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From ptp-dev (14 Dec 2011): -------------------- Jeffrey Overbey: Hi Bill, (Copying ptp-dev) Quick question. I was wondering if you might consider removing the platform filter in photran.intel-feature. I know that Intel only supports Eclipse on Linux -- but here's my reasoning... 1. Since PTP introduced synchronized remote projects last year, they've gained a lot of traction. We expect them to quickly become the "norm" for cluster/supercomputer application development in Eclipse. Many of our users run Windows or Mac OS X but are using synchronized projects to develop codes for remote Linux machines. However, due to the platform filter, they can't use the Intel MBS toolchain for this task, since they aren't running Linux locally. 2. I was told yesterday that, due to a bug in Tycho, the Juno aggregator can't include the Intel feature as long as it has the linux platform filter. So, either we'll have to exclude the Intel Fortran Compiler Support feature from the Juno aggregation, or remove the platform filter. Obviously, it would be better if the Tycho bug would get fixed, but I think we're the only project that's affected by it, so I doubt it's high on their priority list. Thanks for considering it. Jeff -------------------- Bill Hilliard: Hi Jeff, If you want to remove the os filters for purposes of installing the feature on unsupported platforms, we don't object. I would only caution that this will have the potential to be a little confusing for users who still develop locally on their Win or Mac machine and may think they will be able to use ifort in Eclipse on those platforms just because the Intel feature installed with PTP/Photran. Thanks, Bill
I removed the OS filter in the master (Photran 8) branch. Thanks for your help with this, Bill.
