Re: Nano: disable hard wrapping by default

[swedebugia <swedebugia@riseup.net>]

On 2018-11-07 19:20, Leo Famulari wrote:

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> In general, we don't change upstream defaults in Guix except when it's
> required for portability or to fix really egregious problems (i.e.
> security bugs). This is different from distros like Debian that
> basically fork the software and make a huge number of changes to suit
> the package maintainer's taste.
> 
> This keeps package maintenance relatively easy for us and ensures that
> important changes get pushed upstream so that all users can benefit.
> 
> Having said that, this line wrapping thing is a very bad default, and I
> think we should change it. Nano is one of the editors in the GuixSD
> installer. It needs to be easy to use.
> 
> If we change the default in our package, we need to file a bug upstream:
> 
> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=nano
> 

Agreed. :)

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Swedebugia