Bug 29979

Summary:	Need standard file association (MIME) database
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] kdelibs	Reporter:	mikem
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdelibs bugs <kdelibs-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	rdieter
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	RedHat Enterprise Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description mikem 2001-07-29 12:38:04 UTC

(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package:           unknown
Version:           unknown (using KDE 2.1.2 )
Severity:          normal
Installed from:    Red Hat Linux 7.1
Compiler:          gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-81)
OS:                Linux 2.2.17-8smp i686
OS/Compiler notes: 

Users pick applications by their suitability for a task not by their toolkit.

Given this KDE and GNOME (and other interested parties) should standardize on a single file type database. Its unusual to have to add an application to both of these databases and time consuming for administrators and end users (who may move between them both) to make changes in and maintain both.

If people get concerned about certain file types always needing to match certain desktop environment specific apps a field to allow a specific app to become the primary association for a file in a particular desktop should be added.

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Comment 1 Vedran Ljubovic 2004-11-13 12:55:49 UTC

See http://www.freedesktop.org/Standards/shared-mime-info-spec
AFAIK it is worked on and will be fixed soon. I suggest closing this bug.

Comment 2 Francois Gouget 2006-02-10 13:29:19 UTC

As of KDE 3.4.3 KDE now uses the XDG associations *but* it is still using the legacy KDE MIME types. Once it switches to the XDG MIME types this bug can be closed.

Comment 3 Pino Toscano 2007-11-16 23:31:16 UTC

I think this (old) bug can be closed now, as KDE 4 uses the XDG MIME database.
Right, David? :)