https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=452514
Bug ID: 452514
Summary: Proprietary browser gains "default browser" status
without asking to user.
Product: systemsettings
Version: 5.24.4
Platform: openSUSE RPMs
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: il...@fastmail.fm
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 148106
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=148106&action=edit
"postin" of file which does these things (extracted from
microsoft-edge-stable-100.0.1185.39-1.x86_64.rpm with mc)
SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install latest Microsoft Edge Browser (stable) from official RPM
2. Launch any link, e.g. via right clicking URL at Terminal
3.
OBSERVED RESULT
Microsoft Edge opens
EXPECTED RESULT
System's previously setup default browser (Firefox in my case) should open
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20220409
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.92.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.17.1-1-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 2 × Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU P7350 @ 2.00GHz
Memory: 3.6 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: llvmpipe
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
As a user of Linux for decades, this is the first time I have seen
update-alternatives (ab)used this way. I think time has come to prompt user if
he/she really wanted to change default browser just like MacOS does. I don't
suggest anything similar to Windows 11. Just a popup triggered by watching a
file idle way would be enough.
Here is the relevant lines from RPM postin file:
CHANNEL=stable
case $CHANNEL in
stable )
PRIORITY=200
;;
beta )
PRIORITY=150
;;
unstable )
PRIORITY=120
;;
* )
PRIORITY=0
;;
esac
/usr/sbin/update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/microsoft-edge \
microsoft-edge /usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable $PRIORITY
exit 0
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