#4555 NORM Never A: MIME types introduce inconsistency

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#4555: MIME types introduce inconsistency
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 Reporter:  AlbertCahalan  |       Owner:  jg            
     Type:  defect         |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
Component:  distro         |     Version:                
 Keywords:                 |    Verified:  0             
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 When bringing in files via USB, you get only a file extension.
 When exporting files to USB, only the file extension will get used.

 The inconsistency is trouble. It is bad for security and it
 introduces a lossy remapping where none is needed.

 Note that, with MacOS X, even Apple has conceeded that file
 type info is normally determined by file name extension.

 Fix: use file extensions throughout sugar

 Extra benefit: numerous interoperability, inport/export,
 and porting problems go away.

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Ticket URL: <https://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4555>
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