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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [Bug 154698] Won't open some TIFF files
From:       Andreas Pakulat <apaku () gmx ! de>
Date:       2007-12-28 12:43:22
Message-ID: 20071228124322.GB15591 () morpheus ! apaku ! dnsalias ! org
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On 27.12.07 22:53:11, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> 
> >> Not knowing the code, I couldn't say how much would be needed. 
> >> Remember, it doesn't work correctly at the present and this really does 
> >> need to work correctly.
> > 
> > Why? I mean, sure it would be better if a misnamed file could still be
> > shown properly by okular, but I don't see this as a severe issue. In
> > fact I find it quite good that an error message is posted, else the
> > person who did misname the file might send the misnamed file to somebody
> > who then can't open it at all because he/she doesn't use a software
> > thats as intelligent as Gwenview.
> >
> Sorry, a miss-referenced pronoun.  The 'it' that doesn't work correctly 
> is the KDE MIME system.

As Thiago just explained: Wrong place to start the fix, you have to go
to fd.o and fix the mimetype spec there first.

Andreas

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