Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 13:34:57 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, mexas@bristol.ac.uk Subject: Re: proposed new mailing list: FreeBSD-Fortran Message-ID: <201306271334.57279.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201306171006.r5HA6KNV018635@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <201306171006.r5HA6KNV018635@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Monday, June 17, 2013 6:06:20 am Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I propose to create a dedicated FreeBSD Fortran mailing list. > The list will be helpful because: > > 1. There are a number of ports which depend on fortran compiler > or libraries in some way: > > $ find /usr/ports/ -name "Makefile" | xargs grep -i fortran | wc -l > 361 > $ > > 2. The FreeBSD Fortran expertise is scattered over many lists > at present. This will be a single point of contact for all > parties interested in Fortran on FreeBSD. > > 3. There are several developers/committers with Fortran > expertise, e.g. bf@, gerald@, maho@, who maintain a lot > of the critical fortran ports infrastructure, i.e. key > libraries and compilers. The list will help Fortran users > attaract the attention of all these people (hopefully > they will want to subscribe). Have you asked some of these folks if this is a list they would join and be active on? -- John Baldwin
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