Per Hallsmark wrote:
> This is just a small request which will make it easier
> for source build environments to use vim tarballs.
>
> Most opensource packages are named like "<proj>-<version>.tar.gz",
> or bz2 for that matter. After uncompress/untar, the top directory
> is similar to tarball without extensions "<proj>-<version>".
>
> So in a Makefile that automates fetching and untar'ing of a source
> package, the process is simple.
>
> Unfortunally, when uncompressing and untar'ing vim-7.1.tar.bz2
> it leaves me with a topdir named vim71. (haven't tried any other
> versions but strongly suspect they behave same ;-) )
>
> Is it possible to have this reworked so that vim follows same
> scheme as about 99% of the rest of the world does? :)
A change like this will break existing build scripts.
I don't see how this different name can cause a problem. Works fine for
the FreeBSD port, Debian, etc.
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