Package: mime-support Version: 3.39-1 Severity: normal When I try to edit a file of which run-mimetype cannot guess the MIME type, it defaults to a default type of "application/*". This is a bad choice, because a user cannot set a handler for application/* in their ~/.mailcap without thereby overriding all other handlers for MIME types of that form. (If I set in my ~/.mailcap a handler for application/*, then it is used for application/pdf &c. The only way to work around this is to repeat as much of the contents of /etc/mailcap as I need in my own ~/.mailcap.)
I suggest defaulting to application/octet-stream, which is both correct and also a good choice for a MIME type to set a fallback editor for. This problem would be practically irrelevant were run-mailcap able to use file to determine MIME type, as per bug #77985. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (600, 'experimental'), (600, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash mime-support depends on no packages. Versions of packages mime-support recommends: ii file 4.21-3 Determines file type using "magic" -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
