On 20.12. 08:36, Steve Greenland wrote: > I'm still missing the incentive. Joey Hess wrote in his earlier message > that "It's now only marginally larger than nvi". It achieves that by > removing many of the features that distinguish vim from nvi, to the > point that my guess is that most of those who prefer vim will need to > install the full vim anyway, while those that prefer nvi will just fell > vaguely dissastified by the change. If the result of this is that a) > base is not smaller, and b) vim users still have to install vim-nottiny, > and c) nvi users now have to install nvi, I don't think it's a net win.
As much as I personally prefer vim, I feel your arguments a) b) and c) are the strongest I've read so far in this thread and therefore I also have to agree on the conclusion: Keep nvi as default. Cheers, Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]