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Re: alternatives and priorities



On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 02:28:30PM +0100, Jon Dowland wrote:
> At 1148052328 past the epoch, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> >  Using popcon would ensure that the applications which most people
> >  prefer would be the default; this is a fair and objective criterion.
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> 
> Interesting idea, but by my reckoning that would make "ed" the default
> editor for most people, which I don't think is a good idea:
> 	    <http://popcon.debian.org/main/editors/by_inst>

That's not an issue. First, ed doesn't install an alternatives for
"editor". Second, there's also 'by_vote', which puts vim on top.

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