Executables on desktop won't launch on double-click

[Jonathan Kamens]

Using a text editor, create a file on your Desktop that you intend to be a shell script. When you save it initially, it won't be executable (unless your text editor is too smart for its own good), so it will be displayed on the desktop as a text file.

Now do "chmod +x" on the file in a terminal window.

It's still displayed on the desktop as a text file, and you still can't execute it.

Now mv it out of your desktop and into /tmp, and then mv it back onto your desktop. Now the icon is displayed as a shell script and can be double-clicked.

The icon for a file on the desktop should turn from text file to executable script as soon as the file itself turns from text file to executable script.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.30.5-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-13.14-generic 4.18.17
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu19
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Jan 22 11:30:45 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-02 (20 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-01-21 (0 days ago)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The desktop is not handled by nautilus anymore, reassigning

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Similar to bug #1812884, upstream "fixed it" by removing support for scripts...

[Greg (esenthel)]

But this is a serious problem, and this bug report has status "Won't Fix"

I think it's common practice to put application shortcuts on the desktop.
It used to work fine in previous Ubuntu releases.

I have a bunch of applications that I use frequently.
It's very convenient to have their shortcuts on the desktop.

How can a serious problem like this be ignored?