Re: [PATCH] vim-doc.eclass: Support installing in alternative ROOT

On 2026-06-11, Esteve Varela Colominas wrote:
> Hi, I've been dealing with bug #917047[1] for a while, and I want to 
> try to push for a solution. To this end, I've created github PR 
> 46276[2], and previously sent an email, but I didn't get a response, 
> so this is the second attempt, hope I'm doing it right 😅. The patch 
> is appended to this email. I hope this change can be considered!

Hi, if you are not aware I prepared (a bit overengineered) patchset for 
EAPI 9 + Neovim + vim.pack support in vim-plugin.eclass. There I decided 
to use a Perl script from Debian instead of vim-doc.eclass.

(By the way, this patchset needs to be updated because vim-classic and 
EVi have appeared since then.)

Eli Schwartz mentioned in the thread that there's a planned 
simplification of vim-doc.eclass:
> Adding stripped-down perl implementations of vim seems out
> of place (I have a planned simplification for helptags that will help
> here). vimproved has a vastly simpler neovim support update I'd prefer
> to look at (added to cc).
https://public-inbox.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/[email protected]/

So, what's the current status on this matter?