> a script to install vim plugins as ruby gems).
Vimana.
But you can't "load" packages at runtime of Vim.
That's why I implemented a VimL only solution. Also I didn't knew Ruby
that time.

ZyX also spotted the issue: What is if users prefer using stable
versions (found on www.vim.org) over the git/hg/svn versions of the
authors?
So he added a new feature (in collaboration with me). The result is that
we have different sources:
  a) www.vim.org
  b) VCS (svn,hg,git,..)

Each plugin has a unique name (a key)

b) is merged with a) with a policy you can configure which one of:
- no vcs
- prefer vcs over www.vim.org
- prefer www.vim.org over vcs

Because this "merge" strategy is implemented using a hook you can
override and specify custom behaviour easily.

In practise both versions should work. So I feel there are not enough
issues out there which could make me think of more sophisticated
solutions. After all we should contact authors and tell them what's
going wrong unless they say "I do no longer support it - do you want to
take it over?". That's my vision.

Marc Weber

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