From owner-freebsd-fortran@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 20 20:38:35 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: fortran@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C78D9A4 for ; Sat, 20 Jul 2013 20:38:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.95.76.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07F382E6 for ; Sat, 20 Jul 2013 20:38:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost.apl.washington.edu [127.0.0.1]) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r6KKQetO068508; Sat, 20 Jul 2013 13:26:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.14.6/8.14.6/Submit) id r6KKQeiM068507; Sat, 20 Jul 2013 13:26:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk) Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 13:26:40 -0700 From: Steve Kargl To: Anton Shterenlikht Subject: Re: math/slatec - worth fixing deleted language features? Message-ID: <20130720202640.GA68466@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <201307201737.r6KHbjSS009228@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201307201737.r6KHbjSS009228@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: fortran@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-fortran@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Fortran on FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 20:38:35 -0000 On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 06:37:45PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > Anybody uses math/slatec? I don't use it currently. When I was actively contributing to gfortran (to ensure that gfortran worked on FreeBSD), I fed routinely fed slatec into gfortran looking for bugs. > This is a collection of >1400 f77 routines. > The problem is that there is no upstream anymore, > and the code has deleted features, e.g.: (snip) > Fixing each individual deleted feature is not that hard. There is nothing to fix. You will be hard pressed to find a Fortran, which works on FreeBSD, that does not support the deleted features used by slatec. > In addition, there is a risk of introducing new bugs. > The library, as it is, is supposed to be thoroughly tested. This is why compilers still support the deleted features. Code written 50 years will still compile and work. > > So I'll asking for opinions on what to do > with math/slatec; (1) nothing - leave as it is, yes > (2) try updating deleted (and obsolete) language constructs, No. Do nothing. If the warnings bother you, add FFLAGS+=-w or FFLAGS+=-std=legacy to the Makefile. > (3) spawn another port, with > no deleted or obsolete features, but with little testing? Do nothing. -- Steve