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Sending heartfelt condolences to Bram's family. His last commit is just one month ago: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4c0089d696b8d1d5dc40568f25ea5738fa5bbff

by favadi 3y ago

Sending heartfelt condolences to Bram's family. His last commit is just one month ago: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4c0089d696b8d1d5dc40568f25ea5738fa5bbffb https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4c0089d696b8d1d5dc40568f25.... I wonder who else has access to vim.org and the official git repository and if there will be anyone step up to become vim's BDFL.

capableweb 3y ago
Judging by that the announcement email came from his own email, I'm guessing there has been some sort of redundancy setup done when the medical condition was initially detected.
- em-bee 3y ago
  more likely a close relative simply got access to his accounts.
barnbuilder 3y ago
I'm worried about this and feel like "vim" as actively maintained software probably also died today.
- ilaksh 3y ago
  Neovim seems to be going strong. https://github.com/neovim/neovim https://github.com/neovim/neovim
  - arp242 3y ago
    Neovim has a bit of a different mentality compared to Vim; it's not the same project. I don't really want to discus this in detail here as it's not the right location, but I think lots of people would be interested in continuing Vim, rather than having Vim being subsumed by Neovim. We'll have to see how things and the relationship between Vim and Neovim change and evolve in the coming weeks and months.
    - ilaksh 3y ago
      I assume there are multiple people willing and able to continue vim development and I think it might be important for that to happen. I just thought it was relevant in the context of that comment to mention the other project.
      - jabl 3y ago
        Whether VIM proper withers and fades away or not, Bram's legacy will live on through Neovim too.
      - The_Colonel 3y ago
        That's a strong assumption. There isn't an infinite amount of developers willing to sacrifice their free time for common good. I have a weaker assumption - somebody will keep maintaining it, but active feature development is in question.
  - ciupicri 3y ago
    I'm still waiting for a GTK and Windows GUI as good as the one provided by vim.

by favadi 3y ago

capableweb 3y ago

Judging by that the announcement email came from his own email, I'm guessing there has been some sort of redundancy setup done when the medical condition was initially detected.

em-bee 3y ago
more likely a close relative simply got access to his accounts.

barnbuilder 3y ago

I'm worried about this and feel like "vim" as actively maintained software probably also died today.

ilaksh 3y ago
Neovim seems to be going strong. https://github.com/neovim/neovim https://github.com/neovim/neovim
- arp242 3y ago
  Neovim has a bit of a different mentality compared to Vim; it's not the same project. I don't really want to discus this in detail here as it's not the right location, but I think lots of people would be interested in continuing Vim, rather than having Vim being subsumed by Neovim. We'll have to see how things and the relationship between Vim and Neovim change and evolve in the coming weeks and months.
  - ilaksh 3y ago
    I assume there are multiple people willing and able to continue vim development and I think it might be important for that to happen. I just thought it was relevant in the context of that comment to mention the other project.
    - jabl 3y ago
      Whether VIM proper withers and fades away or not, Bram's legacy will live on through Neovim too.
    - The_Colonel 3y ago
      That's a strong assumption. There isn't an infinite amount of developers willing to sacrifice their free time for common good. I have a weaker assumption - somebody will keep maintaining it, but active feature development is in question.
- ciupicri 3y ago
  I'm still waiting for a GTK and Windows GUI as good as the one provided by vim.