Ian Jackson wrote:
I think #482274 should probably simply be reverted.
From the POV of the policy package: I think existing policy is
correct. A bug should be filed against sensible-editor saying that
#482274 should be reverted so that programs which use sensible-editor
conform to policy.
I h
Matthew Woodcraft writes ("Bug#890946: debian-policy: Editor policy is
inconsistent with sensible-editor's behaviour"):
> The rationale for this behaviour is in bug 482774 [1].
IMO #482274 was misconceived.
The reason for the existence of sensible-editor is to make it
conve
Package: debian-policy
Version: 4.1.3.0
Severity: normal
Policy 11.4 describes the mechanism for determining the user's preferred
editor:
- check the EDITOR environment variable and use it if set;
- (optionally): check the VISUAL environment variable and use it if set;
- otherwise, use /usr/bin
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