On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 11:46 AM, Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccre...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 16:27:39 -0400 > Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> Packages currently handle installation of vim syntax support files >> inconsistently. Some builds install the files if the "vim-syntax" USE >> flag is enabled, while others install them unconditionally. >> >> Do these files fall into the "small text files" category for >> unconditional installation? If so, we should probably phase out the >> vim-syntax USE flag. >> >> If we want to keep the USE flag, I would suggest documenting a global >> policy regarding its use. Should that live in the devmanual? Or maybe >> the Vim project page? > > One potential issue is help files: any Vim plugin that comes with > documentation needs a little script (which requires Vim to be installed) > to be run in pkg_postinst.
Thanks for pointing that out. Sounds like we need some documentation on how to properly install vim-related files.
