From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 19 19:15:24 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: arch@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A20B106566B for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:15:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16C398FC08 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:15:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 7486 invoked by uid 399); 19 Aug 2010 18:48:42 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO lap.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 19 Aug 2010 18:48:42 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <4C6D7C89.7040601@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:48:41 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100807 Thunderbird/3.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "arch@freebsd.org" , "current@freebsd.org" References: <65F17C45-55C1-4349-A4D1-A3D6AD0D9A80@FreeBSD.org> <4C6C1EDC.5000206@andric.com> <20100819084951.17534pzw4h7ff8kk@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20100819084951.17534pzw4h7ff8kk@webmail.leidinger.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 OpenPGP: id=1A1ABC84 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Removal of ICC (intel compiler) bits from mk X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:15:24 -0000 I think sometimes we act as if code that is removed from the tree is gone forever, with no possibility of it ever returning. I don't understand this attitude. :) If something is unsupported it should be removed, Q.E.D. There is no reason to think of possible reasons that we might want it to stay. Meanwhile, FYI, ports/lang/icc7 has been marked DEPRECATED since 8/8 with removal scheduled for 2010-09-01 based on the distinfo not containing a SHA256 line and (AFAICS) no distfiles available. If and only if someone wants to actively develop a newer version the old port will remain in the repo and can still be used as the basis of a repo copy to a newer version if that is necessary and/or desirable. hth, Doug -- Improve the effectiveness of your Internet presence with a domain name makeover! http://SupersetSolutions.com/ Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. -- Pablo Picasso