Thank you for opening this bug and helping make Ubuntu better.
First of all, I am sorry it took that long for us to address this bug.
Although I agree 'rm' can be dangerous, there are other considerations
here:
* there is a limit on how far we, as a distribution, can protect an user from
command-line mistakes.
* a change like the proposed -- in *coreutils* would potentially break many
scripts that rely on 'rm' default mode of operation.
* this can be done easily by aliasing 'rm', at the shell level -- for example,
on 'bash':
alias rm='rm -i' # or 'rm -I', see info rm/man rm
So I am setting WON'T FIX for coreutils. Please feel free to change the
package for further consideration by another area (say, Ubuntu Desktop),
or to reopen it if you do not agree with me.
Thank you, and again sorry for the delay.
** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Won't Fix
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rm doesn't ask for confirmation by default
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446402
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