Bug#908177: evince: Rename of desktop file from evince.desktop to org.gnome.Evince.desktop breaks MIME/mailcap ordering (PDFs open with gimp)

[Michael Biebl]

Am 07.09.18 um 05:49 schrieb Josh Triplett:
> Package: evince
> Version: 3.30.0-1
> Severity: important
> 
> evince 3.30 renamed the desktop file from evince.desktop to
> org.gnome.Evince.desktop. update-mime, the tool to generate
> /etc/mailcap, processes desktop files in order by name. Because of this
> rename, GIMP now has a higher priority for PDF and PostScript files than
> Evince does, causing mutt and similar to open PDF and PostScript files
> with GIMP by default.

What would you suggest should be done about this?
Renaming the desktop file back to evince.desktop is not really an option.


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