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Re: [PATCH] contrib/vim: change URL to point to the latest syntax files

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TLTeemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Date
Jan 13, 2009, 07:54 UTC
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Jeff King (2009-01-13 02:16 -0500) wrote:
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> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 03:10:26AM +0100, Markus Heidelberg wrote:
>
>> Vim's SVN repository doesn't offer the latest runtime files, since
>> normally they are only updated there on a release. Though currently
>> there is no difference between the SVN and HTTP/FTP version of the
>> git syntax files.
>
> So their version control _doesn't_ have the latest version, but it is
> available on the website? It's not that I don't believe you, but I
> don't think I want to know the version control workflow that leads to
> that.

Vim is essentially just a one-man project and the maintainer doesn't use version control system. He just piles "diff -c" -type patches on top of the previous release and sends them to vim-dev mailing list and to some FTP site. Then other people try to maintain VCS repositories based on the patches and resources that are available.

Vim's bus factor: 1
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  1. contrib/vim: change URL to point to the latest syntax filesMarkus Heidelberg, Jan 13, 2009
  2. Jeff KingJan 13, 2009
  3. Teemu LikonenJan 13, 2009
  4. Jeff KingJan 13, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2009

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