> On 11. Jan 2021, at 18:23, Hung Nguyen Gia via oi-dev 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I know how to install nano, sir.
> 
> To be fair, your OS is a resources hog. This small VM I'm setup only has 4 
> cores 4 GB of RAM.
> 
> Without limiting the ZFS Maximum ARC Cache in /etc/system, any attempts to 
> use pkg will fail.

This is not quite true, I have 2 VM’s with 4GB ram and one with 2GB, and I have 
never needed to touch max arc. But pkg is hog. can not be run with firefox, 
which is another hog. 

> To be able to use this VM comfortably, I have to assign 8 GB of swap and 
> limit arc cache size to 512 MB maximum.
> 
> I can't deal with vi at all. Not the modern VIM let alone your old vi.
> 
> Without nano, I can't do text editing.

Now that would be pity, would it?

rgds,
toomas

> 
> Yes, vi is historically part of any Unix. But at least, on FreeBSD, they have 
> a fallback, the ee editor, included by default.
> 
> It's basically what I'm asking for.
> 
> 
> ---- On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:27:51 +0700 Vincent Torri 
> <[email protected]> wrote ----
> 
>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 9:00 AM Toomas Soome via oi-dev
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 11. Jan 2021, at 09:39, Hung Nguyen Gia via oi-dev 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Maybe... I'm impolite. But what if I'm just visit here once for this 
>>>> purpose then?
>>>> 
>>>> I only care about the result. Maybe I'm posted on the wrong mailing list. 
>>>> Maybe OI-discuss more fit?
>>>> 
>>>> The only thing I want to see and to care is: the next version of OI, nano 
>>>> is included alongside of vi in the text and minimal version.
>>>> 
>>>> It's just simple as that. Why make thing complicated?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> The problem is, you are asking to expand minimal version, by definition, 
>>> after such expansion, the minimal is not minimal any more. So, the decision 
>>> has to me made - should the definition of minimal be changed, or should 
>>> user who has decided to use minimal image, learn how to enter ‘pkg install 
>>> nano’.
>> 
>> hello
>> 
>> As a user, I don't want my system to be polluted by unwanted packages.
>> I prefer installing what I want. For example, for text or code editor,
>> I prefer another program than nano.
>> 
>> When searching for a package, i use
>> http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster/en/index.shtml (in case it helps)
>> 
>> best regards
>> 
>> Vincent Torri
>> 
>>> If you are making decision to use minimal image, you should be aware that 
>>> such image is missing many things and is not intended to be used by someone 
>>> who does not know how to use the system.
>>> 
>>> PS: I see no problem to include nano with larger image.
>>> 
>>> my 2 cents.
>>> 
>>> rgds,
>>> toomas
>>> 
>>>> ---- On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 14:19:14 +0700 Tim Mooney via oi-dev 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote ----
>>>> 
>>>>> In regard to: Re: [oi-dev] Shipping the nano editor alongside with vi, 
>>>>> Hung...:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yes, it's just a single line. But why you give me a read-only file and
>>>>>> asked me to modified it?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It's much more simpler for developer with write access to do it, not me.
>>>>>> And it's within a second, just a single line.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I don't know if other languages and cultures have an equivalent, but there
>>>>> is a proverb[1] that applies here:
>>>>> 
>>>>>    If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day.
>>>>>    If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Teaching someone (or helping them learn) how to do something is often
>>>>> more useful than just doing something (once) for them.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Aurélien is trying to help you to learn to fish.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Learning how to clone oi-userland, create a branch, make a very simple
>>>>> change like this, and submit a pull request (PR) is very useful knowledge
>>>>> to have for anyone that wants to contribute to OI.  There are certainly
>>>>> other ways to contribute, but since you're posting to the oi-dev list,
>>>>> it seems like you might be interested in the development process.  Knowing
>>>>> the workflow for submitting a change is potentially beneficial to you.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes, he could do it in just a couple minutes.  But then you've missed an
>>>>> opportunity to learn something that might allow you to contribute to OI.
>>>>> 
>>>>> [1] the origin of this proverb appears to be quite contested, but it
>>>>> seems like it might be Lao-Tzu.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Tim
>>>>> 
>>>>>> ---- On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 00:49:50 +0700 Aurélien Larcher 
>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote ----
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 9:09 AM Hung Nguyen Gia via oi-dev 
>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> This should be done for none desktop OI flavors: OI text and OI minimal.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> It will help novice user like me very much. Please consider it, 
>>>>>>> developers. I have trouble using the vi editor even though I have my 
>>>>>>> mobile phone with me as a backup showing the vi tutorial. And I think 
>>>>>>> many other novice users have the same trouble as me.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Doing as Fedora is a step too far: 
>>>>>>> https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-33-Nano-Is-The-Default
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I only asked for shipping nano alongside with vi. The link I put above 
>>>>>>> just to note that nano has pretty much become the default editor on the 
>>>>>>> Linux world and most of us come from Linux. It will be easier for us. 
>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>> basically one could add the nano package to:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> https://github.com/OpenIndiana/oi-userland/blob/oi/hipster/components/meta-packages/install-types/includes/minimal
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Aurélien
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
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