[csw-maintainers] old gcc4* packages in catalog

[Peter FELECAN]

Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com> writes:

> On Sunday, June 6, 2010, Peter FELECAN <pfelecan at opencsw.org> wrote:
>> Philip Brown <phil at bolthole.com> writes:
>>
>>>>
>>>> gcc4g95 is for the first version of the 4th  branch for which I was the
>>>> maintainer until 4.0.2. Afterward, Mike took up the maintenance of this branch and
>>>> provided the gcc4gfortran which is the newer FORTRAN front end supported
>>>> by then GCC Suite.
>>>> --
>>>> Peter
>>>
>>> thanks . so we just need a definitie statement, by those who acually
>>> know and care abot fortran, wheher there s any value i n the older
>>> branch or whether we can officially replace it with the newer?
>>
>> I'm not a FORTRAN expert, the last time that I wrote code in that
>> language was in the very beginning of the 9th decade of the 20th century
>> when the FORTRAN 77 was the standard. However, I'm for keeping only the
>> newer version of the corresponding front-end, i.e., gcc4gfortran int the
>> 4th branch; for those needing an older version they can use the gcc3g77
>> or even gcc2g77.
>>

> okay. well someone please submit an empty packed of the new one that
> depends on the old one

In case that you agreed with my proposal, it's the other way: the old one
is empty and depends on the new one. What you say is to keep gcc4g95
(the old one) but we should keep gcc4gfortran (the new one)

-- 
Peter