[hardy][regression] Open With properties unable to change default

[Chris Jones]

Binary package hint: nautilus

Steps to reproduce:

 * Right click on any file
 * Choose Properties
 * Go to the "Open With" tab
 * If there are not already multiple applications, Add some (any will do)
 * Try to change the default app

It will not work.
(FWIW, a similar, Invalid report from a couple of years ago on Launchpad was related to root owning ~/.local/ - this is tested on a 2 day old install of Hardy Alpha 6 which has all of ~ owned by me).

Also reproduced on another machine which was upgraded from gutsy.

[Chris Jones (cmsj)]

Confirming since, as mentioned, this has been reproduced on another machine.
Not sure what to do with Importance, but this is definitely a regression - testing it on a fresh Gutsy install works fine.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for your report Chris.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package nautilus - 1:2.22.0-0ubuntu2

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nautilus (1:2.22.0-0ubuntu2) hardy; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/90_from_svn_fix_changing_default_application.patch:
    - change from svn, make changing the default application work again
      (lp: #201377)

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:47:05 +0100

[aprunai (aprunai)]

I don't know if it's worth to open another bug report: as of now, under Hardy Heron, Nautilus exhibits a strange behaviour. Just use the "open with" feature to open a file type (.jpeg, .avi or whatever else), which already has a default app, with an application not yet listed in the menu: you select the program from the list and everything works right, but then the new application becomes the default.
I don't know if it's a regression - in all previous Ubuntus the new app didn't become the default - or if it's meant to work this way from now on, in which case I think it's not a good idea.