[Bug 1595611] Re: Improve prompting for Secure Boot password

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

I think we'll also want to use this bug report to track improvements to
other aspects of the prompting, such as showing the large Secure Boot
explanation text that is hidden behind the Help button otherwise.

** Changed in: shim-signed (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: shim-signed (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Critical

** Changed in: shim-signed (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox)

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Title:
  Improve prompting for Secure Boot password

Status in shim-signed package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  Current strings in debconf templates for asking for a Secure Boot
  password are suboptimal:

  Template: shim/secureboot_key
  Type: password
  _Description: Password:
   Please enter a password for disabling Secure Boot. It will be asked again
   after a reboot.
   
  Template: shim/secureboot_key_again
  Type: password
  _Description: Re-enter password to verify:
   Please enter the same password again to verify you have typed it correctly.

  This would show only the short description in the debconf GNOME
  frontend; which may not be passing sufficient information for users to
  understand what is expected of them, and that they really need to
  remember that password since it will be asked after a reboot.

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