From: olivier.henley@gmail.com
Subject: Ada package registry?
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:13:19 -0800 (PST)
Date: 2016-01-28T17:13:19-08:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <02241ec4-0f95-4f63-9abc-092f167eb59e@googlegroups.com> (raw)
Hey,
Anyone thought about doing something similar to DUB, the D package registry (http://code.dlang.org/) ... for Ada?
(I know there are other projects for other languages but I also know for a fact that the D community did an exhaustive overview about these techs before committing to theirs)
In my opinion this is a silver bullet for the adoption/recruiting of new users to the language. It is also a silver bullet to speed up lib and application complexity/diversity. Just look at the amount/diversity of packages available at code.dlang.org. All this happened in about two years.
1. It centralizes libs/applications existence knowledge. ('Ah there is a generic markov chain library I was not aware of... why not undertake my next model-based multivariable control system using Markov chains in Ada. Cool.')
2. It centralizes libs/applications efforts. (Huge impact when it comes to collaboration and reducing 'duplicate half-dead efforts' concerning specific tech: 'Ah there is a generic markov chain library I was not aware of... why not help this person improve the lib as I am a Markov Chain specialist. Cool.')
3. You get improved code for free and automatically. Dependencies updates are retrieved on command.
4. It eases complex application build setup and maintenance.
For sure, at the moment, Ada initiatives are not gathered properly. For example, were you aware of the existence of a lean Ada library for generating UUIDs? No you did not and maybe this is why you did your own 'kind-ish' version at your job or on your free time to fulfill the requirements of another project.
An Ada package registry would have informed you of its existence. From there you could have decided to use this lib, improve this lib, propose a new one and/or decide to start that new application that was waiting for that specialised work of implementing UUIDs to be lifted for you. My two cents.
Comments? Thoughts?
How would you do it... or not/why not?
Thx.
p.s: Before we get there... the fact that many wikipedia articles are of poor quality does not affect its tremendous usefulness.
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2016-01-29 1:13 olivier.henley [this message]
2016-01-29 3:43 ` Ada package registry? gautier_niouzes
2016-01-29 22:06 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-01-30 17:21 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2016-01-29 14:20 ` David Botton
2016-01-29 22:27 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-01-30 7:35 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-01-30 22:14 ` Tero Koskinen
2016-01-31 7:51 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-01-31 15:52 ` Mart van de Wege
2016-01-31 16:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-01-31 19:16 ` olivier.henley
2016-02-01 23:22 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-05 19:52 ` Tero Koskinen
2016-02-05 20:42 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-06 1:25 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-06 6:09 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2016-02-08 22:54 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-06 23:08 ` AdaMagica
2016-02-07 7:08 ` gautier_niouzes
2016-02-07 8:50 ` gautier_niouzes
2016-02-08 22:58 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-07 10:24 ` gautier_niouzes
2016-01-31 19:10 ` olivier.henley
2016-02-02 0:44 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-02 18:45 ` Shark8
2016-02-02 20:14 ` gautier_niouzes
2016-02-02 20:46 ` Shark8
2016-02-02 21:32 ` gautier_niouzes
2016-02-03 4:21 ` Shark8
2016-02-03 9:39 ` Georg Bauhaus
2016-02-02 22:51 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-03 4:16 ` Shark8
2016-02-01 8:30 ` Thomas Løcke
2016-02-01 9:32 ` Georg Bauhaus
2016-02-02 8:54 ` Thomas Løcke
2016-02-02 14:51 ` jsquirek
2016-02-02 18:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-02 20:05 ` gautier_niouzes
2016-02-02 20:58 ` Björn Lundin
2016-02-02 23:06 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-03 7:15 ` Pascal Obry
2016-02-03 22:11 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-04 6:51 ` Pascal Obry
2016-02-04 20:52 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-05 7:11 ` Pascal Obry
2016-02-06 1:11 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-04 9:05 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-04 9:20 ` Mark Carroll
2016-02-04 12:58 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2016-02-04 21:03 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-05 8:31 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-04 16:52 ` Björn Lundin
2016-02-04 16:59 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-04 17:29 ` Björn Lundin
2016-02-04 21:21 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-04 22:04 ` Björn Lundin
2016-02-05 8:51 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-05 22:06 ` Björn Lundin
2016-02-06 0:30 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-06 23:26 ` Björn Lundin
2016-02-07 0:16 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2016-02-07 8:02 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-07 8:36 ` gautier_niouzes
2016-02-07 8:52 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-07 10:06 ` gautier_niouzes
2016-02-07 10:23 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-07 20:02 ` Björn Lundin
2016-02-08 8:19 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-07 10:00 ` Georg Bauhaus
2016-02-07 10:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-07 19:27 ` Georg Bauhaus
2016-02-07 19:47 ` Georg Bauhaus
2016-02-07 19:54 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-07 22:56 ` Georg Bauhaus
2016-02-08 8:22 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-07 20:11 ` Björn Lundin
2016-02-07 22:11 ` Georg Bauhaus
2016-02-08 8:16 ` Björn Lundin
2016-02-07 19:57 ` Björn Lundin
2016-02-08 8:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-08 22:42 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-07 20:07 ` Björn Lundin
2016-02-08 8:38 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-08 18:24 ` Björn Lundin
2016-02-08 22:38 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-09 20:56 ` Björn Lundin
2016-02-05 12:54 ` G.B.
2016-02-05 13:27 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-05 15:53 ` G.B.
2016-02-05 16:45 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-05 17:58 ` G.B.
2016-02-05 18:47 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-07 9:40 ` Georg Bauhaus
2016-02-07 10:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-07 19:21 ` Georg Bauhaus
2016-02-07 19:57 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-07 22:16 ` Georg Bauhaus
2016-02-08 8:20 ` Björn Lundin
2016-02-08 9:03 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-08 10:08 ` G.B.
2016-02-08 13:42 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-06 0:49 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-07 8:42 ` Georg Bauhaus
2016-02-04 21:09 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-05 8:59 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-06 0:04 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-06 8:54 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-08 23:02 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-09 8:50 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-11 1:37 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-11 8:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-02-11 22:00 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-06 18:48 ` olivier.henley
2016-02-09 0:05 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-09 3:50 ` Shark8
2016-02-11 1:40 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-09 8:04 ` Thomas Løcke
2016-02-09 13:33 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2016-02-09 14:58 ` Shark8
2016-02-11 1:46 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-11 5:19 ` Shark8
2016-02-09 18:08 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2016-02-09 21:00 ` Shark8
2016-02-09 21:07 ` Björn Lundin
2016-02-09 21:31 ` Shark8
2016-02-09 23:47 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2016-02-10 5:10 ` J-P. Rosen
2016-02-11 1:51 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-02-12 16:05 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
2016-02-13 5:42 ` olivier.henley
2016-02-13 12:20 ` Alejandro R. Mosteo
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