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Date:      Wed, 16 Dec 1998 23:59:02 +1030 (CST)
From:      Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <gelderen@mediaport.org>
Cc:        Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall)
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.4.05.9812162356120.17079-100000@bragg>
In-Reply-To: <002101be28ee$0fb4fec0$1400000a@deskfix.local>

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On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Jeroen C. van Gelderen wrote:

> Fortran in the base system would require everybody to waste diskspace on
> Fortran. Your egcs waste wouldn't be much more than a couple of 100 MBs. If
> you can't accept that, please step forward and create a decent port. Or try
> and find someone on the list who can help you out.

Actually it's not that big..only a few MB, depending on what you install. It
does take more space to build it, though - although once someone makes a port
out of the egcs fortran compiler it can be pkg_added.

Kris


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