Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 17:37:11 +0200 From: Serpent7776 <serpent7776@gmail.com> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: RFC: vim default GUI Message-ID: <20210802173643.7a703f21@DaemONX> In-Reply-To: <FBF94149-1389-41A4-9071-CF1E3171778A@adamw.org> References: <FBF94149-1389-41A4-9071-CF1E3171778A@adamw.org>
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On Mon, 2 Aug 2021 05:51:24 -0600 Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> wrote: > My thought is to flavorize the port and make separate packages for each of > 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. >=20 > This would be disruptive: the default package would no longer come with g= vim! >=20 > My question is: how disruptive would this be for you? Would requiring peo= ple > to install vim-gtk3 rather than vim be unduly burdensome? Would it be bet= ter > to maintain the status quo? I=E2=80=99m really interested in your insight= here. I don't see an issue with that, as long as there will be an option to insta= ll GUI client in a separate package. It might be a good idea to add a note to package message like: "This package doesn't include a GUI client, you can install that separately= in vim-gtk package" --=20 /* * Serpent7776 */
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