Martin Zobel-Helas <zo...@ftbfs.de>: > it has been recently brought to my attention, that Debian policy > considers packages that are part of POSIX standard should be part of > every Debian installation.
ed is still a part of POSIX, that is The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7 IEEE Std 1003.1-2008, 2016 Edition, which is available at Open Group website [POSIX]. More specific one can easily find a page on ed [ed]. I'm not sure about the exact interpretation of the passage from Debian Policy, that is "Important programs, including those which one would expect to find on any Unix-like system." [policy], but I guess that if ed is a part of POSIX then anyone who is familiar with the standard expect to find it in any Unix-like system. The problem here is what "Unix-like" means. In case it means full accordance with POSIX, then ed should be included in the important section. But if "Unix-like" means that a given system is made more or less in accordance with POSIX, then obviously it is questionable that ed should be classified as important. [POSIX] http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/ [ed] http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/ed.html [policy] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/#priorities With regards, Lev Lamberov
