[JOSS review] macOS CI workflows failing so README shows red badges
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Tech stack
- fortran, github-actions, macos
- Domain
- build-system, ci-cd
Research direction
Start with .github/workflows/gnu-macos.yml and .github/workflows/gnu-macos-i8.yml, inspect their failing Build steps, then read the dl_py2f sources and the README badge definitions. Confirm with maintainers whether the intended outcome is disabling the workflows, marking them experimental, or supporting macOS; done means the chosen workflow and README status no longer misrepresent the project.
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Description
Part of my review for openjournals/joss-reviews#8992.
gnu-macos.yml and gnu-macos-i8.yml workflow Actions have been failing at the Build step since their last runs on main (2026-03-31), and the README displays their red badges alongside the green Linux ones. The dl_py2f sources contain no macOS conditionals (no __APPLE__ / Darwin branches), use <link.h>/glibc ELF internals, and link with a GNU version script (-Wl,--version-script) so a macOS build of the F2P layer failing is expected with the current code.
Suggestion: either remove/disable the workflows and badges until macOS is supported, mark them as experimental in the README or fix the build.
- Dominant language
- Fortran
- Stars
- 1
- Forks
- 0
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
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