Re: [arch-dev-public] Drop VI from [core] (was Re: [arch-general] Winter Cleanup of [community])
Hi again, If I understand correctly, vim has now been included on the live medium. The vi package has been an orphan for some time now, and remains an orphan. Judging by the comments in this thread, most devs wish to use vim instead of vi. A symlink can be added so that vim provides /usr/bin/vi. (This is not as good as fixing hard-coded values in several packages IMO, but good enough for now). Can the vi package be dropped? Best regards, Alexander Rødseth xyproto / TU
Hi, I'm late to the party and only have 1 cent to contribute. Based on my own personal experience, after doing minimal config to get archlinux booting on my machine, I reboot and install vim to finish config work. As a result, I will not personally miss vi. I'm also the current maintainer of vim and as I understand it, vim would stay in [extra] after the change if we are to move to vim for the install medium correct? My opinion on the vi symlink is that we should just patch the packages which hardcode vi instead of adding the symlink. If it turns out to be too messy, and there is a general consensus on adding a symlink, I would be more than happy to oblige. - Thomas Dziedzic
On 06/02/13 12:41, Thomas Dziedzic wrote:
My opinion on the vi symlink is that we should just patch the packages which hardcode vi instead of adding the symlink. If it turns out to be too messy, and there is a general consensus on adding a symlink, I would be more than happy to oblige.
I am highly against patching for this. Allan
On 06/02/13 12:45, Allan McRae wrote:
On 06/02/13 12:41, Thomas Dziedzic wrote:
My opinion on the vi symlink is that we should just patch the packages which hardcode vi instead of adding the symlink. If it turns out to be too messy, and there is a general consensus on adding a symlink, I would be more than happy to oblige.
I am highly against patching for this.
I should point out, this means at least half the packages that would require adjustment will not be changed. Allan
Regardless of the outcome of "symlink vs. fix hardcoded values", could the vi package be dropped? If people wish to configure sudo before installing their preferred vi-compatible editor with pacman, "EDITOR=nano visudo" can be used. - Alexander
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Alexander Rødseth
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Allan McRae
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Thomas Dziedzic