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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_YAHOO_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,6cfdc446e6bbe8ba X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Received: by 10.68.238.65 with SMTP id vi1mr12821683pbc.7.1339947192208; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 08:33:12 -0700 (PDT) Path: l9ni61491pbj.0!nntp.google.com!news1.google.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Marco Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Listing currently maintained libraries for Ada Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 08:33:11 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <079c1b87-1e95-4c18-a1e2-6fab1a3b9db7@googlegroups.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.1.111.248 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1339947192 1324 127.0.0.1 (17 Jun 2012 15:33:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:33:12 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=67.1.111.248; posting-account=WITAxQkAAAAHjnLda9Lofpqp8mERTWL4 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: 2012-06-17T08:33:11-07:00 List-Id: On Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:37:59 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Carter wrote: > On 06/14/2012 08:51 PM, i3text@gmail.com wrote: > > When searching for Ada libraries, it is discouraging to find mostly dead > > links or links to dead projects. So I decided to make a list of all the > > libraries I could find that seem to be still active projects. To be listed, a > > library must have seen some maintenance activity within the last year. I > > generally ingored things that are already part of the GNAT distribution. > > > > At first, I wanted to list just libraries of production quality, but I > > figured I couldn't reliably evaluate that. So, a lot of the things here are > > alpha quality. Of course, there are libraries that haven't seen any work for > > several years but still get downloaded a lot. But I wanted a listing of > > libraries where I could reasonably expect help and bug-fixes. > > > > Do you know any I've missed? > > Your criteria are somewhat strange. A mature library will be useful but see no > "maintenance activity" because there is no longer anything to change. I agree that all usable libraries should be listed. Can this list be transferred to wikipedia or other well maintained website? Maybe Library Authors can just add a note on the their website once a year or so to show that is a still a viable library. I also appreciate the OPs effort.