Re: /usr/bin/open now in use through the alternatives system.

2020-12-29 Thread Stig Sandbeck Mathisen
Josh Triplett writes: > Ignoring the server-provided MIME type and doing content-sniffing is a > historical bug that browsers such as IE have had, and that has caused > *many* problems (including security problems). > [...] Lots of good points. I had thankfully forgotten about how IE had its

Re: /usr/bin/open now in use through the alternatives system.

2020-12-28 Thread Holger Levsen
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 01:22:16AM +, Holger Levsen wrote: > I agree, an "open" program should ask to the server what the media type of the > URL is, and pass it to the default program able to handle it. I also wish it were that simple. -- cheers, Holger ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁

Re: /usr/bin/open now in use through the alternatives system.

2020-12-28 Thread Josh Triplett
Stig Sandbeck Mathisen wrote: >>> Le Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 04:27:17AM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit : Since `eog http://example.com/image.png` will open the image, shouldn't an "open" program ask to the server what the media type of the URL is, and pass it to the default program able

Re: /usr/bin/open now in use through the alternatives system.

2020-12-28 Thread Stig Sandbeck Mathisen
Charles Plessy writes: > I went ahead and uploaded to Sid mime-support version 3.68, which > provides /usr/bin/open as a symbolic link to /usr/bin/run-mailcap > using the alternatives system, at a priority of 30. I welcome other > alternatives. This is good news. Thank you. :) I've used

Re: /usr/bin/open now in use through the alternatives system.

2020-12-27 Thread Holger Levsen
Dear Charles, thanks for driving this. On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 08:15:45AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: > I went ahead and uploaded to Sid mime-support version 3.68, which > provides /usr/bin/open as a symbolic link to /usr/bin/run-mailcap using > the alternatives system, at a priority of 30. I

/usr/bin/open now in use through the alternatives system.

2020-12-27 Thread Charles Plessy
[Please CC me, I am not subscribed] Dear all, I went ahead and uploaded to Sid mime-support version 3.68, which provides /usr/bin/open as a symbolic link to /usr/bin/run-mailcap using the alternatives system, at a priority of 30. I welcome other alternatives. I also changed the behaviour of