On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 08:10:57PM +0200, Maarten de Vries wrote: > I would say an editor is part of the bare minimum for any system. You > can't do much on a system without an editor (of course you can still edit > files using some basic tools that don't qualify as editors, but that's > besides the point). I don't actually agree. Editing configs post install is not required for a bootable install (as made obvious by the fact that you can boot to it). Besides, once a user has booted, they can just install whatever editor they so choose anyway. > Multiple bootloaders don't really make sense You are absolutely right, I don't know why I said that actually… > They are two separate things already. The installation media comes with > wpa_supplicant for one. Right. I'm not actually arguing for wpa_supplicant's inclusion in `base`, just pointing out that things like, `netctl` (and imho, the variety of text editors) might not make sense either if we assume `base` is exclusively for a bootable install. > Kinds regards, And the same to you. All the best, -Sam
