On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 10:52:32 +0000 notify--- via aur-requests <aur-requests@lists.archlinux.org> wrote:
> toropisco [1] filed a request to merge vi-vim-symlink [2] into vim-vi > [3]: > > vim-vi is a better maintained package that supports both vim and gvim > and covers all possible invoking names that emulate original vi > features. > > [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/toropisco/ > [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/vi-vim-symlink/ > [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/vim-vi/ It's symlinks, there's not much to maintain. The whole vim/gvim thing is ridiculous, as gvim provides vim, making the gvim specific package useless. Maintainer was told this, but refused to even attempt to understand. If there's links missing they can be added to the originial package instead of making a duplicate.
