Comment 11 for bug 550502

I'm out of the office until 1st August.

On 5 May 2011, at 17:41, Launchpad Bug Tracker <<email address hidden>
 > wrote:

> ** Branch linked: lp:~mathieu-tl/policykit-1-gnome/merge-
> debian-0.101-2
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/550502
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> Title:
>  "Drop all elevated privileges" menu doesn't make sense
>
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
>  Triaged
> Status in policykit-gnome:
>  New
> Status in “policykit-1-gnome” package in Ubuntu:
>  Triaged
>
> Bug description:
>  Ubuntu Lucid, all updates installed
>
>  1. Install something in Ubuntu Software Center.
>  2. Click on the key icon that appears in the panel.
>
>  What happens: The key is a menu containing one item, "Drop all
>  elevated privileges".
>
>  I don't understand this, and I therefore arrogantly assume that
> most people won't understand it either. :-) I cannot find any
> explanation in the Ubuntu Help or on the Web, only these people who
> also don't understand it:
>  <http://forums.opensuse.org/applications/429061-drop-all-elevated-privileges.html
> >
>  <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9041471>
>
>  Does it do anything useful? If so, it should be reworded to express
>  its usefulness. If not, it should be removed.