On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 10:14:58AM +0100, Shane Dev wrote: > Hello, > I have a fresh install of Debian stretch including the relatively old vim > 8. There is no vim version in stretch-backports. One solution is to > download the latest source from [1]vim.org and build it on my pc but then > I would lose the benefits of apt package management. I could also add the > testing repositories to my apt configuration files and install the vim > from there. What is the recommended approach? > So, I can't offer a better suggestion than those already offered (rebuild from source package or install with pinning, though I would personally opt for rebuilding the package from buster). However, I am quite curious what new features are in vim 8.1 that would cause you to go to all the trouble.
Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez
