Feature request: extra Include directive in default pacman.conf

Since arch's move to systemd, cluster administration requires less and less use of sed. In particular, systemctl, timedatectl, /etc/sysctl.d, /etc/modules-load.d, /etc/hostname, /etc/vconsole.conf, etc. make scripting configuration changes both simpler more robust than the old approach of editing multi-purpose files such as /etc/rc.conf.
An exception to this trend is pacman.conf, which has non-trivial default contents that almost certainly needs to be customized (e.g., to enable multilib and local repositories). These changes would be much simpler if the default pacman.conf included a line such as:
Include = /etc/pacman.d/conf/*.conf
Currently my scripts use sed to insert this line at the end of the [options] section. (Unfortunately "Include = /etc/pacman.d/*.conf" doesn't work because there's sometimes a gpg.conf file in /etc/pacman.d, but maybe that could be fixed.)
I don't know if the forum is the right place for feature requests, but I wanted to get people's reactions. If people think it's a good idea I can add it as a feature request to the bug tracker.
There are several other pieces of low-hanging fruit where I'd like to see arch decrease the complexity scripting configuration (e.g., an unattended pacman-key --populate and easier customization of mkinitcpio.conf), but I figured I'd start with the simplest and gauge people's reactions.

aweb wrote:I don't know if the forum is the right place for feature requests, but I wanted to get people's reactions. If people think it's a good idea I can add it as a feature request to the bug tracker.
It isn't... best to place the feedback in flyspray so it will be sure to get to the peeps that need to see it. Welcome to Arch.

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Feature request: current and updated versions in pacman -Su

I think it'd be really nice to have an option to display both the current installed and new upgraded version of packages when running pacman -Su
I often find myself wondering "how different" are the changes- is it a rev release? A major version upgrade? I don't really want to do that with 50 packages every week, but if it were easy I'd like to know that.
Instead of:
Targets (50): alsa-utils-1.0.23-3 tzdata-2010o-1 glibc-2.12.1-4 coreutils-8.7-1 db-5.1.19-3 heimdal-1.3.3-3 libcups-1.4.5-1 cups-1.4.5-1 glib2-2.26.1-1
dbus-glib-0.92-1 gdk-pixbuf2-2.22.1-1 python2-bonobo-2.28.1-5 python2-gconf-2.28.1-5 python2-libgnome-2.28.1-5 python2-gnomecanvas-2.28.1-5
python2-gnomevfs-2.28.1-5 gnome-python-2.28.1-5 gvfs-1.6.6-1 inputproto-2.0.1-1 libgnome-data-2.32.0-3 libgnome-2.32.0-3
nvidia-utils-260.19.21-1 libva-1.0.6-1 libxi-1.4.0-1 man-pages-3.31-1 mercurial-1.7.1-1 nvidia-260.19.21-1 orc-0.4.11-1 perl-xml-parser-2.40-1
qt-4.7.1-1 smbclient-3.5.6-1 samba-3.5.6-1 tar-1.25-1 texlive-bin-2010.1-5 texlive-core-2010.20288-1 transmission-cli-2.12-1
transmission-gtk-2.12-1 upower-0.9.7-1 usbmuxd-1.0.6-1 xorg-xgamma-1.0.4-1 xorg-xinput-1.5.3-1 xorg-xkill-1.0.3-1 xorg-xrandr-1.3.4-1
xorg-xrdb-1.0.7-1 xorg-xrefresh-1.0.4-1 xorg-xset-1.2.1-1 xorg-xsetroot-1.1.0-1 xorg-xwd-1.0.4-1 xorg-xwud-1.0.3-1 xproto-7.0.19-1
Do:
Targets (50):
alsa-utils-1.0.23-2 to alsa-utils-1.0.23-3
tzdata-2010o to tzdata-2010o-1
glibc-2.12.1-3 to glibc-2.12.1-4
and so forth.

Uhh, but this is not already clearly? I follow this:
if (rev > 1):
revision bump
else if (rev == 1):
version bump
for example "foo 1.2.33-4" means that the previous version is "foo 1.2.33-3". and "bar 4.3-1" meant that the previous version is "bar 4.2-n"
This only break when a 4.3-1 is quickly followed by a 4.3-2, but the solutions is clearly, update more frequently than the devs solve a break in rev 1 =].
This too don't work when 4.2-n is followed by a 4.4-1, but if this is so probably the 4.3 can be ignored.
Updating more frequently than a week make all this works, as you get all the version and revisions (including the bogus ones).
When I update I always scan for -1, so I know that a version update happened. Of course I read the mailing list too.
Last edited by kazuo (2010-11-17 03:17:24)

