Bug 439229

This is an interesting observation; technically it's still correct, I think,
since an authorization per se has nothing to do with the password. Then again,
many people don't differentiate between authentication and authorization.

But your suggestion about making it more concrete is a good one; the less
confusion the better. I'll see what I can do; will post progress here.

Another thing I want to add is a gconf key to control whether the remember
checkboxes are automatically selected when the authentication dialog comes up.
Right now they're always selected because that's the reasonable thing to do.
However lots of people complain about this behavior

FWIW, I'm thinking of a plug-in system for PolicyKit so policy providers can
provide code that participates in how the UI is going to look. This is going to
be important once we add object support (e.g. going from "can process $PID do
$ACTION on behalf of user $USER" to "can process $PID do $ACTION on $OBJECT on
behalf of user $USER"); some feature that is really needed for more advanced
applications of PolicyKit. Think of objects as disks (for g-d-u), network
connections (for NM), folders (for Nautilus).

Anyway, with such a plug-in system then PackageKit could ship a tiny plug-in
that generates the strings used in the authentication UI.

Something to think about.

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@davidz:
"Right now they're always selected because that's the reasonable thing to do.
However lots of people complain about this behavior"

I would like to complain as well. :-)

When updating my system I do not want my password/authorization remembered,
therefore EVERY time I have to untick the remember authorization box.

In my opinion this is the worst of the available options.

Best: Remember not selected
Then most users can type their password in 1 - 2 seconds, hit return, and not be
too bothered by the inconvenience

Median: Remember & For this session only 
I expect that this is a rare user choice, therefore not #1. If you think you
will be performing this action several times during this session then you can
take the 2-4 seconds to grab the mouse and click the boxes with the peace of
mind of knowing that your choice is temporary.

Worst: Remember selected
If you want to give up the protection of requiring authorization for this action
for ever more then you can spend 3 seconds ticking this box ONCE and never see
it again.

Thanks for listening ;-)

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