Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 19:34:20 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>, marty fouts <mf.danger@gmail.com>, Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, kmacy@fsmware.com, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: [RFC] Removal of Fortran from the base system Message-ID: <200605271934.29467.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <13610.1148715854@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <13610.1148715854@critter.freebsd.dk>
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--nextPart1863318.BRVkVp87Kn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday 27 May 2006 17:14, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >Well, if it A touches 0.0001% of FreeBSD users, POLA isn't really > >relevant. I fail to name at least 1 person who seriously relies on > >Fortran in the base FreeBSD among at least 2,000 FreeBSD users I know. > > ... who can't figure out how to install a compiler from ports. > > Yes, Fortran does no longer belong in the base system, and quite > frankly, it never did. I actually use Fortran at work. We have some data analysis code written in it. I think it should be removed from base, it is trivial to install it from=20 ports. =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart1863318.BRVkVp87Kn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEeCQt5ZPcIHs/zowRAoHiAJoDbX1I6eYUirRg5KMS31UsKFdowQCgh14p JbHRNiQQTVSGP/yseGar8CE= =ZwSj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1863318.BRVkVp87Kn--
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