[Bug 280049] Interface errors in the Partition Editor of the Installer wizard

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=280049

            Bug ID: 280049
           Summary: Interface errors in the Partition Editor of the
                    Installer wizard
           Product: Base System
           Version: 14.1-STABLE
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: ant-x@rambler.ru

The [Partition editor] window in the Installer wizard of FreeBSD 14.1
has several usability errors. Since they all occur on the same component,
I consider it permissible to report them all in this issue:

1. The partition sizes displayed in both the [Partition Editor] and
   [Edit Partition] windows alwasy show the values with which the
   partition was added, never reflecting changes made via [Modify],
   although those changes do take effect. The size calculation to check
   whether a new partition may be added are also based on these wrong
   and frozen values.

2. The hint for the [Size:] field in the [Edit Partition] window says to
   use K, M, and G for kilo-, mega- and gigabytes, whereas the wizard
   itself specifies GB for gigabytes and MB for megabytes. This is a
   self-contradiction. Please, select a single unit-nameing scheme and
   stick to it throughout the installer in order to save confusiton.

3. This hing for the [Mountpoint] in the [Edit Partition] window says to
   leave it blank for swap, whereas the guided setup, automatially
   creates a swap partion has `none' in that field, rather than an empty
   string. This is an internal contradiction.

4.  While creating a freebsd-ufs partition on the [Add Partition]
    windows, if the user enters [UFS Options] and unchecks both
    Softupdates and Softupdates journalling and presses [OK], these
    changes do seem to be applied: if the user returns to [UFS Options],
    both checkboxes are back on.

These are rather annoying bugs affecting /all/ FreeBSD users who install
the OS via the text-mode UI wizard.

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