gnome-gmail doesn't work in current natty
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GNOME Gmail |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
gnome-gmail (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-gmail
I tried installing this today because the idea sounded cool but Gmail does not show up in my Gnome Preferred Applications as an option for mail reader.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-gmail 1.7-1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 4 16:33:02 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.utf8
LC_MESSAGES=
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-gmail
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-01-01 (62 days ago)
Changed in gnome-gmail (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | added: patch |
Changed in gnome-gmail: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in gnome-gmail: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
It looks like Natty has changed how Emailers are registered. They aren't in /usr/share/ gnome-control- center/ default- apps/gnome- default- applications. xml anymore, and the OS is ignoring the value of the gconf variable desktop- >gnome- >url-handlers- >mailto- >command. Must be a Unity thing. I'd be willing to look into it, if someone could provide a pointer.
v1.7.2, which has been released upstream, will offer to install itself as the Preferred Email application when it is launched (from the Applications- >Internet menu). But, it does that using a configuration variable that is being ignored.
This feels like "embrace and extend".