[Pkg-puppet-devel] vim-puppet: why not automatically install?

[Stig Sandbeck Mathisen]

micah <micah at riseup.net> writes:

> I'm curious why the vim-puppet package only Recommends
> 'vim-addon-manager

It does not explicitly need it to work, if referenced from the user's
.vimrc.  With Recommends:, it will normally be installed.

> and doesn't just do what is described in the README.Debian:
>
> ...
>
> Similarly, to enable it for all users of this system just execute (as
> root):
>
> 	vim-addons -w install puppet
>
> I'm guessing there is a reason not to do it automatically, but I can't
> figure out why... anyone know?

I wasn't sure about the policy regarding vim-addons, and opted for the
safer default, .  Since it clearly hasn't made the world explode, it
could be enabled by default.

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Stig Sandbeck Mathisen
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