Re: RFC: vim default GUI
- Reply: Pete Wright via ports : "Re: RFC: vim default GUI"
- In reply to: Adam Weinberger : "RFC: vim default GUI"
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Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2021 12:08:26 UTC
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! -- Pietro Cerutti