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by mgbmtl 1456 days ago
Debian popcon can be interesting:

- https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=vim

- https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=neovim

- https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=nano

(nano for the control group)

So lots of neovim growth, but still small in absolute numbers. Then again, vim-tiny is installed by default. Normal vim is a better indicator. And it won't grow as much, because Debian's userbase grows slowly.

Personally I'm happy with the default Vim config (I'll enable features if I need them, such as line numbers) and prefer the minimalism.

I tried neovim but there were more bells and whistles by default, and I didn't want to waste time configuring (and I work on a bunch of machines when wearing my sysadnin hat). For plugins, I only use a debugger.

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For those who don't want to parse the Debian popcon graphs :

    94000 installs for vim
     4000 installs for neovim
Exact values are 94171=81618+5727+6826 for vim + vim-gtk3 + vim-nox, and 3980 for neovim. I ignored vim-tiny, which is installed by default.