Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:37:46 -0500 From: Zhihao Yuan <lichray@gmail.com> To: "Sean M. Collins" <sean@coreitpro.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: [GSoC]I want to remove everything perl/tcl/gtags in the new nvi Message-ID: <CAGsORuD%2BVYbSzgw1NHeq7k65Gp_TQ2aZsRGDGTfiBtYS2W06Cw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E1F2CF0.7020501@coreitpro.com> References: <CAGsORuBve81wbYM5EXkF01TaRbgoJKO%2B13Rs-MauzQA87X7_7w@mail.gmail.com> <CAHrc_evpDLRyqYrXuN4KS29ikbh5FQi97BsDypZ4zQcmOdoxgA@mail.gmail.com> <CAGsORuB3n_%2Bhzn1BfuRa5VrzqfqfiVLERd-xAYBk1DS_DWaKow@mail.gmail.com> <CAGsORuApjC%2BS4eGkwzNgv=D6g59QM4xHbweWDZ_O91ECmK7vug@mail.gmail.com> <4E1F2CF0.7020501@coreitpro.com>
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Here is my introspection: Q: Why drop DB3/4? A: Licenses problem. Q: Licenses problem matters? A: It causes we can't accept nvi-1.8x in our base system. Q: Why an editor in the base system? A: Always accessible. Anywhere (SSH), any situation (inc. system crashes). Q: Why not vim-lite/original-vi? A: POSIX-compliance, backward-compliance. Q: Why nvi? A: Availability, everlasting behaviors. Yes. I regards the Availability as Nvi's Core Competency. Perl, Tcl, gtags, they are not always available, so the related nvi features should be dropped. On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Sean M. Collins <sean@coreitpro.com> wrote: > On 7/14/11 1:07 PM, Zhihao Yuan wrote: >> I regards nvi as a trustful editor when you login into other ppl's >> machines. > > Yes - this is the exact use case for Vi in my mind. If I needed features > I'd install vim. Come to think of it, since there is already a vim-lite > and vim port, why not make a logical progression in features like so: > > nvi > vim-lite > vim > > Happy hacking Zhihao! > > -- > Sean Collins > Core IT Pro, LLC > www.coreitpro.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Zhihao Yuan, nickname lichray The best way to predict the future is to invent it. ___________________________________________________ 4BSD -- http://4bsd.biz/
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