Comment 5 for bug 1111397
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| Jaromil (jaromil) wrote Re: Executable files do not launch in 13.04 | #5 |
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We should pay attention to this indeed.
This is a radical change for many users acquainted to execute shell scripts or having them written by friends to fix things.
Believe me, this happens *all the time*.
Changing this behavior without any notice is irresponsible, a very conservative step that disempower users.
At the very least, on the first execution of a shell script this way, a dialog should pop-up asking about the user's intention:
- do not execute
- execute this shell script once and ask again next time
- execute any shell script (and/or open preferences)
Ideally there could be a per-script configuration that can be tuned this way on first execution.