From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 27 03:30:05 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA01030 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 03:29:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from speed.rcc.on.ca (radio163.mipps.net [205.189.197.163] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id DAA01024 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 03:29:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tr49986@rcc.on.ca) Received: from chopper ([207.164.233.98]) by speed.rcc.on.ca (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id HAA27353 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 07:38:54 -0500 Message-ID: <007901be491e$f3c3e220$0a00000a@chopper.my.intranet> From: "RT" To: Subject: Re: removing f2c from base distribution Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 06:16:51 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I highly doubt that I'll ever use FORTRAN directly or indirectly. If it's not used by a vast majority, it should be optional... -----Original Message----- From: Mike Smith To: Mark Murray Cc: obrien@NUXI.com ; Steve Kargl ; freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 2:40 AM Subject: Re: removing f2c from base distribution >> "David O'Brien" wrote: >> > I've got a Bmaked contribified version of EGCS, but didn't do g77. So >> > maybe a consensus should be made what to do about FORTRAN in the base >> > system. >> >> If you are collecting votes, please add mine; I feel quite strongly >> (knowing the scientists that I do that use Fortran) that it _should_ >> be in the base system. Please include it. > >We've already established that it doesn't need to be in the base system. >Your scientist friends are probably already going to be installing >their favorite text editors; it's no harder to install the Fortran >support. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message