From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Enge Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add most debian patches to nvi. Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 10:35:30 +0100 Message-ID: <20150121093530.GA3252@debian.eduroam.u-bordeaux.fr> References: <54BE9C68.9070103@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50437) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YDrhJ-0000iF-0D for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2015 04:35:37 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YDrhG-0003vK-9O for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2015 04:35:36 -0500 Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.131]:63973) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YDrhG-0003v0-0W for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2015 04:35:34 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <54BE9C68.9070103@gmail.com> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Marek Benc Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org The number of patches looks quite frightening. From the README of nvi, the current version dates from 2007. Now if upstream is dead and does not fix patches, it might be preferable to remove the package altogether. Is there no viable alternative that is still alive? Or vim in legacy mode? Andreas