Pacman/Pacman.conf Scripts

I've been working on these two pieces for a while. For the most part, they're complete to my standards, but obviously they can always looked to be improved upon. I use the first one daily with no real problems (though I could add a little more error handling) and the other one does work for me though I don't need to call upon it too much.
My goal was really to provide an interface for pacman which was fast but still easy to use. I also realized that I can't write any GUI code, nor do I feel like it's nessisary to make something simple. It really only requires bash, a few coreutils, and pacman to be used, so if you're on a lower-end system and don't want to call upon a large GUI front end, this may be something good for you to try out.
Any feedback is appreciated too
Pacman Manager Script
#!/bin/bash
#Pacman Manager
#Author: Doug Swain ([email protected])
###Defining Operations###
function install {
echo "Installing package now"
echo
sudo pacman -S $PACKAGE
echo
echo "The package ($PACKAGE) is now installed"
echo "Press enter to contiue"
read
function uninstall {
echo "Uninstalling package now"
echo
sudo pacman -R $PACKAGE
echo
echo "The package ($PACKAGE) has been removed."
echo "Press enter to contiue"
read
function sync {
echo "Syncing with servers"
echo
sudo pacman -Sy
echo
echo "Sync complete. Press enter to continue"
read
function update {
echo " Updating your system now"
echo
sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm
sudo pacman -Scc
echo
echo "Your system has been updated"
echo "Press enter to contiue"
read
function search {
clear
echo "What package would you like to search?"
read PACKAGE
sudo pacman -Ss $PACKAGE
echo "Would you like to search again?"
echo "[Y]es"
echo "[N]o"
read CHOICE
if [[ "$CHOICE" = [Yy] ]]; then
search
elif [[ "$CHOICE" = [Nn] ]]; then
echo "Search Finished. Press Enter to Continue"
read
fi
function manage {
clear
if [ "$UID" != 0 ]; then
echo "Error! Not running as the root user right now. Become a super user and try again"
exit 1
fi
clear
echo " Welcome to the Pacman Manager"
echo
echo " What would you like to do?"
echo
###ENDDEFINE###
###MANAGER###
manage
OPTIONS="Install Uninstall Sync Update Search Exit"
select opt in $OPTIONS; do
if [ "$opt" = "Install" ]; then
clear
echo "What package would you like to install?"
read PACKAGE
install
manage
elif [ "$opt" = "Uninstall" ]; then
clear
echo "What package would you like to uninstall?"
read PACKAGE
uninstall
manage
elif [ "$opt" = "Sync" ]; then
clear
sync
manage
elif [ "$opt" = "Update" ]; then
clear
update
manage
elif [ "$opt" = "Search" ]; then
clear
search
manage
elif [ "$opt" = "Exit" ]; then
clear
exit
fi
done
###ENDMANAGER###
pacman.conf Script
#!/bin/bash
#Pacman Configurator
#Tool to configure and modify pacman and /etc/pacman.conf
#Pretty Stable from my tests, but use with caution
#Backup your /etc/pacman.conf file just in case.
#Author: Doug Swain ([email protected])
###DEFINE FUNCTIONS####
function srv_ctl {
clear
echo "Server Control"
echo "Selections:"
echo "[A]dd URL"
echo "[R]emove URL"
echo "[E]nable Resporitories"
echo "[D]isable Resporitories"
echo "[b]ack"
read CHOICE
if [ "$CHOICE" = "A" ]; then
cat /etc/pacman.conf | grep "srv_ctl"
if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
echo "[srv_ctl]" >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Include = /etc/pacman.d/custom" >> /etc/pacman.conf
fi
clear
echo "Enter URL"
read URL
echo "Adding"
echo $URL >> /etc/pacman.d/custom
cat /etc/pacman.d/custom | grep $URL
echo "The server above has been added."
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "R" ]; then
clear
echo "Current Custom Server List:"
cat /etc/pacman.d/custom
echo "Enter URL"
read URL
echo "Removing"
URLTEST=$(cat /etc/pacman.d/custom | grep $URL)
if [ "$URL" = "$URLTEST" ]; then
cat /etc/pacman.d/custom | grep -v $URL >> /etc/pacman.d/custom1
mv /etc/pacman.d/custom1 /etc/pacman.d/custom
echo "Address removed. Press enter to continue."
read
srv_ctl
elif [ "$URL" != "$URLTEST" ]; then
echo "Error! Address not found. Press Enter to continue"
read
srv_ctl
fi
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "E" ]; then
clear
echo "Current Resporitiories available"
ls /etc/pacman.d/
echo "Enter Resporitory (example: current/custom/extra)"
read RES
echo "[$RES]" >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Include = /etc/pacman.d/$RES" >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Enabled. Press Enter to contiue"
read
srv_ctl
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "D" ]; then
clear
echo "Current Resporitiories available"
ls /etc/pacman.d/
echo "Enter Resporitory (example: current/custom/extra)"
read RES
cat /etc/pacman.conf | grep -v "$RES" >> /etc/pacman1.conf
mv /etc/pacman1.conf /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Disabled. Press Enter to continue."
read
srv_ctl
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "B" ]; then
echo "Press enter to continue"
read
manage
fi
function pkg_ctl {
clear
echo "What would you like to do?"
echo "[A]dd Package to Ignore List"
echo "[R]emove Package from Ignore List"
echo "[b]ack"
read CHOICE
if [ "$CHOICE" = "A" ]; then
clear
echo "Enter package name"
read PKG
echo "Adding"
echo "IgnorePkg = $PKG" >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "HoldPkg = $PKG" >> /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Package added. Press Enter to Continue"
read
pkg_ctl
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "R" ]; then
clear
echo "Enter package name"
read PKG
echo "Removing"
cat /etc/pacman.conf | grep -v "$PKG" >> /etc/pacman1.conf
mv /etc/pacman1.conf /etc/pacman.conf
echo "Package removed. Press Enter to Continue"
read
pkg_ctl
elif [ "$CHOICE" = "B" ]; then
echo "Press enter to continue"
read
manage
fi
function manage {
clear
if [ "$UID" != 0 ]; then
echo "Error! Not running as the root user right now. Become a super user and try again"
exit 1
fi
clear
echo " Pacman Configuration"
echo " What would you like to do?"
###END DEFINE####
###MANAGER####
manage
OPTIONS="Server_Control Package_Control Exit"
select opt in $OPTIONS; do
if [ "$opt" = "Server_Control" ]; then
srv_ctl
elif [ "$opt" = "Package_Control" ]; then
pkg_ctl
elif [ "$opt" = "Exit" ]; then
clear
exit 0
fi
done
###ENDMANAGER###
Sadly my webserver is down as of now, so I can't post these scripts directly from my site, but this should work fine anyway. Enjoy!

