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On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 11:56, Svyatogor wrote: |
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> As long as the discussion turned towards things like vim/lynx and so on. |
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> Here are my 2 cents. When I was doing my first Gentoo install vim was |
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> not on LiveCD. The only editor there was nano, and it almost drove |
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> me crazy, especially considering that Gentoo installation involves *a |
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> lot* of file editing. Having a good editor is a very important thing, so |
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> plz, don't try to save a mb's of CD space in cost of replacing vim with |
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> anything. |
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vim is only available outside of chroot. It is not in the stages, and |
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isn't available while in chroot. Personally, I HATE nano, but I think |
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if we're going to have an editor on the CD by default, we should pick |
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one and stick with it rather than trying to meet the needs of every |
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user's desire. After all, what's next? "I hate nano and vim, someone |
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put emacs on the Live CD." |
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I honestly think we need to differentiate the "install" CD from the |
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"Live" CD. The installation CD should be as minimal as possible and |
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able to fit on other media easily (such as USB pen drives). |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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