Re: An 'ae' testimony
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On Sun, 23 May 1999 11:13:29 +1000, Craig Sanders wrote:
>it's called the "rescue" disk for a reason.
Then it should have all the rescue tools on there, not bare minimum.
Wait, that would make it too bit for an install disk, wouldn't it. Either,
or, Craig, not both.
>you are also making the mistake of assuming that joe is in any way a
>standard tool. it is not. the only two text editors which can lay claim
>to being a standard part of any unix are ed and vi.
vi is no longer a "Standard" tool either except for historical purposes.
In case you missed it, over the past decade a lot of people who are quite
experienced with Unix have never touched vi. Historical reasons alone are
not enough to put a vi or vi emulation on an install disk.
>debian has been criticised in the past for failing to include vi on the
>rescue floppy.
Debian is critizied for a lot of things, so what?
>i don't want all the stuff i commonly use. i just want the bare minimum,
>and that includes a decent editor.
If you want the bare minimum, then you need to ask for a lot more than
just an editor.
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