Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 09:44:14 +0200 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>, marty fouts <mf.danger@gmail.com>, Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, kmacy@fsmware.com, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: [RFC] Removal of Fortran from the base system Message-ID: <13610.1148715854@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 27 May 2006 00:38:01 PDT." <447801D9.3060901@FreeBSD.org>
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>Well, if it A touches 0.0001% of FreeBSD users, POLA isn't really >relevant. I fail to name at least 1 person who seriously relies on >Fortran in the base FreeBSD among at least 2,000 FreeBSD users I know. ... who can't figure out how to install a compiler from ports. Yes, Fortran does no longer belong in the base system, and quite frankly, it never did. I suspect the only reason it is there in the first place was that it saved somebody at Berkeley the trouble of keeping track of another release/tape/etc. Kill it. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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