This may just be my personal opinion, but I have always thought that `base` was supposed to be the absolute bare minimum to have a bootable installation. From that view, it makes sense that a few very small editors made sense in `base` back when Arch wasn't net-install only. Now, however, since Arch is only officially supported for netinstall only and getting an editor on your fresh new install is as simple as running `pacstrap -i /mnt <youreditornamehere>` from the installation medium. I am unconvinced that vi (or vim-minimal) or nano actually have a place in `base`. Honestly, I think an idea world would put pacman, linux, systemd, bash, a few bootloaders, efi-related utilities and their dependencies in `base` and essentially nothing else. Having said that, I think it makes perfect sense to have nano and vim-minimal on the installation media, but I think of “what is on the installation media” and “what is in `base`” as being two separate things. All the best, -Sam
