Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 10:58:02 -0700 From: Pete Wright via ports <ports@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD Ports <ports@FreeBSD.org>, Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> Subject: Re: RFC: vim default GUI Message-ID: <2a558213-2cc1-605e-3927-75d83943f633@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <20210802120826.3c2t5uzwdhlykbrj@ptrcrt.ch> References: <FBF94149-1389-41A4-9071-CF1E3171778A@adamw.org> <20210802120826.3c2t5uzwdhlykbrj@ptrcrt.ch>
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On 8/2/21 5:08 AM, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > On Aug 02 2021, 11:51 UTC, Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> wrote: >> Hello, ports users, >> >> I’ve never liked that the default vim package has a huge number of >> dependencies. GTK3 is a beast of a dependency, carrying dozens of >> packages 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 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 port is console-only. >> >> This would be disruptive: the default package would no longer come >> with gvim! >> >> 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’m really interested >> in your insight here. > > I'd love a console-only vim by default! > would the idea be to deprecate the "vim-console" port? i'm quite happy with vim-console myself (and use vim-tiny on servers when needed) but i'd be interested to hear about how many people actually use the X11 enabled vim features. -pete -- Pete Wright pete@nomadlogic.org @nomadlogicLA
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