From owner-freebsd-current Fri Apr 9 14:35:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.volant.org (phoenix.volant.org [205.179.79.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82FD515035; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 14:32:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from patl@phoenix.volant.org) Received: from asimov.phoenix.volant.org ([205.179.79.65]) by phoenix.volant.org with smtp (Exim 1.92 #8) id 10VhRJ-0001dz-00; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 12:59:45 -0700 Received: from localhost by asimov.phoenix.volant.org (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA10768; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 12:59:33 -0700 Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 12:59:33 -0700 (PDT) From: patl@phoenix.volant.org Reply-To: patl@phoenix.volant.org Subject: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE: g77 in base system. To: Jeremy Lea Cc: The Hermit Hacker , Brian Handy , Dag-Erling Smorgrav , obrien@NUXI.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19990409155258.A3791@shale.csir.co.za> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I always thought the criteria for inclusion of things into the base > system was: > > 1. Needed for 'make world'; > 2. Needed to get a basic functioning server up and running; > 3. Something usefull only within FreeBSD (like the kernel ;), or > 4. Can't be effectively built outside of /usr/src. > > If {g77|f77} can be built as a port, using the system EGCS, then to > port's it goes. Otherwise why don't we include the Top 20 ports, or > maybe the Top 25, or... The criteria for adding something to the base system is different than the criteria for removing something from it. In both cases, it requires compelling reasons to change the status quo. Replacing an existing component is somewhat easier, particularly if backwards compatability is retained. I may be mistaken, but I believe the current discussion is whether or not to replace f77 with g77. -Pat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message