Re: [arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

2009-06-23 Thread David C. Rankin
On Monday 22 June 2009 03:05:29 pm David C. Rankin wrote: On Monday 22 June 2009 11:06:37 am David Rosenstrauch wrote: David C. Rankin wrote: Listmates, Devs: I upgraded to testing to test the new dmraid. Just my personal opinion here, and perhaps the devs will disagree, but

Re: [arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

2009-06-23 Thread Xavier
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:06 PM, David Rosenstrauchdar...@darose.net wrote: David C. Rankin wrote: Listmates, Devs:        I upgraded to testing to test the new dmraid. Just my personal opinion here, and perhaps the devs will disagree, but personally I wouldn't suggest upgrading your

Re: [arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

2009-06-23 Thread Jan de Groot
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 10:14 +0200, Xavier wrote: The only problem is that you can not always upgrade just one package. Sometimes you also need to upgrade a set of related packages. And in case of big rebuild, that set might be the whole testing repo. As long as you are skilled enough to

Re: [arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

2009-06-23 Thread Dan McGee
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 3:38 AM, Jan de Grootj...@jgc.homeip.net wrote: On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 10:14 +0200, Xavier wrote: The only problem is that you can not always upgrade just one package. Sometimes you also need to upgrade a set of related packages. And in case of big rebuild, that set

[arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

2009-06-22 Thread David C. Rankin
Listmates, Devs: I upgraded to testing to test the new dmraid. As part of the upgrade, vi was changed in a BIG way. (I could hardly use the thing and I have been using it for 20 years) The screen flashes when you double-escape, in insert mode if you move to colum 1 things go nuts,

Re: [arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

2009-06-22 Thread Tobias Powalowski
Am Montag 22 Juni 2009 schrieb David C. Rankin: Listmates, Devs: I upgraded to testing to test the new dmraid. As part of the upgrade, vi was changed in a BIG way. (I could hardly use the thing and I have been using it for 20 years) The screen flashes when you double-escape, in insert

Re: [arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

2009-06-22 Thread Allan McRae
David C. Rankin wrote: Listmates, Devs: I upgraded to testing to test the new dmraid. As part of the upgrade, vi was changed in a BIG way. (I could hardly use the thing and I have been using it for 20 years) The screen flashes when you double-escape, in insert mode if you move to colum 1

Re: [arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

2009-06-22 Thread David C. Rankin
On Monday 22 June 2009 02:36:26 am Allan McRae wrote: David C. Rankin wrote: Listmates, Devs: I upgraded to testing to test the new dmraid. As part of the upgrade, vi was changed in a BIG way. (I could hardly use the thing and I have been using it for 20 years) The screen flashes

Re: [arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

2009-06-22 Thread Grigorios Bouzakis
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:55 AM, David C. Rankindrankina...@suddenlinkmail.com wrote: On Monday 22 June 2009 02:36:26 am Allan McRae wrote: David C. Rankin wrote: Listmates, Devs:     I upgraded to testing to test the new dmraid. As part of the upgrade, vi was changed in a BIG way.

Re: [arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

2009-06-22 Thread Loui Chang
On Mon 22 Jun 2009 10:59 +0300, Grigorios Bouzakis wrote: The whole point of using testing is.. you should have known that already. :) Very true. You should keep up with development if you're going to be running [testing] and be prepared to struggle through any issues. Problems shouldn't come as

Re: [arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

2009-06-22 Thread Scot Becker
Very true. You should keep up with development if you're going to be running [testing] and be prepared to struggle through any issues. Problems shouldn't come as a total surprise anyways. Sure. But 'struggling though any issues doesn't mean he has to do it without our help, no? I'm new here,

Re: [arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

2009-06-22 Thread Loui Chang
On Mon 22 Jun 2009 14:12 +0100, Scot Becker wrote: Very true. You should keep up with development if you're going to be running [testing] and be prepared to struggle through any issues. Problems shouldn't come as a total surprise anyways. Sure. But 'struggling though any issues doesn't

Re: [arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

2009-06-22 Thread Jan Spakula
Excerpts from Loui Chang's message of Mo Jun 22 16:41:41 +0200 2009: Is there a way for him to try the new 'dmraid' without going the whole way and migrating to [testing]. This would also be useful for him (and me) to know. Pretty simple. Enable testing, install dmraid, disable testing.

Re: [arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

2009-06-22 Thread David Rosenstrauch
David C. Rankin wrote: Listmates, Devs: I upgraded to testing to test the new dmraid. Just my personal opinion here, and perhaps the devs will disagree, but personally I wouldn't suggest upgrading your entire box to testing. If you only want to kick the tires on one package from

Re: [arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

2009-06-22 Thread Jan de Groot
On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 12:06 -0400, David Rosenstrauch wrote: David C. Rankin wrote: Listmates, Devs: I upgraded to testing to test the new dmraid. Just my personal opinion here, and perhaps the devs will disagree, but personally I wouldn't suggest upgrading your entire box to

Re: [arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

2009-06-22 Thread David C. Rankin
On Monday 22 June 2009 02:59:08 am Grigorios Bouzakis wrote: Thanks Tobias and Allan, That is just what I needed to know! The whole point of using testing is.. you should have known that already. :) Well my friend, when Tobias asked for assistance testing dmraid, I

Re: [arch-general] vi from testing has gone nuts - does not honor virc/~.virc settings

2009-06-22 Thread David C. Rankin
On Monday 22 June 2009 11:06:37 am David Rosenstrauch wrote: David C. Rankin wrote: Listmates, Devs: I upgraded to testing to test the new dmraid. Just my personal opinion here, and perhaps the devs will disagree, but personally I wouldn't suggest upgrading your entire box to