Thank you for your bug report, shotwell is not an image viewer though and supports only photo formats, without eog we wouldn't have something able to display bmp, gif, etc images by default
** Changed in: eog (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: eog (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to eog in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/947029 Title: remove eog from default apps Status in “eog” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Eye of gnome has the same fonctionalities as shotwell, but can't import photos neither show raw pictures. Why keep it as default on ubuntu 12.04? When trying to remove, it removes also ubuntu-desktop. At least this dependencie should be removed. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: eog 3.3.90-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Mar 5 11:57:58 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120220) SourcePackage: eog UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eog/+bug/947029/+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