[SRU] Fix transmission-qt to open magnet links from a browser

[Rohan Garg]

[Impact]
* Users can't open magnet links from browsers when using transmission-qt
* Upstream bug report : https://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/4901

[Test Case]
* Install transmission-qt
* Try opening a magnet link from a torrent site. Sample link : magnet:?xt=urn:btih:5f37f3ea084b9fd5b15a653922f1e85b4d368ab5&dn=Kubuntu+Linux+12.10+Quantal+Quetzal+%2832-bit%29&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.istole.it%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.ccc.de%3A80

* transmission-qt launches but doesn't add the torrent
* Install chromium and the updated package
* Try to open same magnet link using chromium, transmission-qt should add the torrent

[Regression Potential]
* None

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Uploaded to raring, please forward to Debian

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package transmission - 2.73-1ubuntu2

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transmission (2.73-1ubuntu2) raring; urgency=low

  [ Rohan Garg ]
  * Fix magnet link handling for transmission-qt [LP: #1093220]
    - Add fix_transmission_qt_desktop_file.patch

  [ Micah Gersten ]
  * Mark Vcs-* as XS-Debian-Vcs-*
    - update debian/control
 -- Rohan Garg <email address hidden> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:04:16 -0600

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Waiting in quantal-proposed

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Uploaded to precise-proposed, sorry for the delay

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Hello Rohan, or anyone else affected,

Accepted transmission into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transmission/2.51-0ubuntu1.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

works on precise

[Julian Taylor (jtaylor)]

can't get the link to work in quantal chromium or opera (they just reject the url) but it works with firefox, adding of regular torrents still works too.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package transmission - 2.51-0ubuntu1.2

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transmission (2.51-0ubuntu1.2) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * Fix magnet link handling for transmission-qt [LP: #1093220]
    - Add fix_transmission_qt_desktop_file.patch
 -- Rohan Garg <email address hidden> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:44:44 -0600

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package transmission - 2.61-0ubuntu2.1

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transmission (2.61-0ubuntu2.1) quantal-proposed; urgency=low

  * Fix magnet link handling for transmission-qt [LP: #1093220]
    - Add fix_transmission_qt_desktop_file.patch
 -- Rohan Garg <email address hidden> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:40:51 -0600