CD image size recovery suggestions

[Scott Dier]

SPeaking of 'what the hell is this' the whole mc overtaking view over 
nvi and vi was a great example of hardcore unix users asking wtf and 
bring back classic vi view.

I think its since been fixed in debian, but yes, its required here to 
work essentially much like unix has in the past for essential commands.

Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 08:24:29AM +0200, Mgr. Peter Tuharsky wrote:
>> If the expansion to PC desktops is the goal of Ubuntu, please, does 
>> anybody expect the Vim-on-CD helping with that goal?
> 
> Ubuntu has more than one goal, and more than one target audience. The
> small amount of space occupied by vim is well worth avoiding the "what
> the hell is this" factor from long-time Unix users (who are often
> influential early adopters) upon encountering a Unix with no vi
> installed by default.
> 
> This crusade against vim puzzles me. There are many less intrusive and
> more productive ways to save space on the CD.
> 
> Cheers,
> 


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Scott Dier <dieman at ringworld.org>