Oh no I understand. Hah I figured that'd be the case that somebody created something like this.
Well my main point with these scripts was really just for self-teaching and such. Essentially though, my idea was to make a script which can help somebody who is newer and doesn't quite know all the helpful syntax of pacman or somebody who just doesn't want to be bothered with it have a quick and easy way to do it. Since there are already GUI front ends to do something like this, I figured a scripted version would be nicer for somebody who may need something less resource intense. That's the first script
The second script was just to make it a little less painful to navigate the pacman.conf file without having to go through it and figure out the syntax for everything (if you don't already know it) because I figured it was easier to find just a URL than to know all the syntax of the config file, and this just fills in the voids for you.
I use it for myself daily and it does make it a bit easier when you just want to install a package or update real quickly. Like I said though, I'm not surprised that there's something better implimented already. I figured I'd just toss it out there to see who could enjoy it. I appreciate the questioning though as you're right; I didn't make myself very clear-cut. At any rate, useful or not for people, they're here haha. Like I also said, I wrote these just as a learning experience for coding and other things. So, if somebody can find a use for them, all the better. If not, um, sorry to waste thread space haha.

Adding repos to pacman.conf: A vs B

It seems that people do things in two ways. I personally feel that one of these ways is "right", because it is the way that Arch does it by default, but that doesn't mean that the other way is "wrong". Anyway, I wanted to see what most people do with pacman.conf
Example A:
To use this repository, add the following to your /etc/pacman.conf:
[shadowhand]
Server = http://archpkg.wgilk.com/shadowhand
This is also the way that z4ziggy reccommends that people add the Archie repos.
Example B:
Add a file to /etc/pacman.d called "dibble" containing:
# dibble: dibblethewrecker's pkg repo
# http://dtw.jiwe.org
[dibble]
Server = http://dtw.jiwe.org/pkgs/dibble
Add this line to pacman.conf:
Include = /etc/pacman.d/dibble
So, what do most people do? 14 day poll. I'd also appreciate input from the devs if they have any.

tomk wrote:
dibblethewrecker wrote:I personally feel that one of these ways is "right", because it is the way that Arch does it by default
The default pacman.conf has examples of both, dibble - [testing] is commented, but it's using Server, not Include.
Most new servers are single and unmirrored, so that's my vote, but I think it's more of a discussion than a poll. Why does it matter, by the way?
Because we need code to parse pacman.conf to check that people have certain repos list. I wrongly assumed people used Include over Server but it seems I was wrong!
kth5: nice idea but no - if you have all your repos listed in one file then syncing custom will only sync from the first Server address listed

Feature request for pacman-archstats

We often find people asking questions which is the best x software, which is the most popular y soft, and stuff like that. Voting can be a good solution for this at least people will know which is the most popular one. Aurbuild has this feature where u can vote from console. If this feature can be included in pacman and made default, then we can get a good idea about how many people are using a certain software. Whenever someone installs a package, a vote is casted in favor of it and whenever it is uninstaled that vote is reversed. This will give a good idea how many people are using the particular package at a particular time.
Last edited by ravisghosh (2007-06-21 05:36:25)

Do you know how to handle it? There are lots of repositories - but pacman can report back to one central station. And what about the people who do not want to be monitored in their behaviours?
I think that Linux is all about freedom of choice and I am not willing to support an approach to suppress this privilege we have in comparison to Microsoft Windows users.
I feel like being monitored with WGA when using pacman under these circumstances - apart from the fact that I know what will happen to my data. I trust the Arch people, at least. But it would arouse a major privacy problem which is unnecessary.
Providing the option mentioned above optionally would be a great idea, though.
Last edited by chaosgeisterchen (2007-06-18 12:28:07)

Pacman feature request, package count of total packages

Hi to all.
First of all congratulations for the great distro, I have been using almost 9 months and is wonderful, now I have 4 systems in arch :-D (2 mine, one from a friend and a navigation point at job)
I has been looking if this has been requested anytime and found nothing
I would like if pacman will add the package number it is installing refered to the total of packages to be installed. Also it would be nice in size)
Sometimes when you upgrade the system you have to download and install 300 packages or more, then you see pacman and when he is in the middle of the list downloading you lack the reference of how much this is going to last
if he could write to the side of each package 23/300 (145,46/1300,24) then you will know that he is downloading the 23 package out of 300 and this will make the 145,46 MB out of 1300,24 MB total to download
Thanks and sorry if this has already been requested

Hi Allan
Allan wrote:I remember a feature request in the bug tracker to put some info about download positions (e.g. 5/10) at the start of the download line. There were concerns about the output getting too crowded. It is probably still open...
Looked again in the bug tracker but unable to find it.
I already didn't had test the Totaldownload option :-/
Thanks

Feature request, link contact to appointment, including mapping

Feature request for iPhone.
1. Ability to link a contact to an appointment.
I would like to be able to go to the calendar, and have a button that associates a contact with a scheduled appointment.
the goal is to be able to have the iPhone type the contact name into an appointment, and to have the map to their address, as well as their phone number, available from the appointment screen.
I do not like having to type in an appointment with the mechanic, and then when I need a map I have to go into the phone book and scroll to the entry.
I do like very much the new search feature on FW 2.0. I already have that feature on 1.1.4, using the program called Search downloaded from Installer.
But it would be much cleaner user interface if simply touching the appointment text field one could access the contact that is scheduled in that appointment.
for example, say on Friday at 1pm Im supposed to take my car to my mechanic. Go to calendar, touch the text entry field, click a new button that adds the contact name to the appointment field. Then save.
Then implement a button on the text field in the calendar, that when touched links to the contact, including their address info so it can be mapped.
In summary, the feature allows a user to paste a contact name into an appointment, and then use the contact name in the appointment to link back to the phone book, so I can use the mapping feature.
I hope that makes sense.
Jonathan

If you would like to leave feedback for the iphone, this link might help.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Is there a way to include images in a feature request to apple?

I often feel that that best way to convey my feature request is with an image showing an example of the request.
Does anyone know of a way to include images along with your feature request?
Thanks

No, but I suppose you could always upload the images elsewhere and link to them.

