Ok, I see now. Nautilus does require the desktop files to be executable now, as a fix to bug 153438. So perhaps newly created launchers should be executable by default, or would that defeat the original reason for this change?
** Changed in: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- [Jaunty] Desktop launchers created with wrong permissions set https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/340425 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs