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rschroll / beru

The Basic Epub Reader for Ubuntu
http://rschroll.github.io/beru/
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Do not open epub files downloaded from Gutenberg #80

Closed mattirn closed 9 years ago

mattirn commented 9 years ago

Do not open any epub files downloaded from Gutenberg -claims that book is not drm-free. Application works correctly if epub files are downloaded from MobileRead. I'm using the BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition. Beru version: 1.0.0

rschroll commented 9 years ago

Unfortunately, this is due to a bug in the Download Manager (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-download-manager/+bug/1384421).
This results in it downloading a HTML page, not the epub file.

When I reported this, I got the impression that it would be relatively easy to fix. However, it's been nearly six months with no action now.
Frustrating, but there's not much I can do about it.

If this isn't fixed for the next release of Beru, I'll remove the link to Project Gutenberg.

mattirn commented 9 years ago

I see, in theory we can try to speed up fix by rising bug heat by logging launchpad.net and click affects me too link and subscribe the notifications of the bug. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-download-manager/+bug/1384421/+affectsmetoo

rschroll commented 9 years ago

It can't hurt!

rschroll commented 9 years ago

I've just committed a change that removes the whole built-in browser and downloader. Now, it launches the system browser, which can import downloaded files via the content hub. This seems to work with Project Gutenberg, so I'll close this bug for now.