Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 13:55:39 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=C3=ADa?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RFC: vim default GUI Message-ID: <CAGwOe2Ya-K7nkpVtstdUmDf=S5yh8sfJAPtz5qphgAJ-XD-mTg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <FBF94149-1389-41A4-9071-CF1E3171778A@adamw.org> References: <FBF94149-1389-41A4-9071-CF1E3171778A@adamw.org>
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--0000000000003d9ef705c8924033 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable El lun., 2 ago. 2021 13:52, Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> escribi=C3=B3= : > Hello, ports users, > > I=E2=80=99ve never liked that the default vim package has a huge number o= f > dependencies. GTK3 is a beast of a dependency, carrying dozens of package= s > with it. I would like to reduce this, but I want to gain insight from you > all first. > > My thought is to flavorize the port and make separate packages for each o= f > the GUI toolkits: -console (TUI-only), -gtk3, -gtk2, -x11, -motif, etc. I > would like to make -console the default, meaning that the DEFAULT vim por= t > is console-only. > > This would be disruptive: the default package would no longer come with > gvim! > It is perfectly fine for me. Thanks for maintaining Vim! > My question is: how disruptive would this be for you? Would requiring > people to install vim-gtk3 rather than vim be unduly burdensome? Would it > be better to maintain the status quo? I=E2=80=99m really interested in yo= ur insight > here. > > Thanks, > Adam > > > =E2=80=94 > Adam Weinberger > adamw@adamw.org > https://www.adamw.org > --0000000000003d9ef705c8924033--
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