[RFC] Removal of Fortran from the base system

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <20060527065621.GA4814 at troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
            Steve Kargl <sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu> writes:
: On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 11:49:43PM -0700, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
: > C'mon. Nothing in the base system requires fortran  - install the 
: > version you like from ports and enjoy the life. What's the problem?
: > 
: 
: The problems are the Cons points in my initial post.
: FreeBSD has always shipped a Fortran compiler.  Stripping
: it out violates POLA.  Additionally, the the Ports Collection
: currently assumes the availability of a Fortran compiler.
: 
: What happens with
: 
: cd /usr/ports/math/lapack
: make install

If the above just works with gfortran as a port, or in the base
system, what's the difference to the end user?

Warner