Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 14:30:54 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: reg@shale.csir.co.za (Jeremy Lea), dcs@newsguy.com (Daniel C. Sobral), scrappy@hub.org (The Hermit Hacker), handy@lambic.physics.montana.edu (Brian Handy), des@flood.ping.uio.no (Dag-Erling Smorgrav), obrien@NUXI.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATTENTION PLEASE: g77 in base system. Message-ID: <199904102030.OAA09814@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199904101833.LAA42133@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <19990410182316.G6250@shale.csir.co.za> <199904101833.LAA42133@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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> > On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 11:19:21PM +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > > > Right or wrong, you forgot: > > > > > > 5. BSD tradition. > > > > > > Case 5 justifies Fortran. > > > Me, I'd rather have Fortran as a port. I'd even grudgingly accept > > > fortune as a port, as a matter of fact. Our base system is bloated. > > > While a lot of widely used programs are only available through > > > ports, a lot of obscure and obsolete stuff remains on our tree. They > > > are there because of 5. As long as 5 exists, Fortran belongs in the > > > tree. If we ever get rid of 5, then it's time to get the knife to > > > our tree... Or the axe, if the vikings decide to have the first cut. > > > :-) > > > > Invoking: > > > > 6. Whoever brings patches wins. > > > > Doesn't apply for getting something *removed* from the tree. > I've had *patches* and *ports* for f2c and f77 sitting around > for at least 2 months. Search the mailing list. I offered to do the commit work, but Jordan posted that removing Fortran from the base system wasn't something he considered acceptable, and I didn't feel like fighting him. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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