Bug#784268: vim-tiny should provide vim alternative

2015-05-06 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, May 06, 2015 at 12:06:02AM -0400, James McCoy wrote: > This is the new description I have committed: > > Description: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor - compact version > Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi. > . > This package contains a minimal version of vim comp

Bug#784268: vim-tiny should provide vim alternative

2015-05-05 Thread James McCoy
On Tue, May 05, 2015 at 02:09:14PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 08:56:05PM -0400, James McCoy wrote: > > True. I should add some more detail there. > > That I think would help reduce confusion. This is the new description I have committed: Description: Vi IMproved -

Bug#784268: vim-tiny should provide vim alternative

2015-05-05 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 08:56:05PM -0400, James McCoy wrote: > We're not talking about vim vs. vim-nox here. We're talking about > vim-tiny vs. anything else. Below are the list of features that aren't > included in vim-tiny, many of which aren't “obscure” features: > > B *+arabic* |Ar

Bug#784268: vim-tiny should provide vim alternative

2015-05-04 Thread James McCoy
On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 03:41:38PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 03:18:09PM -0400, James McCoy wrote: > > This isn't going to change. I've explained the reasoning fairly > > thoroughly in #681012 (which I'm merging this into). > > I just read that, and I don't agree wit

Bug#784268: vim-tiny should provide vim alternative

2015-05-04 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 03:18:09PM -0400, James McCoy wrote: > This isn't going to change. I've explained the reasoning fairly > thoroughly in #681012 (which I'm merging this into). I just read that, and I don't agree with the explanation. It has lots of vim features that work great, even if som

Bug#784268: vim-tiny should provide vim alternative

2015-05-04 Thread James McCoy
Control: forcemerge 681012 -1 On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 02:16:01PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > It would be really useful if vim-tiny was put back to providing a vim > alternative link. The current setup is illogical and confusing (rather > contrary to the changelog entry from 2008 that claimed

Bug#784268: vim-tiny should provide vim alternative

2015-05-04 Thread Lennart Sorensen
Package: vim-tiny Version: 2:7.4.712-2 Severity: wishlist It would be really useful if vim-tiny was put back to providing a vim alternative link. The current setup is illogical and confusing (rather contrary to the changelog entry from 2008 that claimed this state was made to avoid being confusin