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From: justin <jlec@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC Remove USE=fortran in default profile
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:02:38
Message-Id: 4E01A157.8050806@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC Remove USE=fortran in default profile by "Michał Górny"
1 On 22/06/11 09:55, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:15:35 +0200
3 > justin <jlec@g.o> wrote:
4 >
5 >> On 21/06/11 16:18, Matt Turner wrote:
6 >>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:17 AM, justin <jlec@g.o> wrote:
7 >>>> HI,
8 >>>>
9 >>>> with the addition of the fortran-2.eclass, it is possible to
10 >>>> remove the USE=fortran from the default profiles. Any objections?
11 >>>>
12 >>>> justin
13 >>>
14 >>> Nope, I actually suggested this back in December, and no one
15 >>> bothered to respond.
16 >>>
17 >>> Sounds good to me,
18 >>> Matt
19 >>>
20 >>
21 >> Removing fortran and adding an dependency on virtual/fortran lets
22 >> portage select dev-lang/ifc as the fortran compiler of choice.
23 >
24 > That's because portage doesn't suggest USE changes for one-of deps, and
25 > just falls back to first USE-clean option.
26 >
27
28 In my tests it does. if there only gcc[-fortra] present, it asks me to
29 change the USE.
30
31 >> I reverted it back temporarily, so everything should be fine now
32 >> again.
33 >
34 > As said on IRC, if you really intend to do a thing like that, you
35 > should re-enable fortfran on the gcc package by default.
36 >
37
38 I reverted to where we came from. Every further proceeding will be
39 coordinated with the toolchain guys. Generally I would like to remove
40 USE=fortran from default, as nearly solely science packages are written
41 in fortran and I doubt that nearly half of the user base do science.
42
43 I will come up with a plan.
44
45 jusitn

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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC Remove USE=fortran in default profile Matthew Summers <quantumsummers@g.o>