FS#8258 - Gimp shouldn't change existing file associations on install

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by name withheld (Gullible Jones) - Monday, 08 October 2007, 18:39 GMT
Last edited by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Tuesday, 09 October 2007, 09:41 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

When installed, GIMP switches the associations of all image files so that they open in it by default, instead of whatever image viewer or editor they used to open in. This is a pain, because GIMP is slow to open and a bit of a resource and screen space hog - it's a good image editor, but as an image *viewer* it's very clunky. It would be better if the GIMP package did what other image viewer/editor packages do on install - added GIMP as a possible association *without* changing the current default association.

(Example: you're running Gnome and use EOG to open PNG images. Currently, installing GIMP will cause PNG images to be opened in GIMP unless you select EOG via the right-click menu; if you want to open them by default in EOG, you have to change the properties settings for PNG images. Ideally, opening in GIMP would be added as an option in the right-click menu, and files would not be opened in it by default unless you changed their properties settings to specify that.)

Additional info:
* gimp 2.2.17-1


Steps to reproduce:

1. Install an image viewer and set an image type to be opened with it by default.
2. Install GIMP. Watch it override your previous settings.
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Closed by  Roman Kyrylych (Romashka)
Tuesday, 09 October 2007, 09:41 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Tuesday, 09 October 2007, 06:59 GMT
This is how the mime system works and can't be changed. When an application is added, running update-desktop-database can associate any application to any mimetype by default, it depends on what desktop file is scanned first or something like that.
When you override a specific mimetype in your profile these should override the global mime settings, no matter what application is installed though.

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