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Date:      Sat, 29 Nov 2014 18:33:28 -0800
From:      Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net>
To:        Alexander Kabaev <kabaev@gmail.com>, Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r372654 - in head/editors/vim: . files
Message-ID:  <547A81F8.8020807@sasktel.net>
In-Reply-To: <20141129200456.675a4b89@kan>
References:  <201411162255.sAGMtAaW055221@svn.freebsd.org> <20141129200456.675a4b89@kan>

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Alexander Kabaev wrote:
>> Log:
>>   Use vimrc from distribution.
>>  
>>   Suggested by: many.
>>
>
> Just in case it was not voiced before: IMHO, this is a change that
> changes vim into something far less usable than before and rams that
> down everyone's throat unceremoniously, leaving one with no other
> sensible recourse other than maintaining own package build with this
> option disabled. It this really something we should be doing to
> 'attract young talent and look cool', as this supposedly was the driving
> force for this commit? Since that talent, evidently, is unable to
> configure own editor using one-liner in .vimrc, does it warrant the
> sacrifice?

Since this is the upstream default example, it's exactly what @sample is
for.  If you simply replace the vimrc with your preferred one (or an
empty file if that's your preference), it won't be overridden again, no
need to maintain your own package or install from ports.
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