Default CSS classes (feature request)

Hi, there is one feature request I would like to ask for,
When working with templates/themes. The default template is CSS based on classes. Could it be possible to have default classes defined?
It's just that when working with PL/SQL Regions and HTP/HTF packages, the output is very far from the theme default look. Which leads to alot of going into theme definitions, copying the CLASS="tXXxxxx" string and using it in the code.
But if default HTML tags would be overloaded (H1,H2... [table], TH, TD TR.. and so on. It would make the owa code much prettier right out of the box.
Regards
Oli

Hello,
That is not going to happen for most themes.
What your asking is for us to arbitrarily say what a certain tag is going to look like lets take <th> for instance, but how and where you or me might use a <th> might be totally different from how someone else use's a <th>
Someone might be depending on having the default styles applied and would just have to reoverride the style. We try to be very specific with how classes are applied so as to give people the most options and control over the final look and feel.
Carl

[Feature request] Changing the y-limit directly in a graph

Hi,
in the GUI, when using graphs, you can usually click on the ymin and ymax and change the values. This is not possible if LV decides to change which ticks on the axes are labeled.
It would be nice if the behaviour was consistent.
Nicola

Hi Nicola,
thank you for your Request. Since your post is a feature request and this is a forum to discuss difficulties and problems, I recommend you to post your request in the Idea Exchange Forum:
LabVIEW Idea Exchange - Discussion Forums
http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/idb-p/labviewideas
If your Idea is supported by the community and you get some Kudos, R&D will take a look and consider taking action on changing this.
Best Regards,
Gregor
Best Regards,
Gregor

Moving default Applications to subfolders in Lion? Feature request?

I like to keep my Applications folder tidy. I put music apps in a "Music" folder, apps for communicating in a "Communications" folder, useful stuff in "Utilities", etc. It makes it easy to find things. But Apple seems to have hijacked my Applications folder making my organization efforts impossible.
Installing Lion broke my ability to organize. It will no longer let me move apps like FaceTime and iChat out of the top level Applications folder into subfolders. I don't use most of these very often, and I want to hide them so I don't have to sort through a hundred apps every time I want to find something quickly.
I wish I could turn off this behavior which disables my ability to move applications. When I try to put them into subfolders, it just copies the folder instead of moving it and I can't delete the top level folder after it copies to the subfolder.
This is driving my crazy. One of the reasons I prefer Mac OS to Windows and recently switched back to Mac is that I like to be able to organize my stuff the way I want it. What really bugs me is that I used to be able to do this with Snow Leopard.
This and this alone makes me regret buying Lion.
Maybe this is a feature request...
Is there any way around this that isn't going to be a total nightmare during patching?

Thanks for the reply, RodneyW.
Yes, what you say is true and might satisfy some, but I actually kind of hate Launchpad. I even disabled it's trackpad shortcut I dislike it so much. It's too IOS-lke, which I find difficult to rearrange, as well. I just tried it again following your post, but I still think it's annoying and hard to work with.
I'm looking for a fix or workaround within Finder. I just want the old Finder-Applications-folder functionality back.

Default watermark location (feature request)

Just a feature request.
I would find it useful if there was an option to have lightroom add a watermark to the longest edge of a photo. Instead of having to save different watermark presets and pick and choose which photos to apply which preset to.
Thanks.

There is a dedicated page for feature requests here: http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family

