Thank you for your bug report. However, what you describe is not a bug.
The vi installed by default (vim-tiny) is a full-featured, traditional
vi; just not a full-featured "vim". All of the symptoms you have
described are normal for a traditional vi, except for the claim that ex
line commands (":q!") are not displayed, which I cannot reproduce (are
you certain that your entire terminal emulator is visible on the
screen?). Note that displaying the current mode ("-- INSERT --") is
controlled by the 'showmode' option, which in a traditional vi is
disabled by default.
vim-tiny is the default vi in Ubuntu because it is commonly expected for
a Unix to have vi available, so a basic and traditional one has been
provided. However, the full power (and space consumption) of vim-full
was not appropriate for the basic install, since the default editor is
nano, and users who prefer vim(-full) can simply install it.
Discussion as to whether this decision is appropriate is fine, but this
is not the forum for such a discussion; use the ubuntu-devel-discuss
mailing list instead (but note that, prior to taking this action, it was
of course discussed).
** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu)
Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
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Vi partially installed by default
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118970
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