[flang-dev] Replacing `f18` with `flang-new`

[Andrzej Warzynski via flang-dev]

Just a quick update, I've just uploaded a patch to delete `f18`: 
https://reviews.llvm.org/D105811

-Andrzej

On 10/06/2021 09:37, Andrzej Warzynski via flang-dev wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> As mentioned in our community call yesterday, once [1] is merged, 
> `flang-new` will be ready to replace `f18`. I propose that it is deleted 
> soon after so that we have only 1 driver to maintain.
> 
> As suggested by Peter Steinfeld, let's have a transition period of at 
> least 2 weeks. I suggest that it's 2 weeks from when [1] is merged. 
> Hopefully this will be sufficient for you to adjust your workflows. If 
> not, we will extend this.
> 
> Please, if you either:
> * use `flang` (the bash script [2]) in your workflows, or
> * rely on `f18`s ability to call external compilers,
> could you check whether [1] preservers everything that you need? With no 
> testing upstream, it's been tricky to verify.
> 
> Thank you,
> -Andrzej
> 
> [1] https://reviews.llvm.org/D103177
> [2] https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/main/flang/tools/f18/flang
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