FEATURE REQUEST: Enhanced Texture Options in FW

Recently, a forum user was asking how to change the color of a texture in Fireworks to red or blue. In particular, he/she was struggling with attempting to apply a texture to a white object, and it wasn't showing up.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1006694?tstart=0
The question got me thinking about textures, how they're created and how they're applied. Textures are a unique and distinctive feature of Fireworks. On the one hand, the interface for textures is very simple to use and almost magical; on the other hand, it's surprisingly limited. The concept is great, but the implementation seems only half-baked.
With this in mind, I'd like to suggest a few simple ways that textures could be made more fluid and versatile in Fireworks.
First, a little background...
WHAT IS A TEXTURE?
In the world of Fireworks, a texture is basically a type of pattern that's applied to an object. However, unlike a pattern fill, textures include transparency and integrate with the existing fill content (color, gradient or pattern). They're suggestive of textures in the real world, which are often tactile and defined visually by light and shadow.
Texture graphics are most commonly grayscale ("black and white") in GIF or PNG format. Applied within the application, the graphics are converted "on the fly" to white-on-transparency. If the Transparent option is checked, the graphic is converted into a sort of mask, making the "textured" areas invisible instead of white.
And that's about it.
So what if you'd like to apply a dark texture to a white object? Sorry, it can't be done. What if you'd like to apply a texture in color? It can't be done. What if you'd like to reverse or invert the pattern of the texture? Can't be done.
Well, in fact, these things can be done, but not directly. They require workarounds such as cloning the object and placing the clone above or beneath the original, applying textures as pattern fills (instead of as textures) and adding effects like Color Fill, Invert, and Convert to Alpha, or editing the texture file directly, saving out a new copy, etc. In short, there are unintuitive ways to accomplish these goals that lead to bloated effects lists and layers or that require extra time and care.
HOW CAN TEXTURES BE IMPROVED?
First of all, does it make any sense that textures are applied exclusively in white? Not really. In the real world, a texture can be defined not just by light but by shadow. And even shadows can have color. This means that, at minimum, it would make sense to allow for the application of a texture in black, and, at maximum, in any chosen color.
Secondly, textures are relative. They represent change to an existing surface. Sometimes, it might make sense to highlight the texture itself; other times, the surface around the texture. This means that being able to quickly reverse the figure-ground relationship of a texture would be a very handy feature.
With the above concerns in mind, I've devised three 'user interface' scenarios, presented here in order of most conservative to most extreme. The first scenario is the least powerful but still doubles the number of possible outcomes (compared to the existing interface). The second scenario may be the most logical of the bunch and represents a modest evolution of the existing interface, while increasing the number of potential outcomes even further. The third scenario allows for the application of any color to a texture but also represents the biggest change to the existing interface; that said, it's also quite compact.
Scenario 1: Invert option
The idea here is simply to add an Invert checkbox to the existing options. Checking this option would convert white to black, allowing for the application of dark textures to white or light-colored objects. In "Transparent" mode, this option would invert or reverse the figure-ground relationship of the existing texture.
Scenario 2: Dropdown menu plus Reverse option
Here, the Transparent checkbox is replaced by a dropdown menu that includes 3 mutually exclusive options: White, Black, or Transparent. Checking the "Reverse" option would invert the figure-ground relationship of the texture. This scenario allows for 6 possible outcomes in place of the existing 2, and is actually more logical than the first scenario, which conflates two options.
Scenario 3: Color picker plus Reverse option
Here, the Transparent checkbox is removed, and in its place, a color chip/palette is added to allow for the selection of any color to be applied to a texture. (Choosing Fill: None would create Transparency.) Again, a "Reverse" option would invert the figure-ground relationship of the texture. This scenario differs most from the existing interface but is quite compact and allows for the greatest number of outcomes.
SO WHAT CAN YOU DO?
I've submitted a feature request to Adobe's official site:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
When it comes to bugs and/or feature requests, every vote counts. If you care about this issue, I encourage you to submit your own feature request to the above URL, referencing this post if desired. Feel free to copy and paste the feature request below or write your own. (Be aware that there is a 2,000 character limit to the "issue description" of a bug report or feature request, and the following report is very close to that maximum.)
FEATURE REQUEST
Product name: Fireworks
Product Version: 12.0.0.236
Product language: English
*******Enhancement / FMR*********
Brief title for your desired feature: Enhanced texture controls, including the ability to apply textures in black and/or color (instead of white), and the ability to reverse or invert texture.
How would you like the feature to work? Three possible implementations have been outlined in this forum posting:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1042206?tstart=0
The basic scenarios are as follows:
SCENARIO 1: An additional "Invert" option. Checking this option would convert white to black, allowing for the application of dark textures to white or light-colored objects. In "Transparent" mode, this option would invert or reverse the figure-ground relationship of the existing texture. This scenario would allow for 4 options in place of the existing 2.
SCENARIO 2: Replace Transparent checkbox with a dropdown menu (White-Black-Transparent) and a "Reverse" checkbox. The dropdown menu offers 3 mutually exclusive options, while "Reverse" inverts the figure-ground relationship of the texture in each case. This scenario would allow for 6 options in place of the existing 2.
SCENARIO 3: Replace Transparent checkbox with a color chip/palette and a "Reverse" checkbox. The color palette would allow for the application of a texture in any color, while choosing Fill: None would create Transparency. This scenario would allow for the greatest number of options.
Why is this feature important to you? Textures are unique to Fireworks and potentially very useful, but their implementation is incomplete. The use of 'white only' means that textures cannot be applied to a white object. Inverting a texture or applying a texture in color requires advanced workarounds and can lead to bloat. The suggested options would make the feature exponentially more powerful and intuitive.

Thanks, Jim! It is a very blog-like post. (I still haven't gotten around to starting a blog but keep thinking I should.)
I figured the clearer and more thought-out the presentation, the greater the likelihood it might get implemented. Also, I was originally stuck on Scenario 1 as a solution, and writing this helped me see other options.

RV320 and RV325 Feature Request

Hello Cisco Small Business Community.
We are a Cisco Select Partner and have started using RV320's and RV325's with our customers. As we are implementing these deployments, I have noticed there are a few features I would like to see added to the product. I've listed them below.
Urgently Needed Feature Requests:
1. Allow a subnet mask in the 255.255.0.0 range for LAN VLAN's. Many of our customers use a 10.x.x.x range for subnets and many use a 16 bit subnet mask to give them plenty of room to create both static and dynamic assignments. For example, subnet 10: 10.10.0.0/16 with a range of 10.10.10.1-254 for dhcp dynamic leases, and 10.10.0.1-254 for servers, and 10.10.1.1-254 for printers, and 10.10.2.1-254 for networking gear, etc. None of these networks have more than 254 devices on them, but the extra IP range availability is nice because it allows us to help keep their networks organized.
2. The ability to create service groups for firewall and NAT rule creation. There are often times when we need to group several services together and create firewall and NAT rules for them. This would simplify setup and implementation. An example of this feature on Cisco Small Business Products was on the ISA550.
3. The ability to have the RV320/325 to serve as the NTP server for the network. Most small business customers need NTP server functionality, and the logical place to stick this service for many of these networks is on the firewall.
4. The ability to specify any RFC DHCP option. We have some need to be able to specify several additional DHCP options than the ones hard coded into the firewall dhcp server pages. In addition to the options the DHCP servers on the RV320/325 already includes, the common ones that we often use are "Time Server," "Log Server," and "Time Offset."
6. The ability to specify a domain search list and for DHCP clients.
7. The option to register DHCP clients with the specified DNS server (including the on-box DNS Forwarder).
8. The ability to tweak Firewall Session Settings (like in the RV220w and ISA550) and TCP/UDP Timeouts. If full control is not an option, then may four choices such as: "Conservative" -- keeps TCP/UDP connections alive for the longest period of time, "Normal" -- normal TCP/UDP Timeouts, High Latency -- Keep TCP/UDP connections alive for a longer period of time.
9. Additional Diagnostic/status screen information: -- CPU usage for 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 15 minutes, -- number of Firewall Sessions/States, --Firewall Temperature, -- Real Time and RRD based traffic graphs for 15 minutes, 4 hours, 8 hours, 1 day, and 1 week,
10. The ability to pull Firmware Updates directly from the Cisco support site onto the firewall.
Nice to Have Features:
1. VRRP on both WAN and LAN interfaces.
2. The ability to answer DNS helper requests. What I mean is to be able to set the on-box DHCP server up to serve as the DHCP server for non-connected subnets
3. SSH and Telnet command line access for basic troubleshooting (top, pftop, nbtstat, reboot, etc.)
4. The ability to backup and restore parts of the Config file, e.g. just the VPN setup or just the firewall rules
5. OSPF Dynamic Routing Support
With some of the advanced features, I wouldn't mind needing to buy a perpetual "advanced" license for an extra $50 to $100 (e.g. for VRRP, OSPF, SSH access, etc.).
I hope to hear some responses back from Cisco Product Support on these items.

