[Live-demo] 5.0 Beta 4 Status - Space

Alex Mandel tech_dev at wildintellect.com
Wed Aug 10 10:09:44 PDT 2011


On 08/10/2011 12:52 AM, Hamish wrote:
> Alex wrote:
>>> vim,vim-runtime 27 M , not to start a flame war but
>>> new users to linux don't use this.
> 
> our target audience is much more than just new users. bare-bones
> vi is a debian core package; which would be enough if that
> let you use the arrow keys. :-(
> at this point we can still use the disc for real work, I wouldn't
> want to change that by removing vim. :) </plead>
> 

My point was that any user who knows enough to use vi/vim would also
know how to do apt-get install vim. Once again this can also be a
package that is only removed right before the ISO build. Those using a
VM file would still have it.

Thanks,
Alex




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