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

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Marius Bakke <address@hidden> 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?)

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.

~~ Ricardo