My interpretation of that upstream bug is that .desktop files of type=link are not supported any more.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1847736 Title: examples.desktop file in home dir is opening in gedit Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The "examples.desktop" file in the home directory should open /usr/share/example-content but instead it opens the .desktop file in gedit. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1847736/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
