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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: Distro with the best Ada development environment?
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Xavier Grave wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> Dimonax a =E9crit :
>
> > Alright, I'm shopping around for a different *nix type system. I'm
> > wondering which one, in your opinion, has the most integrated Ada
> > development environment.
[...]
>
> Just my two cents : Debian/GNU linux (of Debian/GNU freebsd) is one of
> the best choice (IMHO). GNAT + ASIS available on many kind of
> architecture (x86 x86_64 ppc sparc ...) with many other tools packaged :
> adacontrol
> AWS
> florist
> ...
> polyorb available soon
>
> To have a full list, just install a Debian or ask Ludovic Brenta who is
> responsible for Ada in Debian.

There is an overview of most Ada distributions in the Ada Programming
wikibook[1].  Indeed, I am responsible for most of Ada in Debian which
is TTBOMK the only distribution with a consistent policy for Ada.

Currently I recommend Debian 5.0 "Lenny", the stable distribution.

[1] http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Ada_Programming/Installing

--
Ludovic Brenta.