Fwd: [GSoC]I want to remove everything perl/tcl/gtags in the new nvi

[Zhihao Yuan]

Here is my introspection:

Q: Why drop DB3/4?
A: Licenses problem.
Q: Licenses problem matters?
A: It causes we can't accept nvi-1.8x in our base system.
Q: Why an editor in the base system?
A: Always accessible. Anywhere (SSH), any situation (inc. system crashes).
Q: Why not vim-lite/original-vi?
A: POSIX-compliance, backward-compliance.
Q: Why nvi?
A: Availability, everlasting behaviors.

Yes. I regards the Availability as Nvi's Core Competency. Perl, Tcl,
gtags, they are not always available, so the related nvi features
should be dropped.

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Sean M. Collins <sean at coreitpro.com> wrote:
> On 7/14/11 1:07 PM, Zhihao Yuan wrote:
>> I regards nvi as a trustful editor when you login into other ppl's
>> machines.
>
> Yes - this is the exact use case for Vi in my mind. If I needed features
> I'd install vim. Come to think of it, since there is already a vim-lite
> and vim port, why not make a logical progression in features like so:
>
> nvi
> vim-lite
> vim
>
> Happy hacking Zhihao!
>
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