Install problems for DragonFlyBSD 6.4.1

[Aaron LI]

On 5/1/25 9:58 PM, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:
> Also, I'd like to request consideration of some (I hope) simple
> changes in the installer:
> 
> (1) Many users will have IPv4 address w.x.y.z, where only the last
>      octet changes in their enviroment.  It would be nice if the
>      installer portion where a manual IPv4 configuration is done to
>      offer w.x.y.1 as defaults for the router and gateway addresses,
>      and 255.255.255.0 as the default network mask.  I have used
>      installers for other O/Ses that do just that.  Numeric addresses
>      are easy to make typing mistakes in, and providing sensible
>      defaults is most helpful.  Typos in those addresses result in loss
>      of the network, and can sometimes be hard to spot.
> 
> (2) During the manual IPv4 configuration, it asks for the bare
>      hostname and domain, and then later in the main configuration
>      menu, it wants them again.  Surely the first set could be
>      propagated as the default to the second set?

Hi Nelson,

I recorded the above two requests as bug #3382 and #3383, and I've 
finally fixed them ;)

Bug #3382: installer: improve network address config dialog
https://bugs.dragonflybsd.org/issues/3382

Bug #3383: installer: don't repeat prompts for hostname and domain
https://bugs.dragonflybsd.org/issues/3383

However, we haven't decided the release scheduling yet. I personally 
like we could release 6.6 in April and could catch up the TeXLive build 
season.

Cheers,
Aaron