[MPI3 Fortran] Deprecate mpif.h?

[Bill Long]

Supalov, Alexander wrote:
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> Now, imagine we deprecate the mpif.h/mpi module and add the mpi3 module. It look like we'll upset 90% of the users and prevent other 7% from going to MPI-3. Makes 97%. Bad.
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> Imagine we freeze mpif.h/mpi module and add mpi3 module. We'll probably hit 7% of the users who would otherwise be willing to try MPI-3. Not deadly but still painful.
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In this context, I believe that "deprecate" and "freeze" mean the same 
thing.  Thus, there is not a distinction between these two cases.

Cheers,
Bill

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