Yes, I realize application/pdf is there. However, it seems as if x-pdf is good to have also. I have a specific instance of a peice of software (Adobe Acrobat Reader) which processes types of x-pdf by default (on Windows), and a web application in use which doesn't open the PDF right because it uses x-pdf.
Standardization appears to be in progress to make this application/pdf - so that, currently bogus, will become legal and the correct one to have. In the meantime, Acrobat themselves have application/x-pdf, and it's likely to remain for a while.
Jonanthan, is the best fix for this to to create an alias for application/x-pdf ? like <alias type="application/x-pdf" /> right after the line <glob pattern="*.pdf" /> in freedesktop.org.xml.in.
yes, that's right.
Fixed in CVS.
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