Hello vreid47362,
I'm quite a bit surprised to see that we have both the same idea: provide our feedbacks to cisco to increase our product usage.
Here's mine list:
Custom services
- I was a bit surprised when I have seen for the first time the embedded services list : there is some that I'm sure that nobody use (HTTP and HTTPS secondary), and some usefull network protocols which are missing : NTP, NNTP, NFS, SAMBA, BONJOUR, SSDP, etc.
It could be interesting to start router with those embedded services.
- An option to select both the TCP and UDP services could be very usefull : for now, when we add a service, we have to specify protocol in the following list : TCP, UDP, IPV6.
If I wants to add a rule for NFS without take care of TCP and UDP, I have to set up :
- two custom services, one for UDP, one for TCP
- two custom rules, one for NFS TCP, one for NFS UDP.
If we have two networks or VLAN, we have to define 4 rules...
- Increase the custom service description length could be helpfull : for now it's a problem if we wants to add more than 11 characters.
- If we add a custom service by error, we are unable to remove the generated field : field say that it expect something. if we do not wants to loose previous fields set, we have to save it with false values, and delete after it. Just boring.
Setting up firewall rules for the first time
- The "View logs" button is located on the bottom of the log tab; if we wants to view logs, we have to scroll : it's very boring when we're setting up our rules : we have to go to the firewall tab, and if there is something wrong, we need to go to log tab and scroll.
If you add a shortcut to the log from the firewall rules tab could be very usefull.
Managing firewall rules on the time
- Be able to add a description of the rules defined could be helpfull : I've set all my rules now, but in few months when I'll come back to the interface, I'm not sure to understand all meaning. A description to explain the rule's object could be usefull.
- If we log something in the firewall logs and if we want to remove the a logging trace type, we have to pass on each rules we think it can log something. It could be interesting to view logging option from the grid: it'll help us to earn time.
- Be able to filter rules by VLAN, protocol, ports or the rule's logging state from the rules grid could be helpfull.
Double Wan management
- Add an autodetect feature for the available bandwith could be very helpfull : accoding with values detected, you can help to configure more easily the router
Double wan protocol binding and multiples VLAN
- When I set up the protocols binding configuration I'm was very boring to have to set up rules for all outgoing protocol rules a interface : for example, wants to set up all outgoing SMTP protocol on the WAN1 interface, we have to select SMTP and add 1.1.1.1 au 223.255.255.254. If we have multiples VLAN, we have to repeat this rule for each VLAN subnet mask…
Set up an option for all outgoing traffic could be very helpfull.
DHCP Subnet masks more than 255.255.255.x
Like vreid47362 said, I'm also interested in this feature: For now, subnet masks defined for the DHCP Vlan are provided from a preconfigured select box. If we wants to choose something other than those provided, we can't. It could be interesting to add own own subnet mask (like for example 255.255.0.0).
Kind regards
David

