Re: What to do with ae...
On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Jason Thomas wrote:
> one suggestion would be to have ae as a symlink to nano-tiny for
> backwards compatibility. Some people will be expecting it.
The way I learned that nano-tiny was the new editor, was from a message
provided by the boot floppies. People still expecting ae aren't paying
attention.
>
> or would that cause more confusion, maybe a shell script saying run
> nano-tiny instead.
>
Only long time Debian users have any idea that ae even exists. I see no
reason to remind them, or tell anyone else, about its continued existance.
> Just suggestions what do you think
I think Adam is completely off his rocker, and should let this code go to
its well-deserved rest. If he is really intent on taking over this package
he is free to do so, with my condolences.
Stealing my own sig from the original message,
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