The priority of the ed package

[Lev Lamberov <dogsleg@debian.org>]

Dear Policy team,

as suggested by Chris Lamb [suggestion], I'd like to request your input
on #776413. It is concerned with the priority of the ed package. There
are two conflicting requests. Some users request ed to have priority
"optional", other users request it to be "important". Please, take a
look at the discussion in the mentioned bug report (and also in the
related one, #416585).

[suggestion] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776413#42

Some time ago (see, #416585) the priority of the ed package has been
changed to "optional", but ed is still a part of POSIX standard. For me
personally the main issue here is the interpretation of "Unix-like" in
the Debian Policy: "Important programs, including those which one would
expect to find on any Unix-like system."

Bugs mentioned:

#416585: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=416585

#776413: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776413

With regards,
Lev Lamberov