On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:06:54PM +0300, Cyril Plisko wrote:

> On 5/8/06, Brian Nitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >No, it looks like I missed the obvious.  Does anyone know if there is a
> >reason why we can't do this?
> >Cyril, do you want to reopen RFE 6422494 with this proposal or should I?
> 
> Brian, please do so !

Thanks.  BTW, although the evaluation field isn't shown ([EMAIL PROTECTED]
b.o.o!), this is what I put there when closing the RFE:

---
While adding VIM to Solaris is a fine idea, replacing /usr/bin/vi with
it is not.  Also, since VIM is not GNU software, it does not belong
in /usr/gnu.  Please do re-open this bug with a synopsis and
description that more accurately reflect the true scope of the RFE:
you want VIM in the WOS.  This absolutely is a worthwhile goal.

If the current synopsis is an accurate reflection of the RFE,
there is no reasonable way this RFE can be implemented: vim is
incompatible with vi, and has other characteristics (such as
a huge memory footprint relative to vi) that may make it unsuitable
or undesirable for many current vi users.
---

I want to make it absolutely clear that putting VIM in /usr/bin sounds
to me like a fine plan.  But I'll be very interested to hear how you
plan to deliver VIM's 'view' binary, since its name conflicts with
that of the existing program.

-- 
Keith M Wesolowski              "Sir, we're surrounded!" 
Solaris Kernel Team             "Excellent; we can attack in any direction!" 
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