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Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch?

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On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 10:14:58AM +0100, Shane Dev wrote:
>    Hello,
>    I have a fresh install of Debian stretch including the relatively old vim
>    8. There is no vim version in stretch-backports. One solution is to
>    download the latest source from [1]vim.org and build it on my pc but then
>    I would lose the benefits of apt package management. I could also add the
>    testing repositories to my apt configuration files and install the vim
>    from there. What is the recommended approach?
> 
So, I can't offer a better suggestion than those already offered
(rebuild from source package or install with pinning, though I would
personally opt for rebuilding the package from buster).  However, I am
quite curious what new features are in vim 8.1 that would cause you to
go to all the trouble.

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sánchez

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What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Shane Dev <devshane42@gmail.com> - 2018-11-15 10:20 +0100
  Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2018-11-15 10:40 +0100
  Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2018-11-15 11:00 +0100
    Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-11-15 16:00 +0100
  Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-11-15 14:50 +0100
    Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Shane Dev <devshane42@gmail.com> - 2018-11-15 15:20 +0100
      Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-11-15 15:30 +0100
        Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-11-15 15:40 +0100
      Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-11-15 16:20 +0100
      Re: What is the best way to install vim 8.1 on stretch? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-11-15 16:20 +0100

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