Package: calibre
Version: 3.7.0+dfsg-2

Hi Norbert,

I'm not sure if this is a calibre or mime-support bug.

The calibre package ships a
/usr/share/applications/calibre-ebook-viewer.desktop file that declares
itself as a mime handler for application/pdf.  Due to bug #877774 being
present in this version of the package (which is the version that wound up
being shipped in Ubuntu 17.10), it doesn't work at all as a mailcap handler;
but even with that bug fixed, it is taking precedence over evince, which is
the default pdf handler that I have installed and the one that I expect to
see used.

I don't know if this is just a matter of 'calibre-ebook-viewer' sorting
alphabetically before 'evince', or what; but having calibre installed in
order to read ebooks should not make it the default mailcap handler for
pdfs.

I suppose this issue would possibly also be resolved if bug #802767 were
fixed.

Thanks,
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