Re: Listing currently maintained libraries for Ada

[Tero Koskinen <tero.koskinen@iki.fi>]

On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 08:33:11 -0700 (PDT)
Marco <prenom_nomus@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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.

You can add Ada libraries and applications to AdaCommons wiki, for
example.

The address is http://commons.ada.cx/Main_Page

Also, if you find dead links, you can fix them by yourself, since it is
a wiki. :)

> 
> I also appreciate the OPs effort.


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