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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Ada wikibooks
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On Thu, 03 May 2012 13:20:09 +0100, Stephen Leake wrote:

> Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> writes:
> 
>> * Instead of asking all developers to migrate to the same forge,
>>   it might be a better idea to ask them to add a link to their
>>   projects in the Ada wikibook (section 2.6, "Other language
>>   libraries").  Thus the existing wikibook can serve as the
>>   central place where people can discover tools and libraries.
> 
> I missed that section on my first try to find an "external Ada
> libraries" page on this site; I'd have expected to find it in the
> "External Resources" section. What's the protocol on moving that?

I wonder if that is not it indicative. It seems that the wikibook is way
below the radar of most Ada users.

I also think that learning Ada and a repository of Ada software are
significantly different things which require different approaches in terms
of structure, style, depth etc.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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