From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,4201333ce83cfb73 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.224.213.1 with SMTP id gu1mr1608560qab.7.1348038202994; Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:03:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.91.47 with SMTP id cb15mr793538vdb.11.1348038202969; Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:03:22 -0700 (PDT) Path: t12ni21556626qak.0!nntp.google.com!v8no149927qap.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:03:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8991ed04-4f4e-42ca-aa54-360efc1d417d@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=130.240.232.139; posting-account=Rr9I-QoAAACS-nOzpA-mGxtAlZ46Nb6I NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.240.232.139 References: <3123d892-e560-415e-8b04-73ab62decb88@googlegroups.com> <84e37fe9-2b84-408d-bbb6-882879a02126@googlegroups.com> <14f1uqjns4120.1w2yiqcl0oobh.dlg@40tude.net> <901ee653-b36f-4641-a935-297c4091820b@googlegroups.com> <8991ed04-4f4e-42ca-aa54-360efc1d417d@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <0610313f-d0b5-4871-bfbb-0079a088f802@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: GPS doesn't work in GNAT GPL From: Ada novice Injection-Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:03:22 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: 2012-09-19T00:03:22-07:00 List-Id: On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 8:41:01 AM UTC+1, Ludovic Brenta wrote: =20 > No but I do and I also fix other packages whenever I can. The other >=20 > package maintainers too. Gnat GPL can have more than one version a year and only the latest version = of that year is kept on the website. Is there communication between you and= Ada Core on which bugs you are fixing or which bugs they are fixing? How d= oes it work? Gnat GPL is maintained by a large team I "suppose" while Debia= n Gnat is maintained by only you. As you can see, it may not be straightfor= ward to go for Debian Gnat who is only maintained by one person. How much d= ifference is there between Gnat GPL and Debian Ada? =20 >=20 > I don't know about this problem; I don't run VirtualBox and don't >=20 > intend to. >=20 Yes I said that I was vague in the problem description as I removed the Deb= ian Ada and did not keep track of the error message at start. But it might = be simply due to some files missing in the Debian derivatives distro. When = I will have time and internet connection to install Debian Ada again, I sha= ll let you know the exact error message.=20 I started to learn Linux via the Virtual Box and intend to continue with it= till I can afford a separate computer to have Linux on the native hardware= itself. > =20 >=20 > > I have Linux mint Debian and Crunchbang Linux in two Virtual Boxes >=20 > > and I did not have any problems with screen resolutions. As they are >=20 > > both direct derivatives of Debian, so why not use them? >=20 >=20 >=20 > Because, by definition, they will always lag behind Debian and because >=20 > there is a possibility that they introduce new bugs; this has happened >=20 > in the past in other derivatives. The Debian maintainers for Ada >=20 > expend great effort to ensure that all packages work well together; >=20 > derivatives take a snapshot of Debian at an arbitrary time, which may >=20 > break this compatibility (this has also happened in the past). >=20 The repositories of the derivatives such as Crunchbang and Linux mint can b= e changed as well. One can pick the stable, testing or unstable Debian. So = there should theoretically not be any discrepancies between the parent Debi= an and the derivatives. I am only guessing here as I am new to Linux! =20 =20 > Because derivatives don't have dedicated Ada maintainers, so if you >=20 > ever report a bug to a derivative, chances are nobody will ever look >=20 > at it. This can be true. Crunchbang is reputed to have an active community though = I never participated in it. >=20 > GNAT GPL Edition is great if you agree to recompiling most everything >=20 > from scratch with every installation. You'll know what I mean when >=20 > you try GtkAda or AWS, when you want to run your executable built >=20 > with GNAT GPL Edition on another machine and when you upgrade your >=20 > GNAT GPL Edition to a newer version. >=20 I install the Gnat GPL year-wise in folders like /usr/local/gnat-year. I ca= n easily remove the complete directory as well. So upgrading Gnat is not a = problem to the best of my knowledge. I do not work currently with GtkAda or= AWS but for other people who do, then perhaps the packaged Debian Ada is t= he way to go. YC=20