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Date:      Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:40:18 GMT
From:      jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   misc/169316: bsdconfig test results and fixes
Message-ID:  <201206220640.q5M6eIGx059152@red.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <201206220650.q5M6oDU1064903@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         169316
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       bsdconfig test results and fixes
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jun 22 06:50:13 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     jb
>Release:        FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p3 #0
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD localhost.localdomain 9.0-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Jun 12 01:47:53 UTC 2012     root@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
>Description:
Disk Management
  Partition     Managing disk partitions               <============ non-verb
  Label         Label allocated disk partitions  

Fix: use verbs consistently
  Partition     Manage disk partitions
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Login/Group Management
  Exit
  ...

Console
  Exit     Exit this menu (returning to previous)    <============ too verbose 
  ...

Fix: be consistent
Console
  Exit
  ...

Same for other menu:

Mouse
  Exit     Exit this menu (returning to previous)    <============ too verbose 
  ...

Fix: be consistent
Mouse
  Exit
  ...

Same for other menu:

Security
  <<< Exit     Exit this menu (returning to previous)    <============ too
                                                         verbose, and <<< too ?
  ...

Fix: be consistent
Security
  Exit

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Console
  Repeat
    Slow           <============== highlighted 
    ...
    Default        <============== wrong position in menu
           
Fix: place default menu items at top, highlighted, so they can be selected
     immediately by hitting ENTER


    Default        <============== highlighted
    Slow
    ...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Console
  ...
  Saver
    1 Blank    Simply blank the screen   <============ too verbose
    ...
    d None     Disable the screensaver   <============ wrong position 
    ...

Fix: place it (default) at top of menu, highlighted (btw, you did it right
     under Screenmap and Ttys menus ...)

  Saver
    1 None     Disable the screensaver  
    2 Blank    Blank screen   <======== better than "Simply blank the screen"
    ...

  NOTE:
  The choice of selectors is too limiting: 1-9,a,...,z       <============
  Make it consistent and almost unlimited: 1,...,99 or 1,...,999
  Leave alpha chars (a,...,A,...) for command selectors, e.g. Timeout.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Timezone

It would be good to tell the user the difference between UTC and local time
selection for multi-boot OS users:
  if the other OS manages and adjusts the local time, then users should select
  local time.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

>How-To-Repeat:
run bsdconfig
$ ls /var/db/pkg/bsdconfig-0.7.2/

>Fix:
as above

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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