Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 18:23:16 +0200 From: Jeremy Lea <reg@shale.csir.co.za> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>, Brian Handy <handy@lambic.physics.montana.edu>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, obrien@NUXI.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE: g77 in base system. Message-ID: <19990410182316.G6250@shale.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <370E0C68.3F59295C@newsguy.com>; from Daniel C. Sobral on Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 11:19:21PM %2B0900 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904082056190.19556-100000@lambic.physics.montana.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904091036480.55462-100000@thelab.hub.org> <19990409155258.A3791@shale.csir.co.za> <370E0C68.3F59295C@newsguy.com>
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Hi, On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 11:19:21PM +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > Right or wrong, you forgot: > > 5. BSD tradition. > > Case 5 justifies Fortran. > Me, I'd rather have Fortran as a port. I'd even grudgingly accept > fortune as a port, as a matter of fact. Our base system is bloated. > While a lot of widely used programs are only available through > ports, a lot of obscure and obsolete stuff remains on our tree. They > are there because of 5. As long as 5 exists, Fortran belongs in the > tree. If we ever get rid of 5, then it's time to get the knife to > our tree... Or the axe, if the vikings decide to have the first cut. > :-) Invoking: 6. Whoever brings patches wins. :) -Jeremy -- | "I could be anything I wanted to, but one things true --+-- Never gonna be as big as Jesus, never gonna hold the world in my hand | Never gonna be as big as Jesus, never gonna build a promised land | But that's, that's all right, OK with me..." -Audio Adrenaline To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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