[PKG-Openstack-devel] Bug#868221: Bug#868221: Do not ship joe as a default editor

[Thomas Goirand]

On 07/13/2017 09:50 AM, Vincent Bernat wrote:
> Package: openstack-debian-images
> Version: 1.20
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hey!
> 
> Another annoying derivation with standard Debian installation is the
> presence of joe. It becomes the default editor and the only clue to
> exit disappears at the first keystroke. Nobody loves nano, but this is
> the default for Debian.
> 
> Please, remove joe.

Hi,

In the default installation of Debian, there's only Nano, that's right.
Though to make it more easy for administrator, I made the choice to
install a few editor, among the most used. Therefore, we ship vi and GNU
screen. Emacs is also used by a lot of people, and it would have been
nice to have it. Though it's a way too big. Therefore, joe is a good
compromise: it is *very* small (the executable is less than 500kb) and
it has key bindings very close to emacs.

So, because of the above, I don't think it is a good idea to remove joe.
What we can do though, is set a different editor as default, for example
vi. Does this mean simply call update-alternatives?

Cheers,

Thomas Goirand (zigo)