The favourite icon in the shell isn't part of the firefox package, but the /usr/bin/firefox wrapper script has some logic to rewrite the favourite entry from "firefox.desktop" (deb package) to "firefox_firefox.desktop" (snap). So for dist upgrades, this is important (if the deb is removed, the icon disappears because the shell cannot locate "firefox.desktop", so it hides the favourite entry).
The deb also sets up dpkg alternatives for x-www-browser and gnome-www- browser, which snaps currently cannot do (see https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/firefox-snap-cannot-be-set-as-default- browser/26636). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1992688 Title: firefox deb not installed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Bug 1964036 leads me to believe that the firefox deb provides some important functionality (the firefox favourite icon in the gnome shell dock) but there is nothing that would require the deb to be installed (it is not seeded nor has an rdep) and the package description indicates that it can be safely removed. Is there some important functionality that it provides? ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:22.10.8 ProcVersionSignature: User Name 5.19.0-19.19-generic 5.19.7 Uname: Linux 5.19.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckMismatches: ./boot/grub/grub.cfg CasperMD5CheckResult: fail CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed Oct 12 11:30:46 2022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-04-27 (167 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bashSourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to kinetic on 2022-10-12 (0 days ago) VarLogDistupgradeTermlog: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1992688/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
