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

[Nathan Teodosio]

Public bug reported:

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.

** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Low
     Assignee: Nathan Teodosio (nteodosio)
         Status: Triaged

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Description changed:

  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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