use gvfs-open/xdg-open in Lib/webbrowser.py

[doko42]

BPO	14493
Nosy	@doko42, @merwok, @bitdancer

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[doko42]

[forwarded from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python2.7/+bug/971311]

The webbrowser.py is using gnome-open. This is no longer supported by gnome, instead they use gvfs-open. The attached patch adds support for this and will also use xdg-open if available as this is meant to be the
cross desktop tool to use for this kind of task, see http://portland.freedesktop.org/wiki/

[python-dev]

New changeset 70c58903b52e by Matthias Klose in branch 'default':

• Issue bpo-14493: Use gvfs-open/xdg-open in Lib/webbrowser.py.
  http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/70c58903b52e

[bitdancer]

If gvfs is preferred, should its if block come second, or perhaps those two should be an if/elif block?

[doko42]

I don't think so. the register calls append to the list, don't overwrite it.

[bitdancer]

OK, sounds fine. Shall we close this as fixed then?