Hi Alan, I agree, in light of Maurice's comments there is very little reason to continuate the FORTRAN 77 bindings.
On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:44:32 -0800 (PST) "Alan W. Irwin" <ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca> wrote: > Because the number of g77 users out there must be pretty >small now, I > don't think we have to be nearly this cautious. Instead, >I propose > that we simply deprecate our f77 bindings and examples >right now. > I would also change the above release announcement >wording as follows > to be consistent with that decision: > > ********************** .... An important consequence is >that we cannot test our f77 bindings > and examples for compliance with the FORTRAN 77 >standard. >Furthermore, we would prefer to concentrate all our >Fortran > development effort on our f95 bindings and strongly >encourage all our >Fortran users to use those bindings if they haven't >switched from the > f77 version already. Therefore, as of this release we >are deprecating > the f77 bindings and examples and plan no further >support for them. > We signal this deprecation by disabling f77 by default >(although our > users can still get access to these unsupported bindings >and examples > for now by specifying the -DENABLE_f77=ON cmake option). > > We plan to completely remove the f77 bindings and >examples > altogether two release after this one. > ********************** > (Make that "two releases" - plural) I can not adjust the text right now myself, but I will take care of it tomorrow, unless someone beats me to it. So: - Turn off the F77 bindings rightaway. - Remove them from the repository when we get to the third release after this current one (just to make sure that we are counting correctly). Regards, Arjen As an aside: How does that work with SVN? I suppose that if someone wants to revive these bindings he/she can go back to the last revision that did contain them and start from there? (I can see no concrete scenario for this, but I know that CVS had the concept of an "attic" - a sort of limbo for files that were no longer part of the repository) DISCLAIMER: This message is intended exclusively for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and destroy this message. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. The foundation 'Stichting Deltares', which has its seat at Delft, The Netherlands, Commercial Registration Number 41146461, is not liable in any way whatsoever for consequences and/or damages resulting from the improper, incomplete and untimely dispatch, receipt and/or content of this e-mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
