Re: new package: Joe's Own Editor

["Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> On Apr 17 16:12, Joe Allen wrote:
> > One thing I'm not sure about: I've listed "aspell" as a
> > requirement.  This is not really true- the editor will run
> > without it, but I find it annoying when the speller is not
> > there, so it's kind of a soft requirement.
>
> It's kinda your choice as the maintainer of the package and the usual
> result of including also optional dependencies is that you will get
> less questions on the Cygwin list in the style of "JOE work but speeling
> work not, help how?"

I don't think including that dependency is a good idea.

What if someone wants to use joe for editing source code? Or perhaps just 
wants a small install, and has faith in their own spelling? In such 
situations, the dependency would be very annoying.

Max.