On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 10:35 AM Simone Piccardi <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Il 05/08/19 15:48, Bryan J Smith ha scritto:
> > On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 9:44 AM Simone Piccardi <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     Sorry, but I strongly disagree, any sysadmin I know is capable to
> >     use vi
> >     to do the minimal editing needed in such cases, and capable to set
> the
> >     editor he prefers for the rest. Nobody I know is using vi (vi, not
> vim)
> >     for more than this.
> >
> >
> > All the proof we need to validate that is should be a very strongly
> > weighted item then, correct?
> >
> >
> Sorry again for my poor english, but I'm not sure I'm understanding what
> you are meaning here, but as I already said I strongly disagree on
> having vi as "a very strongly weighted item".
>

And I feel some of your statements on why actually bolster the argument for
it being a heavily weighted item.

LPIC-1 is to test professionals on the most common experience and most
needed tooling.  We may different on the latter (most needed tooling), but
I believe we agree on the former (most common experience).

To assess the capability to do minimal editing with vi one question is
> enough. More are excessive (except if you want to use vi as a sort of
> "rite of passage" like Anselm said).
>

But is not the common 'rite of passage' just a symptom of the realities
that Vi knowledge is one of the major needs of any GNU/Linux (or POSIX)
sysadmin?

There are many topics in LPIC-1 and lot of knowledge to validate, so
> what to ask is a matter of weights. Giving more weight to vi means
> giving less to other topics that also deserve validation.
>

And I'm fine with that.  Vi is pretty much defacto required to be GNU/Linux
sysadmin, both for commonality among peers as well as need in minimal
environments, including modes tested in LPIC-2 like emergency.

Anyway I think we can stop, and agree on our disagreement over the fact
> that vi should have more importance than text filters.
>

I think text filters should be at least two (2).
But Vi is going to be used more outside of automation, hence why it gets a
three (3).

As always, my views are my own only, made as an individual peer.

-  bjs
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