Re: Vim 7.2 Installation trouble on Linux

On 13/02/10 09:03, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> On 12 Feb 2010, Michael Henry wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> You get all that for free on this mailing list, for which I was
>> just being thankful :-)
>>
>> Michael Henry
>>
> Quite agree about that. I was just curious about the reason for
> compiling it oneself.
>
> Anthony

Several reasons have already been mentioned:
- applying Bram's latest patches
- including (and/or excluding) features of your choice
- including nonstandard patches of your choice (Vince Negri's
ownsyntax/conceal, Bill McCarthy's extra float functions, variable
tabstops, ...)

I'll add another one:
- making sure of not getting "distro-specific" patches (not approved by
Bram) or a "distro-specific" system vimrc slipped in without being told
of it. (Some distros are famous for "enhancing" some software packages
in ways the upstream maintainer(s) disapprove.)

Best regards,
Tony.
--
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the United States.
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