On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 07:10:12AM -0700, Brian Nitz wrote: > Would it be possible to get VIM (an improved vi editor) into > Opensolaris? VIM has been the default on most linux distributions
Of course it's possible. VIM is currently delivered by the Companion; moving it to SFW is likely to be manageable. Please file a bug, discuss the details if necessary on sfwnv-discuss, and submit a sponsorship request when you believe you're ready to move forward. This work will require an ARC case; one of the problems you will have to address is the conflict with the existing /usr/bin/view. Perhaps this will help to settle some of the broader issues raised around /usr/sfw and conflicting names. I noticed another comment about delivering this as /usr/gnu/bin/vi. Indeed, that would seem desirable given that most of today's widely-used GNU systems deliver VIM as /usr/bin/vi. However, doing this would require either making significant modification to Stephen's existing case or seeking an exception in your VIM-specific case. Also, at various times in the past, GNU systems have been delivered with different editors (such as elvis and nvi) as /usr/bin/vi, and some (such as Gentoo) don't deliver any /usr/bin/vi in their base system. This seems to illustrate the wisdom of Stephen's decision to limit /usr/gnu to actual FSF-sponsored components, despite its common-case drawbacks, as well as the error inherent in saying "Linux has it" when in fact it has nothing to do with Linux and not all GNU/Linux distributions, to say nothing of GNU/Hurd, agree. -- Keith M Wesolowski "Sir, we're surrounded!" Solaris Kernel Team "Excellent; we can attack in any direction!" _______________________________________________ tools-discuss mailing list [email protected]
