From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 18 13:37:11 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 820BA106567B for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:37:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from giffunip@tutopia.com) Received: from nm27.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com (nm27.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com [98.139.91.97]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2164F8FC13 for ; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:37:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.91.62] by nm27.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Apr 2011 13:37:10 -0000 Received: from [98.139.91.21] by tm2.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Apr 2011 13:37:10 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1021.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Apr 2011 13:37:10 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 745181.1844.bm@omp1021.mail.sp2.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 42622 invoked by uid 60001); 18 Apr 2011 13:37:10 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1303133830; bh=iItISDaLe7dBnSC3G4LtHYdmV3LHmwqQuZyw55Btd/o=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-RocketYMMF:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=NP4M8prLh7cJ7YeY6yAmOOILcrGC3P1hH6TWJQLopeqj6Lp2663IlGk4u4i4CfhAaRwirUBTAwY5SDtBTZ/6PDPDXQJcC9sznVF0HXx+0P09xsWt8RRZ0OGwk/9fTljqg2/nSD52U/sjnUGaNVpnyGTx/ysF99CgCP2E6qXe6Q0= Message-ID: <463183.28445.qm@web113513.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: ctCVxfgVM1keCmucIu5r9FJQKlUfYg3gs3B9J.D064s.L8t DQFk4gm.KzCc8moX4DJEXCS399.qERs7jAo5cfAlyt.cHMKThbMcFVHKapSk FY2pUgSqOMC06BaFn1y6O_tzEP_7HkDDywcIyI2EHcW.cTvJTGvgPB7XIe3Z cMN2Cn_0KBcaW_1wegRzpa87wZQOk1lcyl04jx5DDIOfMppUpSR8uuNvI0f3 bGO7r2hIAz2GKe2Lk26YTHSUq2BBj_8DNnvXDgdiOZ0HfEYidSz48cKIsQnT Ix_YNKoM6w.iD0YsjW80_7SRTCLI51cGzG.LkUF9YqK4iynq_J2yXRXNXIUy ecrGRa5n5zi2Rr831hVAg3s68gIC7H2Fhvo.jQnvnl8va41dyijEuZuVwqR1 HBHnQFsxrWVD238I- Received: from [200.118.159.55] by web113513.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:37:10 PDT X-RocketYMMF: giffunip X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/12.0.2 YahooMailWebService/0.8.109.295617 Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:37:10 -0700 (PDT) From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" To: Scott Long In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:40:11 +0000 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Removal of libobjc from the base system X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: giffunip@tutopia.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:37:11 -0000 =0A--- On Mon, 4/18/11, Scott Long wrote:=0A...=0A> > Y= eah it's too outdated to be of any use.=0A> > =0A> > IMHO, you can axe libf= 2c too...=0A> > =0A> =0A> Honest question here, is there a newer version of= libf2c=0A> that lives in ports and is adopted by people who use=0A> fortra= n?=A0 The one that I find in the base system seems=0A> to be a similar matc= h to the one in ports/devel/f2c.=A0=0A> Is the one in the base system a pai= n to maintain or=0A> otherwise holding back other work, or has it been made= =0A> obsolete by something in ports?=A0 Is removing it from=0A> the base sy= stem anything more than just churn?=0A> =0A=0AI am a moderate user of Fortr= an: when I need it I use=0Agfortran instead of f2c. lang/f2c is in the port= s tree,=0Aand the one port I made (tochnog) that actually depends=0Aon libf= 2c uses the port, not the system library.=0A=0AConsidering we are not carry= ing fortran in base anymore,=0Ait would seem logical to kill libf2c, but it= must be said=0Athe f2c port originates in netlib, I have no idea where=0At= he GPL'd libf2c comes from or if there is any significant=0Adifference.=0A= =0Acheers,=0A=0APedro.=0A