Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org>
* Package name : mailcap Version : 3.65 Upstream Author : the authors of the current mime-support package * URL : Will be hosted on Salsa * License : Public domain Programming Lang: Perl Description : Debian's mailcap system, and support programs Priority : optional Provides : run-mailcap The mailcap system associates media types with programs that can handle them, using system and user configuration files. A file's media type is determined by its extension or by running the "file" command if available. . Other packages register their programs as viewers/editors/composers/etc by placing mailcap entry files or FreeDesktop menu entries in predetermined directories monitored by this package's dpkg triggers. . This package provides a "run-mailcap" program to open arbitrary files, and in addition the "see", "edit", "compose", and "print" aliases to display, alter, create, and print (respectively). I plan to split the mime-support package into "mailcap" (this WNPP bug) that will provide the mailcap system, optionally, and "media-types" (ITP later), which will provide /etc/mime.types (Priority: standard). My goal is to allow for evolution of this package, or alternative implementations if we need to satisfy at the same time those who would like some change and those who would not. Lastly, the split will also allow us to explore the complete replacement of mailcap entries by information flowing from the FreeDesktop menu system. Have a nice week-end, Charles (mime-support maintainer) -- Charles Plessy Akano, Okinawa, Japan