Feature Requests for BlackBerry10 OS

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Let's use this thread to list BlackBerry10 OS feature requests. There's nothing official to this thread, but one never knows who might view it and get an idea or two to move foward.
Please let's keep it to feature requests with simple short statements and comments, in this manner:
1. Ability to lock the volume keys (since they are so easliy pressed when retrieving from holster)
2. Personal distribution groups Address Book
4. Add BBM Group icon to home screen
**This thread is not for bug reports (i.e., the calendar glitches when I set the date) or for debate or discussion of the worthiness of a feature request.
So, what would YOU add to BB10?
What do YOU need to make the OS platform work better for you?
Here are the collected feature requests as of 04 April 2013. Thanks for Ride_The_Sky for helping collect these from this thread.
There are listed in no order, just as collected.
Ability to lock the volume keys (since they are so easily pressed when retrieving from holster)
Personal distribution groups Address Book
Add BBM Group icon to home screen
Way to add line carriage to BBM messages
Why doesn't the most used name come up first? <- In latest OS, there is another line with most common contacts, but when typing it won't provide most commonly emailed contacts.
Bring back the option "Send As" or include this option in "Share"
Enable word wrap when zooming in to emails and messages.
Import Distribution lists from Outlook on your desktop to your Z10?
*The option* to always show the hub main screen when opening the hub, so when peeking it always shows the hub even if you leave it in another screen.
Offer Balance without BES to have two workspaces in device.
Delete on Server/Device/Both
Delete on Server but Keep on Device (This is going to be tough since EAS does not work like POP, using POP you can do this by deleting on server after sync)
Auto power on/off or Auto Do Not Disturb / Scheduled Airplane Mode / Scheduled Silence Mode / Scheduled Custom Profile
Default Currency Option
More options to lower data usage in e-mail (Headers Only / Roaming Profiles)
Snooze a notification/reminder for more than 5 minutes.
Customized Notifications
Disable certain accounts to stop receiving email or notifications from them temporarily to avoid data usage.
Way to delete recent pictures, videos.
Office Hub customization, sorting, editing, etc., on the fly.
Select which contact groups to sync, and ability delete all contacts.
Larger text select tabs
Add more options to dropbar.
Improve browser functionality and display, add customization and management of Bookmarks.
Calendar in Landscape mode
Option to Disable shutter sounds in camera.
Auto BCC option
Multiple appointments in lock screen, not only next one.
Increase email check frequency, custom minutes (possibly battery concern, most accounts use push nowadays)
Ability to hide "texting" numbers such as Work, home, etc that aren't able to receive texts
Ability to have multiple mobile numbers, such as mobile1, mobile2, for people with more than one cellphone
Ability to have multiple work numbers, home numbers, etc
Ability to have option for actually creating "custom" names for phone numbers, emails, VOIP,
Ability to have multiple WORK emails fields for same contact ...
Ability for a custom note field for each contact, for misc information such as store hours, reference numbers, business account numbers,
Ability for filter or unselect specific Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook contacts so they all don't appear
Ability to "share" contact info with someone else ... like a vcard or the like
Ability to have custom Individual text and ringtones for each contact set within contacts app
Vibrate option for Alarm
Mail Filters for Priority mails.
Option to block ringtones from music app (i don't see ringtones in my music app, I guess poster refers to custom mp3 files)
Swipe down to close, up to minimize (but some apps have menus associated with swipe up gesture)
Swipe half way up the screen to minimize an application to an active tile.
Swipe it all the way up the screen to close the application.
Playbook app switching gestures (swipe sideways, I guess this won't work since there are other gestures associated with side-swiping)
Lock screen with gesture (or maybe they should just add a button on home screen, somewhere on top or bottom)
Airplane mode on status bar options.
Option to customize status bar with select Settings/Options.
Colors for Hub!
Face recognition for camera, being able to associate contacts with faces or pull info from Facebook, etc.
Weather info on Lock Screen (if I may add, and constant info on top status bar, simple temp info should be enough)
We need groups back in contacts please.
Import text messages in various formats from various systems.
Sorting and Ordering of the way contacts are displayed depending on account.
While editing an entry in calendar, notification about a recent call may cause loss of data in that entry.
Location for Calendar entries and be able to see it on the map with a tap.
Being able to see multiple pictures from an email by swiping left and right to see next/previous without having to reopen (I must say the same thing is needed for App World, why can't we just scroll through screenshots??)
Multiple flags or ability to set a flag date, associate with a reminder.
Move people from TO to CC or BCC easily (If I may add, also ability to backspace to delete a contact without having to tap the X in blue box).
Option to add favorites to Hub for easy to reach contact management (I think it is same as going to contacts and choosing Favs)
Being able to answer and make calls when the phone is locked.
Add more colors to LED notification (I think they are there now, orange, green, red so far, did not see blue, I don't think blue is needed in my opinion)
Change the way to add date and time for appointment, rollbar is too slow and too sensitive.
Dismiss and Snooze buttons for Alarm to be different colors, larger, easier to notice.
Make it easier to order world clocks, instead of the order they are added.
Alarms based on days/schedule.
Easier way to get to the bottom of e-mails (I think it scrolls pretty fast, I think poster wants "B" shortcut)
Easer way to get to the bottom of web pages (same as above, space or B shortcut?)
Add option to ask if you really want to dial, instead of just dialing right away every time a phone number is clicked/tapped on.
Ability to resize image before attaching to an e-mail.
More than 30 days email sync on device, please!
Make BB boot up slower, so we can actually get to do something else while waiting for it to start!
SSH client would be nice.
Another keyboard like Swipe (honestly, I have never typed faster in my life on any other on screen keyboard, Z10 keyboard is awesome!)
Volume lock/unlock button on demand.
Auto Run app on device boot up.
Lock or Pin apps.
Ability to run background apps (Google Talk is running in the background, or it is tricking me, I don't know but I am getting messages from it when it is shut down on BB10, I hope they do Skype the same way)
Ability to have multiple documents of same type open at the same time (tabbed docs2go)
Calendar sharing of BB10 users in the area/company/group.
PIN Messaging to return.
Preview e-mails, calendar and other information on lock screen (privacy?)
Way to clear anything in any "Recent" menu, videos, pictures, etc..
Ability to hide apps, docs, pics, videos, folders, etc..
BBM Group Picture notification.
Support WhatsApp more.
Another tap for important numbers (Favorites work for this, and on top of speed dial)
From Call Menu when going into contacts, it should be ready to search with keyboard out.
Option to customize volume key to act as page up/down, etc depending on app running.
Red star in app world (means you need to run Updates, just refresh and check by swiping down from top)
Better headphones with the phone (hey, we didn't even get any!)
Better night shots in camera (hardware or software improvement?)
Ability to choose which address book to sync with bluetooth car.
When app is opened from a folder three or four pages into apps list, we hope the screen can go back to that spot when the app is closed (sadly it uses active frames at the moment)
Change acceptance of auto corrected key, instead of space key, make it something else (actually, you can just backspace to un-autocorrect it back to what you typed).
Ability to load certificates (X 509 S/MIME and/or PGP/MIME) from a computer
Ability to sign and or encrypt emails (POP3) before sending (As in MS Office Outlook)
Ability to receive and recognize signed and or encrypted emails (POP3) (As in MS Office Outlook)
