Thank you for your suggestion. However, the changes you are requesting
aren't really a bug and require more discussion, which should be done on
an appropriate mailing list or forum.
http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists might be a good
start for determining which mailing list to use.
There are a couple additional comments I would like add:
* The program isn't technically executing as the result of a +x flag or
anything like that, nautilus is actually calling a helper application and
running it that way.
* naitilus can be set to open the file rather then run it if you go into the
configuration, I believe the out of the box behaviour that they want is to have
the file run.
* Java is generally pretty safe (although I am sure someone will post something
to prove otherwise). Even if a malicious file was run the hopes are that the
user isn't running the file as root (he/she would have to enter a password
regardless) so the whole system would be affected...
I am wishlisting this issue as it is a valid one and I can see the
reasoning from both sides.
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
Status: New => Triaged
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Opening a Java Archive (.JAR) file executes it regardless of the "executable"
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/313439
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