On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 10:38:09AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > >> >>From a package dependency point of view, almost essential is a world away > >> from actually being essential. > > > Packages can assume that the user has means of editing config files without > > declaring a dependency on any single editor. > > > If you feel it's not comparable to the situation where packages can assume > > they can run ls without declaring a dependency on fileutils, fine, but > > that's nitpicking... > > I'm not talking about editing config files here. I'm more interested in > programs that invoke /usr/bin/editor.
Well, see Policy section 12.4. "Editors and pagers". -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
