On 14.04.21 01:41, Jeff Law wrote:
On 4/13/2021 11:32 AM, Thomas Koenig via Gcc wrote:
On 13.04.21 19:19, Jeff Law via Gcc wrote:
I'm not sure there'll be that much of a community split. Based on
what I've seen *so far* it'd be less of a split than we had with
EGCS. But that's precisely why I want folks to chime in,
particularly those doing the day-to-date development work -- I want
to see what the likely impact on the development community would be
rather than going with just what *I* want.
If such a split were to occur, it would probably cost you gfortran.
We're in a precarious situation as is.
Hmm, I'm not following gfortran closely. Is there a reason to believe
that the gfortran developers would split across the two projects?
There is no discussion at the moment. Most people on the fortran
mailing list do not follow gcc. I know of at least two contributors
(myself incluced) who would in all probability stop contributing
in that case. But then again, I'm only the currently active contributor
with the longest service history (since 2005), so my contribution
may not matter much.
You can, of course, raise the issue on the gfortran mailing list.
This will poison it with the same discussion that has poisoned the gcc
mailing list. There is an even chance that this will lead people
to stop contributing already.
If
so, that's a significant issue. If you've got a pointer to a
discussion, I'm happy to take it and read up on things.
Well, just raise the issue. I will, in that case, I will certainly
add my opinion.
