[Bug 277788] editors/vim: make optional language bindings pkg flavors

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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:30:11 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=277788

            Bug ID: 277788
           Summary: editors/vim: make optional language bindings pkg
                    flavors
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: adamw@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: matt@tnpi.net
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(adamw@FreeBSD.org)
          Assignee: adamw@FreeBSD.org

# pkg install vim
New packages to be INSTALLED:
        libffi: 3.4.4_1
        mpdecimal: 2.5.1
        python39: 3.9.18_1
        vim: 9.1.0158
        xxd: 9.1.0158

The process will require 161 MiB more space.

161 MiB just for vim?

What I want and expect is the console flavor of vim with syntax files and the
basic goodies that make vim better than vi. Colors. Syntax highlighting. Those
niceties are stripped from vim-tiny. What I do NOT want or expect is bundling
100+ MiB of language interpreters just to get vim. By all means, have packages
pre-built for popular options, but that shouldn't be the default. Users wanting
a bundled language interpreter should expect to specify a flavor, such as
vim-python, vim-perl, or vim-lua.

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