Bug#282281: kde: KDE applications take over Gnome file types

[Adeodato Simó]

  I politely request that you make an effort to remember CC'ing
  282281@bugs.debian.org in your future responses.

> Well, how does KDE know what applications to give priority to?  Is that 
> indicated in the list?  This seems like a level of complexity that may 
> be acceptable to the developers of KDE, but it strikes me as something 
> that isn't good for Gnome.

  well, let the gnome maintainers be aware of the problem at least, so
  they can judge.

> Well, the notion of a single global list that lists all applications 
> willing to handle a MIME type seems like a bad idea to me.  A Gnome user 
> should just not be offered a KDE application as a viable choice in any 
> standard menu because KDE applications just don't run well enough under 
> Gnome yet.  But that's just my opinion...

  hopefully, few people will agree with you on that.

  other than that, I have little to contribute to this discussion.

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