Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2021 05:51:24 -0600 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> To: FreeBSD Ports <ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RFC: vim default GUI Message-ID: <FBF94149-1389-41A4-9071-CF1E3171778A@adamw.org>
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Hello, ports users, I=E2=80=99ve never liked that the default vim package has a huge number of d= ependencies. GTK3 is a beast of a dependency, carrying dozens of packages wi= th it. I would like to reduce this, but I want to gain insight from you all f= irst. My thought is to flavorize the port and make separate packages for each of t= he GUI toolkits: -console (TUI-only), -gtk3, -gtk2, -x11, -motif, etc. I wou= ld like to make -console the default, meaning that the DEFAULT vim port is c= onsole-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 bette= r to maintain the status quo? I=E2=80=99m really interested in your insight h= ere. Thanks, Adam =E2=80=94 Adam Weinberger adamw@adamw.org https://www.adamw.org=
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