Comment 15 for bug 1267135

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Michał Sawicz (saviq) wrote : Re: [Bug 1267135] Re: network-indicator should provide the "Please enter SIM PIN" text

On 13.01.2014 12:35, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> Sure, this string does not belong in unity8. But that does not
> necessarily mean it belongs in indicator-network. For example, we might
> decide in future that the SIM unlock screen should have no indicators at
> all. When switching on your phone, it would be annoying if you still had
> to wait for indicator-network to start up, not because it was going to
> appear yet, but solely because it contained some of the SIM unlock UI!

Well, *some* service needs to start up that talks to the SIM card. It
might as well be indicator-network service (even if there's not going to
be any indicator UI on the screen).

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> 1. After you enter the PUK code, you need to enter and then confirm a
> new SIM PIN. If we decided to put those two PIN fields in the same
> dialog, would that require code changes in unity8?

Yes, it's unity8 that displays the UI, so it needs to support that use case.

> 2. In the wi-fi prompt <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Networking#wifi-
> connecting-prompted>, the "Connect" button should change to "Connect…"
> whenever the selected network is a secure one. Would that involve code
> in unity8?

Yes, unity8 needs to support the caller of the snap decision changing
that label.

> If the answer to those questions is yes, the problem here isn't just a
> string.

Why is that?