127504 - Administrators should be able to see what system parameters have been changed.

Status: NEW

(Bugzilla :: Administration, task)

Description

[Matthew Tuck [:CodeMachine]]

When a system parameter on editparams.cgi is different from the default, we
should indicate this to the administrator.

This can happen because:

- the administrator has changed it, in which case it is useful as we often ask
"have you changed parameter X?"
- the default has changed, in which case the administrator might want to change
to it

We should possibly not do this for parameters where the default is not valuable,
eg urlbase and maintaineremail (sp?).

Where we do do it, we should also provide some mechanism to let the admin see
what the default really is.

Comment 1

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Bugzilla 2.20 feature set is now frozen as of 15 Sept 2004.  Anything flagged
enhancement that hasn't already landed is being pushed out.  If this bug is
otherwise ready to land, we'll handle it on a case-by-case basis, please set the
blocking2.20 flag to '?' if you think it qualifies.

Comment 2

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Reassigning bugs that I'm not actively working on to the default component owner
in order to try to make some sanity out of my personal buglist.  This doesn't
mean the bug isn't being dealt with, just that I'm not the one doing it.  If you
are dealing with this bug, please assign it to yourself.

Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

"Reset to default" should not be a checkbox on submit, it should be a button which fills in the default value immediately using JS. And if the value is already the default, it should be greyed out. That would fix this bug and make the Reset feature more useful and understandable.

Gerv