Today, at #ubuntu-motu, I noticed the last update of nautilus package:
nautilus (2.10.0-0ubuntu7) hoary; urgency=low
* debian/patches/02_ubuntuspatial.patch:
- changes to the spatial mode. Close the folders by default while browsing.
You can set "/apps/nautilus/preferences/no_ubuntu_spatial" to get the
previous spatial behaviour.
-- Sebastien Bacher Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:17:33 +0200
But I think, like quite others, that this behaviour may not be the best option. We could discuss that forever and lose a lot of our precious time.
Better than this, is to develop an alternative solution. Let the Technical Board, the sabdfl, or whoever has taken that decision happy, and let the user choose at the same time 
The dpatch is at 02ubuntuspatial.patch, or a new version of nautilus at nautilus2.10.0-0ubuntu8.diff.gz. My changelog:
nautilus (2.10.0-0ubuntu8) hoary; urgency=low
* debian/patches/02_ubuntuspatial.patch:
- use more consistent names (close_previous_windows) and add a GUI option in
preferences dialog to set the default behaviour.
-- Jorge Bernal Sat, 2 Apr 2005 01:45:25 +0200
Today, at #ubuntu-motu, I noticed the last update of nautilus package:
But I think, like quite others, that this behaviour may not be the best option. We could discuss that forever and lose a lot of our precious time.
Better than this, is to develop an alternative solution. Let the Technical Board, the sabdfl, or whoever has taken that decision happy, and let the user choose at the same time
The dpatch is at 02ubuntuspatial.patch, or a new version of nautilus at nautilus2.10.0-0ubuntu8.diff.gz. My changelog: