Re: gf (gfortran) suffix ?
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 01:14:59PM +0200, Sylvestre Ledru wrote:
> During the g77 => gfortran transition, the gd suffix had to be added
> into the package in order to manage the change.
> Maybe I am missing a point but since g77 is long gone, is it still
> mandatory ?
> Or is it possible to drop the gf ?
> I am doing some major changes in the Atlas package (a pretty important
> package). This could be an opportunity to change its name.
The gf suffix is ofcourse not mandatory for any new packages, or when
the soname of the library changes.
but renaming a package just to get rid of ugly suffix is not a good
idea. If you are renaming/splitting the package anyway, there
is no reason to keep the gf suffix.
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