[arch-dev-public] what about "ed" now?
I have made a change to the patch package that "ed" is now an optional dependency. I've searched through our svn and all I've found is that no other package depends on ed. I think "ed" is still a widely used *nix editor and you would expect it to be there. What do you think? Should we just keep in in 1) core(-devel), 2) move it to extra or even 3) drop it at all (means community could pick it up again). I'm somewhat between 1) and 2). The package is still well maintained upstream though releases happen only rarely. Opinions? -Andy
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Andreas Radke <a.radke@arcor.de> wrote:
I have made a change to the patch package that "ed" is now an optional dependency. I've searched through our svn and all I've found is that no other package depends on ed. I think "ed" is still a widely used *nix editor and you would expect it to be there.
Just out of curiosity, does anyone here actually use ed? I never used it, not even once :) Anyway, it's a 100kb package with no deps, and according to you, well maintained upstream, so I don't think it's much important where it sits.
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Andreas Radke <a.radke@arcor.de> wrote:
I have made a change to the patch package that "ed" is now an optional dependency. I've searched through our svn and all I've found is that no other package depends on ed. I think "ed" is still a widely used *nix editor and you would expect it to be there.
Just out of curiosity, does anyone here actually use ed? I never used it, not even once :)
I've only used it once or twice. It's definitely neat, I'll tell you that.
Anyway, it's a 100kb package with no deps, and according to you, well maintained upstream, so I don't think it's much important where it sits.
I say we keep it in core, for now. ed is actually a POSIX required utility. It appears the standards require registration to view - ugh. The LSB has a list of POSIX compliant utilities here: http://refspecs.linux-foundation.org/LSB_3.2.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-gen... See all commands marked [1]
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 14:07, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Andreas Radke <a.radke@arcor.de> wrote:
I have made a change to the patch package that "ed" is now an optional dependency. I've searched through our svn and all I've found is that no other package depends on ed. I think "ed" is still a widely used *nix editor and you would expect it to be there.
Just out of curiosity, does anyone here actually use ed? I never used it, not even once :)
I've only used it once or twice. It's definitely neat, I'll tell you that.
Anyway, it's a 100kb package with no deps, and according to you, well maintained upstream, so I don't think it's much important where it sits.
I say we keep it in core, for now. ed is actually a POSIX required utility.
It appears the standards require registration to view - ugh. The LSB has a list of POSIX compliant utilities here: http://refspecs.linux-foundation.org/LSB_3.2.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-gen... See all commands marked [1]
I second keeping it in core. It's a standard and according to what I've heard, is extremely useful for visually impaired users. --Daenyth
Hi, I say keep it for standard compliance and the fact that it actually is maintained. However, I just wanna point out, the 'ex' binary of vim probably doubles the functionality and it's also in core. -T Quoting Andreas Radke <a.radke@arcor.de>:
I have made a change to the patch package that "ed" is now an optional dependency. I've searched through our svn and all I've found is that no other package depends on ed. I think "ed" is still a widely used *nix editor and you would expect it to be there.
What do you think? Should we just keep in in
1) core(-devel), 2) move it to extra or even 3) drop it at all (means community could pick it up again).
I'm somewhat between 1) and 2). The package is still well maintained upstream though releases happen only rarely.
Opinions?
-Andy
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Aaron Griffin
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Xavier