Bug#222138: [RFC] new vim-tiny
Joey Hess
joeyh at debian.org
Tue Nov 1 17:35:19 UTC 2005
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> The features compiled in are the "small" subset + a set of features
> I've considered either features one-can-t-live-without or useful in
> the base system. The output of :version is attached.
>
> Having no runtime has drawbacks, mainly: no help [1], no
> language-specific syntax highlighting / folding / indentation, no
> vimtutor, no color schemes, no plugins.
>
> I'm asking for comments especially on three topics:
> 1) does this packaging meet your requirements for vim-tiny?
Yes, I think so.. Although it's worth noting the hardware I would have
used vim-tiny on is long dead, I do have other hardware I'd not mind
putting it on.
> 2) do you consider the choice of features/no runtime suitable for the
> vim-tiny package?
The only thing I'd miss is syntax highlighting but it's not very
essential. A vi that can be typed at like vim is. ;-)
> 3) (Joey: ) are you responsible for the inclusion of packages in the
> base system? If yes (as I imagine), does vim-tiny + vim-common
> qualify for inclusion in the base system replacing nvi? The size is
> doubled (1100 Kb vs 632 kb of nvi), dependencies are the same,
> features are ... infinitely superior!
Hmm, I think this would be a very good thing. We'd have to discuss it on
debian-devel though.
--
see shy jo
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