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From: Michael Erdmann <Michael.Erdmann@snafu.de>
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Subject: Re: Development process in the Ada community
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 22:14:13 +0200
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Ted Dennison wrote:
> Michael Erdmann <Michael.Erdmann@snafu.de> wrote in message news:<3CBAFFEE.2080708@snafu.de>...
> 
>>Since i still believe there are some things missing
>>in the predefined language environment i dont like
>>
> ...
> 
>>I believe that i have to go through the following
>>natural process
>>
> 
> What you have probably missed is that we have already gone through
> this process a bit, starting on the subject of a new standard
> component library in general, and a list package in particular. Many
> people had the vision of slowly increasing this library's scope to
> include much more than just components. The process is currently
> stalled a bit, and I have to take pretty much full blame for that. But
> you and anyone else interested may want to keep an eye on this site:
> http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/grace/ 
I cannot access this page?!!!


> 
> Which is the home I'm trying to set up for the project. There's
> nothing up there right now but 2 mailing lists, but I'm pretty close
> to posting the main webpage and the list package should follow
> closely. Once I get the basics set up, I can add administrators other
> than myself, and one person will no longer be the bottleneck (which
> will be a good thing, as I also have a new baby due in less than a
> week).
> 
> From what I see on the website you posted, are goals are almost
> entirely in agreement. But I've been known to misread things. :-) I'm
> particularly in agreement with your "release early, release often"
> point. There was a trememdous amount of interest in this project a few
> months ago when we were making freqeunt source proposals and revisions
> for the list package, and I'd like to see us get back to that as soon
> as possible.
What is wirtten there is quite general, not yet any technical
things. This will change this week. I will public my idea of basic
container package.


Just look at this, on the next ada conference in vienna they will
have a talk about this as well.

http://www.auto.tuwien.ac.at/AE2002/problems.html


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