RFC: vim default GUI

Hello, ports users,

I’ve never liked that the default vim package has a huge number of dependencies. GTK3 is a beast of a dependency, carrying dozens of packages with it. I would like to reduce this, but I want to gain insight from you all first.

My thought is to flavorize the port and make separate packages for each of the GUI toolkits: -console (TUI-only), -gtk3, -gtk2, -x11, -motif, etc. I would like to make -console the default, meaning that the DEFAULT vim port is console-only.

This would be disruptive: the default package would no longer come with gvim!

My question is: how disruptive would this be for you? Would requiring people to install vim-gtk3 rather than vim be unduly burdensome? Would it be better to maintain the status quo? I’m really interested in your insight here.

Thanks,
Adam


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Adam Weinberger
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