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Tip stands for Tip isn't Pico, and is a GPL'd Pico clone, written from scratch. My attention was caught by Tip thanks to the "freedomization task list" in debian-devel, and I have been in contact with the upstream maintainer since then. Development is going smoothly, and tip can be used as a complete Pico replacement at this moment. It can be used as Pine's default editor, while a free Pine clone isn't available, or with Mutt's Pine-mode, or whatever. I think this is a cool piece for Debian, as it provides an(other) alternative to non-free Pico. =46rom debian/control: Description: free Pico clone with some new features TIP stands for TIP Isn't Pico, and is a free replacement for Pico, the default Pine editor. Pine is copyrighted under a slightly restrictive license, that makes it unsuitable for Debian's main section. TIP is an effort to provide a Pico-like editor, but also includes some features that were missing in the original, such as 'search and replace' or 'goto line #= '. I asked for comments in debian-mentors about how to make users aware of the availability of a free package that replaces a non-free one that they already were using. One idea was to make Pine Recommend: tip | pico, and that sounds fair enough. Any other? Thanks, Jordi --8X7/QrJGcKSMr1RN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE4aUs0JYSUupF6Il4RAsEEAJ4/X0TmAGDrfNMnpfokgTmvpKN2rACfUv/3 MDp0wldlKTdiVwulP1p02bw= =RRxw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8X7/QrJGcKSMr1RN-- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------
