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Freeze exception request: password strength meter

Bug #537995 reported by Evan
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Low
Evan

Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubiquity

I've received a request from sabdfl and the design team to add a password strength meter to the user setup page, removing the need for the weak password dialog.

Please provide a freeze exception for the following:
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40868597/password-strength.patch

This isn't a major change. The functionality slots into the existing validation process of the user setup page's fields. The password strength test itself comes from Mozilla (GPLv2) and has been around for years.

All new strings are translatable.

See original description
Tags: patch
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Evan (ev) wrote :
description: updated
description: updated
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
tags: added: patch
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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

The general approach seems fine to me. I subscribed ubuntu-doc for their input/ack/nack.

However, I wonder why the original instructions were removed:

-_Description:
- Enter the same password twice, so that it can be checked for typing errors.
- A good password will contain a mixture of letters, numbers and punctuation,
- should be at least eight characters long, and should be changed at regular
- intervals.

The password strength seems quite independent from the explanation that you need to enter your password twice, and how a good password looks like?

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
importance: Undecided → Low
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Connor Imes (ckimes) wrote :

The doc team doesn't have any system documentation that would be adversely affected by this patch - it's OK by us if you apply it. We simply won't have anything written about this new functionality unless somebody has time to preview it and write the documentation before String Freeze. Cheers.

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Evan (ev) wrote :

Martin,

The removal of that string was at the request of the design team. The new inactive labels on each password widget replace the textual hint that you need to enter the same password twice. The password strength meter replaces the suggestions on what makes a good password.

Thanks!

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

Ah, right, I forgot about that. Approved then.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Evan (ev) wrote :

Thanks Martin!

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Evan Dandrea (ev)
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 2.2.8

---------------
ubiquity (2.2.8) lucid; urgency=low

  * Set a wallpaper and cursor for the KDE frontend when in only-
    ubiquity mode (LP: #540933, LP: #540339). Thanks Roman Shtylman!
  * Add a password strength meter (LP: #537995).
  * Modify the install progress window to match the new theme
    (LP: #538411).
  * Don't show the alpha warning in OEM mode when it's disabled.
  * Add translations for the locale's preferred time format and
    respective format string, as imported from gnome-panel
    (LP: #538156).
 -- Evan Dandrea <email address hidden> Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:26:46 +0000

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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