[snap] Chromium is incorrectly shown when setting the default web browser for some flavours

Bug #1847048 reported by Paul White
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chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
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Bug Description

When setting the default web browser Chromium is incorrectly shown for some flavours of Ubuntu.

For Kubuntu:

When going to Settings -> Applications -> Default Applications -> Web Browser -> In the following application, the entry for Chromium (with application icon) is shown twice.

For Ubuntu MATE:

When going to Control Center -> Preferred Applications -> Web Browser, the application icon is missing for Chromium

For Xubuntu:

When going to Settings -> Preferred Applications -> Web Browser, the "missing icon" icon is shown for Chromium

Originally reported at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/call-for-testing-chromium-browser-deb-to-snap-transition/11179/130

Tags: snap
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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

Thanks for the report Paul.

I have yet to look into the situation on Kubuntu and MATE, but I can already confirm it on Xubuntu, and the cause appears to be that exo-helper ships its own desktop file for chromium (https://git.xfce.org/xfce/exo/tree/exo-helper/helpers/chromium.desktop.in.in).

Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
summary: [snap] Chromium is incorrectly shown when setting the default web
- browser
+ browser for some flavours
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