Sorry for the lateness of this; Newtonmas and all... On 22-Dec-05, 12:33 (CST), Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 05:41:45PM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote: > > > vim-tiny depends on the 200k-ish vim-common too, so nvi seems > > > about half the total size of a vim-tiny today. > > Okay, so that's not "about the same". Stefano? If the above numbers are > > If this is some kind of insinuation, ... well, I'm kind of pissed-off by > it.
Sorry, no insinuation intended, although I see, in retrospect, how it can be read that way; my apologies. I just used "Stefano?" to draw your attention and ask for your comments. For all I knew, the versions being compared were not the most current available to you. To *me* "marginally larger" and "about the same" are pretty much equivalent; neither applies to a 50% increase in size. > I asked Joey, as one of the installer maintainer, and for him the size > increase is not a problem. If it is a problem for the CD builders, they > can speak in this thread. If it is not a problem for these people, why > is it a problem for you? It's not, *THAT'S WHY I ASKED!* You have to understand: I don't pay a whole lot of attention to the who's who of Debian infrastructure maintainers; "Joey says it's okay" simply doesn't mean as much to me as "Joey, one of the major installer maintainers, says it's okay" (Sorry, Joey, but there it is :-)). I am faintly aware that space on the installer/rescue CD was precious; since vim-tiny *is* still significantly bigger than nvi (percentage wise, at least), I wanted to make sure that the appropriate people have been asked. Joey and you have now said "Yes, it's fine." Terrific. I don't care which one is in base, so long as I have a working, non-colorized vi clone after a base install. Once I'm setup, I can install nvi if I want. >From this thread, I don't see any much of an argument one way or another. Some people would rather have vim, some would rather have nvi. So long as I can get the one I want, and remove the one I don't, it just doesn't seem to be a big deal. Since the whole designation of "base" is basically only useful for install/cd people, I'd let them make the decision. Steve -- Steve Greenland The irony is that Bill Gates claims to be making a stable operating system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the world. -- seen on the net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]