On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 03:43:14PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > vim-tiny ranges from 696 to 1852 with a median of 898k. > > nvi ranges from 560 to 1040 with a median of 648k > vim itself is only ~600kB, ignoring its dependency on vim-runtime; is > downgrading that dependency a possibility, so base could include the > regular vim binary plausible?
The philosophy in the packaging has been: * vim-tiny -> has smaller as possible version of vim * vim -> ordinary vim vim-tiny has thus been compiled with a small subset of features _and_ minimizing dependencies. vim with a standard set of features without caring about dependencies. I don't like downgrading the vim -> vim-runtime dependency since IMO if a user apt-get-installs vim he expect a fully working vim installation (including help and syntax highlighting). If there's the need of more vim features in the standard installation I would rather prefer to tune vim-tiny compilation including more features. On this subject, please note that adding gpm support will trigger the additional libgpmg1 dependency. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer Science PhD student @ Uny Bologna, Italy [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. -!-
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