Re: Why is vim-X11 (gvim) missing from RHE3?

[Stephen Smoogen <smoogen lanl gov>]

On Mon, 2004-06-28 at 12:55, Bob Arendt wrote:
> I've searched the archives; Karsten gives a partial answer in
>    http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109040
> 
> Quote:
>      Product management looked at each package and decided
>      if we should include it in the Enterprise version.
>      Unfortunately gvim wasn't on the list.
> 
> My real question is:  Why wasn't it on the list?  Could this just
> be a simple oversight by product management?  If there's a problem with
> vim-X11, I'd suspect vim-enhanced would have a similar problem.
> 

The vim guy here says it doesnt look like it has good coverage
upstream.. [eg it was a hack that hasnt had a lot of code added to it.]
Of course this guy here is quite happy with his vt100 so I dont know how
true it is. If it is true then the resources to fix a 'hack' over
including better enterpise products would og.

> Though the vim-X11 package is easily rebuilt (and works), it would be
> nice to just install it from the original media.
> 
> Since we've bought several RHE-AS/WS contracts, is there a more official
> way to request the re-inclusion gvim?
> 

First is through bugzilla. The second is with your sales agent. Usually
working it both ways gets an answer. 

> Thanks,
> -Bob Arendt
> 
> 
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