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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>
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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
>

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