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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: Missing Ada components in Ubuntu
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 03:03:10 -0700 (PDT)
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Adrian Hoe wrote:
> The problem is, I moved from Debian to Ubuntu. :( As a matter of fact,
> Ubuntu's installation is a lot easier than Debian, according to my
> experience.

I don't see this as very relevant. Ask yourself these two questions:
a) how many time do you install an operating system on your computer?
b) how many time do you compile your Ada program on your computer?

My answers are: a) 1 and b) many times a day. Therefore, I would
choose anm operating system that is optimised for b).

> But Debian's Etch distributes up to gnat-4.1. My development
> environment on Mac OS X is gnat-4.4, so gnat-4.3 is pretty much closer
> to that. I don't know what is the big difference between 4.1, 4.3 and
> 4.4. I haven't followed the development of Ada/gnat compiler for a
> while.

I am confused. If your development platform is Mac OS X, why do you
use Ubuntu? If you want something stable, why don't you use Debian
stable? If you don't know the differences between gnat-4.1, gnat-4.3
and gnat-4.4, why do you think you need any one in particular? If you
want a reliable compiler, why do you use gnat-4.4 which is in stage 1,
probably one year from release, and very unstable because major
changes occur in it every single day?

--
Ludovic Brenta.