Vim7 on Ubuntu/Kubuntu

[marc]

User Iam said...
> On 7/9/06, marc <gmane at auxbuss.com> wrote:
> >
> > Paul O'Malley said...
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> > > marc wrote:
> > > > Hi,
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> > > > I'm configuring a new Ubuntu 6.06 installation and noticed that vim is
> > > > at v6.4.6
> > > >
> > > > Where do I find vim7 and associated gvim packages?
> > > >
> > > While not answering your question I have taken this from the IRC bot.
> > >
> > > Ubuntu uses a strict timetable for releases, which means that sometimes
> > > newly released programs miss the timetable.
> >
> > I'm sure it does - and quite right too - but I'm afraid I'm not clear
> > how this relates to vim7 specifically. Should I infer that vim7 was in
> > dapper's schedule, but missed. If so, what is the schedule, or where do
> > I find it?
> 
> What does version 7 have that you can't live without??

At what level? I can live without Linux and use Windows instead. So can 
you. I can live without a computer. So can you. I can't live without 
heat, food and water. And neither can you.

Between those things, we both have a lot of choice.

At a professional level, which may be outside your experience, decisions 
have to be made, and when a criterion is vim7, then vim6 is not an 
option. As I said, this may well be outside your experience.

If the answer to the OP is that vim7 is not available on Ubuntu, then 
that's fine; I'd just like to know. And, since I have a personal as well 
as professional interest in the outcome, I'd like to know the likely 
ETA.

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Best,
Marc