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Bug#1121214: ITP: msedit -- Adding Microsoft Edit/msedit to Debian. (Rust/MIT)

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  Bug#1121214: ITP: msedit -- Adding Microsoft Edit/msedit to Debian. (Rust/MIT) A Johnston <ajohnston54637@gmail.com> - 2025-11-22 19:50 +0100
    Re: Bug#1121214: ITP: msedit -- Adding Microsoft Edit/msedit to  Debian. (Rust/MIT) A Johnston <ajohnston54637@gmail.com> - 2025-11-23 20:10 +0100
      Re: Bug#1121214: ITP: msedit -- Adding Microsoft Edit/msedit to  Debian. (Rust/MIT) NoisyCoil <noisycoil@disroot.org> - 2025-11-23 23:50 +0100

#119672 — Bug#1121214: ITP: msedit -- Adding Microsoft Edit/msedit to Debian. (Rust/MIT)

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org

* Package name    : msedit
  Version         : 1.2.1
  Upstream Author : Microsoft Inc.
* URL             :  https://github.com/microsoft/edit
* License         : MIT
  Programming Lang: Rust
  Description     : Console text editor (Microsoft Edit)

Microsoft recently released an easy to use console text editor written
in Rust licensed as MIT.

Personally, I would love to see this be the default text editor for
the Linux console because it should be the most familiar choice
available for new users. Edit/msedit works with or without a mouse and
is optimized for large files. And it has the same key bindings and
interface modality as your web browser's text editor. It also still
knows about code pages, line endings, regular expressions and tab
settings.

So I went and checked with the Edit/msedit team at Microsoft and they
said they would be cool with me setting up a Debian package for it.

Is adding a .deb for this one a realistic thing for me to want to do?
I will be happy to maintain the packaging. Microsoft already has an
active open source community committing a stream of PRs to this
project.

However, their Linux install is just ad-hoc.

Thanks!

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#119687 — Re: Bug#1121214: ITP: msedit -- Adding Microsoft Edit/msedit to Debian. (Rust/MIT)

Thanks for the advice. Let me leave this bug open for now while I follow up.

On Sun, Nov 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM Norwid Behrnd <nbehrnd@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Among Debian's [teams] one is dedicated to [Rust] in particular.  Their site
> provides basic information about policies to respect and how to start.  In
> addition to this, the page compiles a couple of contact addresses, too.
>
> [teams]: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/
> [Rust]: https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/RustPackaging

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#119691 — Re: Bug#1121214: ITP: msedit -- Adding Microsoft Edit/msedit to Debian. (Rust/MIT)

On 11/23/25 19:49, A Johnston wrote:
> Thanks for the advice. Let me leave this bug open for now while I follow up.

Yep, you are supposed to leave it open until you complete the package.

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