examples.desktop file is not executable and only opens into default text editor(gedit)

[Chris Rainey]

~$ file examples.desktop
examples.desktop: UTF-8 Unicode text

Does not open or spawn content in: /usr/share/example-content/

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: example-content 50
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-13.14-generic 5.0.6
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Apr 23 12:46:47 2019
Dependencies:

InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-04-22 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: example-content
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[AsciiWolf (asciiwolf)]

The same issue seems to be present in Ubuntu 19.10 beta as well.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Will Cooke (willcooke)]

Possibly related: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/448

My interpretation of that upstream bug is that .desktop files of type=link are not supported any more.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Setting has wontfix for nautilus, they remove support to .desktop link type and don't seem interested to add that backb

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Untagging, Laney said he would fix it if there is a respin and if there is not then there is little point doing a SRU since it's an installer change

[Iain Lane (laney)]

We just unseeded example-content so it's not important for the live session any more; this bug is still valid in itself...