features:
+ maintained pool of packages (you can opt-out or provide your own
one)
+ automatic loading of dependency, they are listed in a
addon-info.json file
+ loading plugins at runtime (if supported by the plugin)
+ supports many VCS systems: git,svn,hg,...
This implies that git submodules are no longer used
+ it gets almost all directory layouts right because the pool is
maintained and the pool contains some correcting code for those
plugins.
issues with vim-addon-manager: because you don't have git submodules
reinstalling will always fetch latest versions always - which has not
been a problem yet - but could be a risk.
Order of loading should be preserved beacuse you list names of the
plugins to be activated in your .vimrc
You also missed vundle (which is similar to pathogen, a nice simple
solution if you want to install github based plugins only)
There is also vimana, ruby scripts installing addons.
And there is plain old :h GetLatestVimScripts which only gets updates
from www.vim.org (AFAIK).
Which is best? I don't know. I wrote vim-addon-manager because I want to
serve the community: I want them to notice if they use an old upstream -
and I was looking for a way to distribute my own code without copy
pasting or writing dozens of lines about how to install each one and
where to get dependencies. In most cases this is a warning you can
ignore and still get whatever you want.
future:
I'd like to move some of the information found in
vim-addon-manager-know-repository to the official website (such as
deprecation warnings or hinting that alternative plugins may serve you
better for whatever reason)
I dream about replacing www.vim.org by a simple "enter your github,
bitbucket, .." url and be done. www.vim.org should poll for updates etc.
I just haven't had time to implement a prototype yet.
HTH
Marc Weber
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