Hello!
I don't use Gnome Software a lot, but certainly it doesn't requires
authentication, while DNF & Yumex do require it.
Cheers,
Sylvia
On Wed, 2017-04-05 at 20:23 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-04-05 at 22:16 -0500, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> > On Wed, 2017-04-05 at 14:16 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> > > To be clear, this is only my recollection, I haven't gone back
> > > and
> > > checked yet. I may be misremembering the discussions...
> >
> > There was a well-debated design decision to allow installation
> > without
> > authentication, maybe three or four years ago. I think the goal was
> > to
> > make installing apps with GNOME Software easier.
>
> That's the discussion I was thinking of, but sounds like I didn't
> remember the outcome right.