Hello Mark, or anyone else affected, Accepted xdg-utils into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg- utils/1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xdg-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1624022 Title: Alias 'browse' to xdg-open Status in xdg-utils package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in xdg-utils source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Bug description: [Impact] The 'sensible-browser' and 'xdg-open' commands are very useful, but it's a bit unwieldy to use everywhere in docs. How about aliasing to the simple 'browse', so I can recommend things like: sudo apt install foo; browse http://locahost:2022/ That would be crisp clean and friendly for current users. [Test Case] There is currently no simple 'browse' command. [Regression Potential] None. There are no name collisions with /usr/bin/browse in Debian or Ubuntu. [ Other Info ] Although the original request was to alias 'sensible-browser' it was decided that 'xdg-open' has the more consistent behaviour (in terms of selecting the correct web browser to use) and also falls back to 'sensible-browser'. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-utils/+bug/1624022/+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