usability: default target is not shown on zone-info about firewalld HOT 4 CLOSED

"default" is a distinct value. It's in the man pages.

FIREWALL-CMD(1)

       --permanent [--zone=zone] [--policy=policy] --set-target=target
           Set the target.

           For zones target is one of: default, ACCEPT, DROP, REJECT

           For policies target is one of: CONTINUE, ACCEPT, DROP, REJECT

           default is similar to REJECT, but it implicitly allows ICMP packets.

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while i've learned it is somewhat hardcoded #252 it would still save users a lot of time by showing the actual value there.

I also tried a patch by looking at

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i missed that. apologies.

But that is even worse, from a usability point of view.

so target: default is a bad name for target: REJECTBUTALLOWICMP target.

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Whether it's a bad name or not.. it's been that way for firewalld's entire lifetime. As such, I think changing it would cause more confusion than help.

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