Re: [PATCH] gnu: vim: Update to 8.0.0047.

[Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>]

Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> writes:
>
>> Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> The official vim mirrors only carries major versions and individual
>>> patches, no up-to-date releases. This patch changes the source uri to
>>> the tagged github releases instead of downloading all 40+ (so far)
>>> patches individually.
>>>
>>> I'm not very happy about changing to a third-party source, but IMO it
>>> beats keeping track of the frequent patches. WDYT?
>>
>> I’m also not happy about using a third-party mirror for vim.  Can we be
>> sure that this is updated consistently and in time?  (Is this done
>> automatically?)
>
> When I sent this, the 0047 release was about an hour old and the
> corresponding patch was not yet available on ftp.vim.org. So it seems
> to be the other way around. The "vim" organization on Github is endorsed
> on vim.org and maintained by Bram Molenaar himself.

Ah, cool.  This makes all the difference, IMO.

>> Guix can handle downloading patches, so there’s really no need for
>> switching in my opinion.  “gnu/packages/bash.scm” could be used as a
>> reference for how to deal with a large number of patches.
>
> vim-7.4 ended at 2367 patches[0]. 8.0 is currently at 51 (four since
> yesterday!), whereas bash has 42, so they are not really comparable. I
> think vim would rarely be updated, if it required downloading and
> creating potentially hundreds of patch references at once.
>
> They are also not signed, though we could rely on the MD5SUMS file.
>
> With this information, do you still think a custom patch importer is
> better? I don't really mind either way, but someone needs to make it :)

No, you convinced me :)  Thanks for your patience!

~~ Ricardo