Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 09:19:05 -0500 From: Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde@aldan.algebra.com> To: ports@FreeBSD.org, hdfnews@ncsa.uiuc.edu Cc: koziol@ncsa.uiuc.edu Subject: graphics/opendx and dropping science/hdf Message-ID: <200404081019.05682@aldan>
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Hello! I intend to drop the science/hdf port. It was obsoleted by hdf5 long ago (was it?), it breaks on some some 64bit platforms, it conflicts with math/netcdf. All the technical issues are, probably, fixable, but the obsoleteness makes them not worth the effort. Or so it seems. The only port relying on science/hdf is graphics/opendx and only if WITH_HDF is defined. Unfortunately, opendx does not (yet?) support hdf5. So... . Does hdf5 really obsolete hdf4? . Does hdf support add much value to opendx at all, or can we just remove it? . If not, should I (or some other helping hand) try to patch opendx to use hdf5? or . bring the old hdf4 into the 21st century (fixing the types, depending on math/netcdf instead of building its own)? Thanks for any ideas, -mi
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