On 22/06/11 09:55, Michał Górny wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:15:35 +0200
> justin <jlec@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 21/06/11 16:18, Matt Turner wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:17 AM, justin <jlec@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>>> HI,
>>>>
>>>> with the addition of the fortran-2.eclass, it is possible to
>>>> remove the USE=fortran from the default profiles. Any objections?
>>>>
>>>> justin
>>>
>>> Nope, I actually suggested this back in December, and no one
>>> bothered to respond.
>>>
>>> Sounds good to me,
>>> Matt
>>>
>>
>> Removing fortran and adding an dependency on virtual/fortran lets
>> portage select dev-lang/ifc as the fortran compiler of choice.
> 
> That's because portage doesn't suggest USE changes for one-of deps, and
> just falls back to first USE-clean option.
> 

In my tests it does. if there only gcc[-fortra] present, it asks me to
change the USE.

>> I reverted it back temporarily, so everything should be fine now
>> again.
> 
> As said on IRC, if you really intend to do a thing like that, you
> should re-enable fortfran on the gcc package by default.
> 

I reverted to where we came from. Every further proceeding will be
coordinated with the toolchain guys. Generally I would like to remove
USE=fortran from default, as nearly solely science packages are written
in fortran and I doubt that nearly half of the user base do science.

I will come up with a plan.

jusitn