Comment 2 for bug 30583

The reason I filed the bug is that I don't always install things immediately. For example, if there's a kernel upgrade on the list then I generally wait a bit, because that requires a reboot. I'd like to be able to quickly see what's outstanding, and if it's a few things say "go for it, install them" and if it's a lot of things or some big things or something that requires a reboot, wait until I'm not doing anything important. At the moment, it's a bit of a pain because I have to click, wait, enter my password, rather than just clicking and seeing what comes up.
The point about the principle-of-least-privilege still stands, too; the program doesn't need root to see what updates are available and therefore shouldn't ask for it.