Ubuntu
shared-mime-info package

markdown files ending in .md get marked as 'application/x-genesis-rom'

Bug #611763 reported by Josh Brown
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
shared-mime-info
Fix Released
Medium
shared-mime-info (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: mime-support

Putting `.md` on the end of a text file sets the mimetype to `application/x-genesis-rom`, this is very annoying since many github projects use markdown readme files (README.md).

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Gabe Gorelick (gabegorelick) wrote :

See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1491469 for some fixes.

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Gabe Gorelick (gabegorelick) wrote :

It looks like this extension is defined in /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml, which dpkg -S says is part of the shared-mime-info package. It's still there in oneiric too [1].

[1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/oneiric/shared-mime-info/oneiric/view/head:/freedesktop.org.xml

affects: mime-support (Ubuntu) → shared-mime-info (Ubuntu)
Changed in shared-mime-info (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report, that should be reported to the freedesktop.org bug tracker

Changed in shared-mime-info (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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John Drinkwater (johndrinkwater) wrote :

This has been fixed upstream: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27441 & http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/shared-mime-info/commit/?id=eb5f17c1ae435ab4aaf267b9373903be05448f94
Though, imo, people shouldn’t be redefining extensions, use .markdown instead.

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Changed in shared-mime-info:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Fix Released
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in shared-mime-info (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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