Firefox isn't in Ubuntu Software Center's "Internet" or "Web Browsers" sections

Bug #531895 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Micah Gersten

Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

Firefox 3.6, Ubuntu Lucid

1. In Ubuntu Software Center 1.1.16 or later, navigate to "Get Software" > "Internet".
2. Scroll through the alphabetical list to where Firefox should be.
3. Navigate to the "Web Browsers" subsection.

What you see:
2. Firefox isn't there.
3. Firefox isn't there, though 11 other Web browsers are.

To fix this:
2. Add the "Internet" category to Firefox's .desktop file.
3. Add the "WebBrowser" category to Firefox's .desktop file.

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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote :

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as Triaged and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better! Please report any other issues you may find.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Micah Gersten (micahg)
importance: Undecided → Low
milestone: none → ubuntu-10.04-beta-1
status: New → In Progress
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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote :

bzr commit -m '* fix LP: #531895 - Firefox isn't in Ubuntu Software Center's "Internet" or
  "Web Browsers" sections; Add Internet and WebBrowser Categories to .desktop
  - update debian/abrowser.desktop
  - update debian/firefox-final.desktop
  - update debian/firefox-namoroka.desktop' --fixes 'lp:531895'

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package firefox - 3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu6

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firefox (3.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu6) lucid; urgency=low

  [ Jamie Strandboge <email address hidden> ]
  * adjust AppArmor profile to allow scim

  [ Felix Geyer <email address hidden>]
  * Apply KDE integration from openSUSE (LP: #494067)
    - add debian/patches/mozilla-kde.patch
    - add debian/patches/firefox-kde.patch
    - update debian/patches/series
    - update debian/rules
  * Add kmozillahelper to suggests of firefox
    - update debian/control

  [ Kees Cook <email address hidden> ]
  * fix LP: #531581 - cannot report bugs or crashes when profile names contains
    spaces; concatenate non alnum characters in profile name for apport use
    - update debian/apport/firefox.py

  [ Micah Gersten <email address hidden> ]
  * fix LP: #531895 - Firefox isn't in Ubuntu Software Center's "Internet" or
    "Web Browsers" sections; Add Internet and WebBrowser Categories to .desktop
    - update debian/abrowser.desktop
    - update debian/firefox-final.desktop
    - update debian/firefox-namoroka.desktop
  * fix FTBFS on sparc; disable jit on sparc until bmo 502369 is fixable
    - update debian/rules
 -- Micah Gersten <email address hidden> Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:47:38 -0600

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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