Grant, Are backports voted up based on the number of persons that confirm the bug on Launchpad? I too would like Vim 7.4 to appear on my 12.04 machine.
Arthur On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Grant Bowman <grant...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > I was answering a question on stackexchange about building the recently > released vim 7.4 on Ubuntu and did some research I thought others might be > interested to see. > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18105733/building-vim-debs-on-ubuntu > > After some efforts trying a build it I ended up filing the bug below to > request that vim 7.4 be backported to 12.04 LTS Precise. Even if you aren't > interested in vim as much as I am you might have an interest in this > process. > > Regards, > > Grant > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Grant Bowman <grant...@ubuntu.com> > Date: Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 1:50 PM > Subject: [Bug 1211971] [NEW] Please backport vim 2:7.4.000-1ubuntu2 (main) > from saucy > To: grant...@ubuntu.com > > bug url: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1211971 > > Public bug reported: > > Please backport vim 2:7.4.000-1ubuntu2 (main) from saucy to precise, > quantal, raring. > > Reason for the backport: > ======================== > This editor is one of several main tools for many developers. > Having the latest version available on the LTS would be very helpful. > Per the release announcement "more than a thousand bugs and small > improvements" > have been fixed since 7.3. > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_announce/knOQ_t_H5to > > I used dget with pbuilder to try a test build of > > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/v/vim/vim_7.4.000-1ubuntu2.dsc > but problems exist for precise such as Build-Conflicts: ruby1.8 > > Packages for quantal and raring are available in at least > the ppa of cjohnston. > > Testing: > ======== > Mark off items in the checklist [X] as you test them, but please leave the > checklist so that backporters can quickly evaluate the state of testing. > > You can test-build the backport in your PPA with backportpackage: > $ backportpackage -u ppa:<lp username>/<ppa name> -s saucy -d precise vim > $ backportpackage -u ppa:<lp username>/<ppa name> -s saucy -d quantal vim > $ backportpackage -u ppa:<lp username>/<ppa name> -s saucy -d raring vim > > * precise: > [ ] Package builds without modification > [ ] vim-common installs cleanly and runs > > [... omitted lots of checkboxes ...] > > ** Affects: precise-backports > Importance: Undecided > Status: New > > ** Affects: quantal-backports > Importance: Undecided > Status: New > > ** Affects: raring-backports > Importance: Undecided > Status: New > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > >
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