a message header flag for interactive authentication?

[Thiago Macieira]

On Tuesday 26 August 2014 20:46:58 Lennart Poettering wrote:
> I am not convinced really that we should make this that complicated. I
> mean, maybe one day, when the flags param is fully used, we can add an
> extended flags field, to add more bits...
> 
> Also, and more importantly, to me this really isn't an arbitrary user
> extension (for which adding a generic dictionary to the header might
> make sense), but so close to how we use dbus, that it deserves a flag in
> the header...

I disagree. This is definitely user metadata.

I don't oppose hardcoding this specific user metadata, but let's not kid 
ourselves. This opens a precedent for anyone who wants to transmit metadata 
and we won't be able to pass judgement on whether their idea is good or not.

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