Re: Ada open source

[Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com>]

Andrew Carroll wrote:
> "...There's some guy out there using ___ who wants to use something
> else, but can't because he needs one tiny feature that nothing else has.
> This is a major weakness of Open Source because since software is under
> constant development and bug fixing and security hole patching is
> priority, few programs ever become feature complete..."
> 
> What do you all think of that statement?

It's Open Source. If he needs a tiny feature added to something in
order to be able to use it, then he should add it himself, and make
it available to the project. Or he can pay someone to have it done.

Except for the added ability to do something about it himself, I
don't see how this situation is different from his wanting to use a
non-open source product that lacks his vital feature.

And I'm not aware of many products that declare themselves feature-
complete and stop, and certainly not from commercial vendors.

How does this pertain to Ada, anyway?