * For Ubuntu, very low, rarely would a user expect to open a deb with
  file-roller

   * Other flavors of ubuntu are overriding this default and should not
  be affected.  We do need to test this on other flavors to ensure their
  defaults are still honored.

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