webbrowser doesn't start default Gnome browser by default

[jeremysanders]

BPO	1114929
Nosy	@birkenfeld
Files	webbrowser-patch: Patch to webbrowser.py

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title = "webbrowser doesn't start default Gnome browser by default"
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[jeremysanders]

I've written a patch to try to access the default Gnome
web browser under Unix (if Gnome is available). This is
likely to be a good choice of web browser under modern
systems.

[birkenfeld]

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Subsumed by big 2.5 webbrowser patch bpo-754022.