[packagekit] gpk-install-mime-type - order of items listed ?

[Richard Hughes]

On 6 April 2010 12:53, David Timms <dtimms at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> What is the logic behind the order of items listed when you run eg:
> gpk-install-mime-type application/x-shockwave-flash
> Is this just random ?
> It's not in alpha of title nor package name.

Yes, I'm pretty sure it's just random at the moment. It would be a few
lines to sort it by name, although that get a bit political... GNOME
then KDE...

> How could we improve this to help the user choose an application that will
> actually work ?

Well, that's a very hard problem, any ideas welcome. Maybe we should
restrict it to packages with a desktop file?

Richard.