GNU bug report logs - #68582
29.1; Emacs does not handle mailto requests

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Message #48 received at 68582 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Krzysztof Żelechowski <giecrilj <at> stegny.2a.pl>
Cc: 68582 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr
Subject: Re: bug#68582: 29.1; Emacs does not handle mailto requests
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 17:10:06 +0200

> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 15:42:08 +0100
> From: Krzysztof Żelechowski <giecrilj <at> stegny.2a.pl>
> Cc: manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr, 68582 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> It concur that the desktop file should not be installed.  It has turned out that downstream does not
> install this file except as instructed by us.
> 
> <URL: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/emacs/-/issues/1#note_157822 >
> 
> We should stop installing it.  It lies to the desktop and disables one of the crucial functionalities,
> namely reporting a bug in Emacs, leaving the user perplexed and frustrated.

Maybe the emacs-mail.desktop file as included in the Emacs release
tarballs should have some prominent comment in it warning about this
issue?

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