Add a password/certificate manager that doesn't require manual copy/paste
Ability to encrypt the memories Device and Media of the Q10 like it is done for the BB9900
Ability to encrypt selected folders (preferably by Private Key)
Ability to create Self-Decrypting Archive like in PGP
Ability to delete email-messages by group as an alternate option to one by one
Opening Video-chat to non-BBM users (Skype for instance)
For above encryption request, SecuSmart was suggested...
Renaming the file without extension can break the file or hide it from pictures list.
Wallpaper scrolling sideways.
Standalone e-mail app (not sure how different it is than choosing emails-only for hub)
Different colors or small tabs in different colors for different accounts in Hub.
Share webpages with smart tag (I think you can just create it by pasting the URL into create QR)
Application management (being able to see which app takes up how much space, etc..) CPU/Memory/Battery Usage/Data Usage/Storage Usage in more details
Custom vibration options.
Move Send button in BBM to avoid accidental submission of message
Forward As… SMS, MMS, EMAIL from one to another.
Send SMS to new numbers (I think you can still do this from call log)
Single key press to change profiles.
Insert a picture into an e-mail. (I think he means into the body of email)
Turning off links of contacts (I think poster did not have multiple accounts, actually BB10 goes ahead and adds all new contacts into all address books in all accounts without user permission.. Create a contact in Hotmail? Gets copied to Gmail.. and then linked, terrible implementation in my opinion)
Presets for browser bookmarks, faster access to bookmarks. (My suggestion was to create a home screen, select 12 icons 3x4 or 16 icons 4x4 as home screen/start page)
Being able to allow flash based on website/url/server.
Ability to adjust different sounds/volumes for different BBM users/groups
Better Voice Dial and Voice Commands (shorter and easier operation)
Ability close one or all web pages/tabs, add "Close All" button.
Call Recording
Faster way to delete e-mails, such as file icons next to e-mails, or Swipe to Delete! Swipe to File!?
Customize email signatures with formatting.
Phone to stay on screen (dial pad always available in panes)
More Options for Clock.
In Playbook we can have a single character password, why not on BB10? "too short" well it is my decision, isn't it?
There is no way to go next/previous while reading an e-mail. Please add these functions.
Add to the e-mail client, Next Unread / Previous Unread.
E-mail or Hub should have more buttons at the bottom in landscape mode. Why keep only three (or four in e-mail view) buttons when you have the real estate. It would be extremely handy if you allowed users to edit which buttons should go at the bottom. Next Previous is really needed while reading an e-mail. For example I would love to add "File" button at the bottom as a shortcut instead of forward, I rarely forward, but I file all the time. Maybe allow users to have two row of keys, add next/previous/unread. Or it could be done with a gesture. How about swiping the account name (top blue bar while reading e-mail) left and right?
When you create a new contact in BlackBerry, it gets synced to all accounts on the Hub. There is no way to limit the new contact to a specific account.
Sometimes when you file an e-mail to a folder, it stops and waits few seconds with no message. Even when it files immediately, there is a confirmation message that takes time to appear and disappear, and the folder list does not disappear automatically.
Messages filed automatically by server using server side filter rules are still showing up on Blackberry hub/inbox. In older BB versions the filtered messages did not show up in the list, filed messages still did.
When you filter your e-mails using Filter / Unread function, new unread e-mails do not show up until you close the filter and re-open. It won't just keep refreshing your screen with unread e-mails. Can BB add a button to the hub "Unread Hub" so when hub shows 8 or 2, you can actually see unread items easily without having to through so many taps.
Native BB QR scanner (Smart Tags) does not work with barcodes (it only scans with no way to use the information). There is Open In function but it doesn't work properly.
We need to add more customs search providers, and be able to add custom search strings/wildcards. For example currently there is Google, Bing, Yahoo, Foursquare, etc..
I hope BB introduces the ability include more standard & custom searches, IMDB, PriceGrabber, Ebay, Youtube, XYZ Forums, ABC Newspaper, 123 Database, Etc.. Most sites nowadays provide search string in their URL Search=?* etc...
None of the Battery apps can access system settings to add a battery icon to the top. I wish battery percentage was there.
There is no way to check carrier/mobile signal strength.
Blackberry, please add the date and carrier / SSID info to the top. Sometimes we just want to glance at the top to see the date without having to swipe.
Please bring back keyboard shortcuts. Since we can easily swipe up to bring the keyboard, just add keyboard shortcuts in e-mail, phone (true speed dialing, dialing by word?), and browser, etc.. if possible. I could always call 1800SOMETHING# now I have to look up the number or use dial pad.. Please bring it back.
Camera zoom function needs to be fixed, also please include option of fixed focus by tapping on the screen to focus. The auto focus in video is focusing in and out to various objects all the time. Stabilization feature also causes tearing/ripples, I guess it is good if you are stationary. Or use Volume Keys to Zoom.
Please allow more than 12 icons in an icon group/folder, I hated Apple for limiting apps per folder, please fix it.
Auto ON/OFF feature is not there anymore. BB should consider Auto DND (DoNotDisturb) or Auto Silent/Airplane modes instead.
Please find a way to stop the music app from automatically starting up every time it connects to bluetooth like car audio. This is very annoying.
No Panaroma mode in Camera app, why not? It is very easy to incorporate. This could be a nice addition to next release, and easy.
The text selection grips needs to be a little bigger, sometimes I cannot see where I am moving them, they work better in Playbook, nice big tabs.
Call Functions, before answering a phone add sideways gesture functions, like swiping right will forward the call, swiping left will answer with a test message, etc..
Or there should be a way to reject the call without sending it to voice mail, phones had this function a decade ago, I don't know what happened to it.
We used to be able to see the "History" without having to save the contact. Now I don't see any way to "View History" of a certain phone number, it just keeps adding
them as individual entries to the log. Now I can't see when was the last time they called me, how many times we spoke which day, etc... I loved this feature in BB5.
Where is BB Traffic? Where is BB Weather, without having to run an active frame? It will eventually disappear if you run too many apps. I liked a little Icon that shows me what the temp is, instead of running a whole app.
There is no Skype. This day and age with all other platforms having it, please either get skype (Microsoft) to cooperate, or open up BBM to other platforms. If necessary, pay Skype to develop the app, then charge BB users for the app. Most will gladly pay.
Can we tap and hold on an active frame to pin it, or can we pin two favorite apps between Call and Search & Search and Camera buttons in the bottom bar? How about Close All running Active Frames app to quickly free up ram?
I hope next generation devices have two speakers or speaker that is facing forward. When playing games or watching videos in landscape mode, I find my palm muting the speaker. I have to hold it gently with fingers to have a gap in between, something I don't want to do when I am on the subway or bus.
Blackberry Maps should have a Zoom In/Zoom Out buttons, sometimes using it with one hand, it is impossible to zoom in and out. (Zoom in is OK but we can't zoom back out)
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- ability to choose deletion of an email on handset only
- desktop software working with all older BB's allowing drag and drop type of transferring data, contacts etc. (BB link doesn't recognize my old Storm)
- auto power on/off
- contacts syncing with yahoo & Outlook (almost two weeks trying to work around it and no luck)

Feature request: extra Include directive in default pacman.conf

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