Osamu Aoki wrote: > I think few things needs to happen. > > * nano-tiny needs to be "Required" > - nano-tiny must be at least "Important". > - nano can be "Optional" > - possibly move nano-tiny from "editor" to "base" section as in "ae" > > * nano-tiny-utf8 should not conflict with nano-tiny > - compiled command name needs to be changed to "nano-tiny-utf8" > - set up alternatives system (see next) > > * reasonably easy name must be a command for "default editor" > - how about "e" ("ed", "edit" and "editor" are already used name) > - set up alternatives for "e " between nano-tiny and nano-tiny-utf8 > - this alternatives shall allow future change in default editor I've always used "e" as an alias for emacs (which I certainly don't suggest moving to /bin!), so I'd rather not have the system take over that name for something of Standard or higher priority. Is there any reason that nvi could not be moved to /bin and made eligible for "root default editor" status? The nvi package Depends only on libc6 and libncurses5, both of which live in /lib. Sure, nvi's binary is nearly ten times the size of nano-tiny, but if I can still mount my root partition, I'd rather use nvi than nano. Craig
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