Last modified: 2014-09-02 05:26:15 UTC
Please make vim configuration /by default/ the real default of ubuntu, and not that creepy wmf version. I figured out it's nearly impossible to turn it off or override (it's possible but for example with sudo or using service accounts it won't work, unless I upload my override to all user accounts I use on all projects). Why don't you make this wmf version as option for people who really want to use it? Instead of forcing everyone to use it
As a workaround, I have replied to Petan on labs-l http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/labs-l/2013-June/001297.html Copy of my reply: I have my configuration files in a Github project nicknamed 'alix': https://github.com/hashar/alix Whenever I join a new project I would fetch it under /home/hashar/alix then edit my .bashrc: $ cat .bashrc . /home/hashar/alix/bashrc umask 0002 And my .vimrc: source $ALIX_DIR/vimrc "source /home/hashar/alix/vimrc Where ALIX_DIR is set by bash using dirname: export ALIX_DIR=$(dirname $BASH_SOURCE) If I ever need to switch to root, I will `sudo -s` which keep the current user environment such as $HOME which then let vim and bash load MY dotfiles :)
