On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Joe Abley wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 03:16:41AM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> > "David O'Brien" <obr...@nuxi.com> writes:
> > > I've only heard back from 4 folks about adding EGCS's g77 to the base
> > > system -- all 4 said "yes".  Unless I get more feedback, I will add g77
> > > to the base system this weekend.
> > 
> > I beg your pardon? You're adding g77 to the system because you know of
> > four people who would find it useful? Where's the logic in that?
> > 
> > If you do add it to the base system, make it optional. I don't care if
> > it defaults to on, as long as I have the option to turn it off.
> 
> Oh good lord, not again.

I have to agree here...I personally know noone that actually uses
Fortran...having it as an option to turn off would be nice...one less
thing to compile on a buildworld...

I personally liked the whole ports concept...

Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
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