From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7BB8D139694 for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:42:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3767EE0D26; Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:42:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E896BE0CC7 for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:42:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-it0-f54.google.com (mail-it0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: floppym) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 11E6334182F for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2017 17:42:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-it0-f54.google.com with SMTP id h199so38683996ith.1 for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2017 10:42:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: AIVw113YpwGw11OcYqtYh44wbQgDrTiAAHBZQZQki/22gPFjbQ7bHYhH i+a6FJdGgJajQwZ4GsJ3EfK2uIsXyA== X-Received: by 10.36.108.6 with SMTP id w6mr8409149itb.52.1500918157259; Mon, 24 Jul 2017 10:42:37 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.175.210 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Jul 2017 10:42:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20170723164631.020dc120@snowblower> References: <20170723164631.020dc120@snowblower> From: Mike Gilbert Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 13:42:16 -0400 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] vim-syntax USE flag To: Gentoo Dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: 07569bd0-671a-4a60-8ed7-2f786376fd90 X-Archives-Hash: d25a7d8de1df5dfc42e5d5badee11efc On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 11:46 AM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 16:27:39 -0400 > Mike Gilbert 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.