Re: Adding a simple editor to the base system

[David Brownlee <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009, Hauke Fath wrote:

> At 20:29 Uhr -0800 12.2.2009, Matt Thomas wrote:
> > I believe the subject is faulty.  How about we make it:
> >
> > Adding a simple editor to the NetBSD distribution
> >
> > There's no reason why we can't have another set which contains
> > things that might life easier for new users.
> >
> > That way I don't have to install that set.
>
> Well, from the scenarios that have been brought up, an important argument
> for including a simple editor in NetBSD (as opposed to pkgsrc) is to have
> it in /rescue. That forces inclusion in base.tgz.

        Yup, that is the reason why it should be considered completely
        separately from any desktop package, or any proposed shovel-load
        of helpful tools which could be added as optional packages.

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