Why Fedora Server 36 does not have nano editor installed by default?

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Hello

When I tried to change the hostname for my Fedora Server 36, I did realise that nano editor is not available by default - was mandatory use vim instead. Of course, I installed later nano through sudo nano dnf install nano, but being curious

  • Why Fedora Server 36 does not have nano editor installed by default?

What is the reason?

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Well, I see that it’s included in the standard package group that the server includes, so it should be there:

https://pagure.io/fedora-comps/blob/main/f/comps-f36.xml.in#_5124

https://pagure.io/fedora-kickstarts/blob/f36/f/fedora-disk-server.ks#_11

Was the default-editor installed? Did you upgrade by any-chance? If you did, the default editor would not be changed from what I know. Only fresh installs get the new default editor.

Edit: dug around a bit more, looks like this was a bug that couldn’t be fixed in time. More information here:

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/server@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/IWHOVL5FIB5QDXBVIJI6NMBG4DJAY5JI/#ZI56UQQGRIKJ6ZMCGM2ULMSNLQMM4F5P

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Thanks by sharing the bug report, now is clear all … It is a fresh and clean FS 36 installation through VirtualBox

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