Re: Bug#155376: what is default editor in /bin

[Osamu Aoki <debian@aokiconsulting.com>]

On Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 07:50:52PM +0100, Darren Salt wrote:
> I demand that Craig Dickson may or may not have written...
> 
> [snip]
> > 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.
> 
> That's also true of joe.
> 
> > 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.

I would rather use _vim_ :)  But that is not the point.  I am not
starting editor war.  joe is not in /bin and rightfully in /usr/bin.

I think elvis-tiny and nano-tiny are rightfully in /bin.


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