[Bug 1915471] [NEW] FFe: base-files update MOTD help text formatting

[Chad Smith]

Public bug reported:

[Description]
Provide updated messaging text and formatting for MOTD 10-help-text related to text message organization, layout and verbiage.  Minor improvements for cleaner formatting of messages greeting ssh attaches to a machine.

[Rationale]
MOTD messaging is one of the primary means of communicating to Ubuntu server customers, we wish to improve the layout and messaging a bit to polish that experience a little bit for Hirsute and later.


[Timeline]
Current specs are in flight for base-files and update-notifier MOTD changes expect that we have final usability doc updates there by beginning of March.

[Risks]
Low risk as these changes are text-only formatting and potentially color-control characters. Potentially errors in any new partsdir files in /etc/update-motd.d/ are trapped and the offending text or invalid shell logic is geneally trapped and ignored without affecting other MOTD text

** Affects: base-files (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  FFe: base-files update MOTD help text formatting

Status in base-files package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  [Description]
  Provide updated messaging text and formatting for MOTD 10-help-text related to text message organization, layout and verbiage.  Minor improvements for cleaner formatting of messages greeting ssh attaches to a machine.

  [Rationale]
  MOTD messaging is one of the primary means of communicating to Ubuntu server customers, we wish to improve the layout and messaging a bit to polish that experience a little bit for Hirsute and later.

  
  [Timeline]
  Current specs are in flight for base-files and update-notifier MOTD changes expect that we have final usability doc updates there by beginning of March.

  [Risks]
  Low risk as these changes are text-only formatting and potentially color-control characters. Potentially errors in any new partsdir files in /etc/update-motd.d/ are trapped and the offending text or invalid shell logic is geneally trapped and ignored without affecting other MOTD text

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