Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 03:07:58 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysinstall Message-ID: <199812141107.DAA00420@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 09 Dec 1998 08:37:11 CST." <199812091437.IAA03589@beowulf.utmb.edu>
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> If I might, I would like to suggest that any project along this > line look to include g77 as well as C++ as part of the base > system. This would help those of us interested in using FBSD for > number crunching. I can generate some testing time, including > compiling and testing some pretty hefty computational chemistry > packages. Unfortunately, I'm a biochemist who knows about > computers, not a computer scientist who knows about biochemistry, > so my time would only be usefully used in a testing mode. Can you clarify for us why having g77 in the base system, rather than an easily-installable and easily-upgradeable port would be worthwhile? Our current drive is to increase, not decrease, the modularity of the system where possible; an addition like this would have to have a compelling justification that was key to the system's functionality to be considered. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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