From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a1ce307c10055549 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-16 11:04:56 PST Message-ID: <3DFE22D7.7090607@cogeco.ca> From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: IBM Acquires Rational Ada References: <3DF1615C.7AAAC86E@adaworks.com> <3DF1B042.6603DDDE@easystreet.com> <3DF2A483.EC512CDF@adaworks.com> <8db3d6c8.0212091445.12594821@posting.google.com> <3DF628C4.7090607@cogeco.ca> <3DF8D8BF.9020606@cogeco.ca> <3DF978DE.B4C2A2C1@adaworks.com> <3DFA1EFF.5000705@cogeco.ca> <8db3d6c8.0212131614.3b5c042d@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:00:39 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.96.47.195 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sympatico.ca X-Trace: news20.bellglobal.com 1040065240 198.96.47.195 (Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:00:40 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 14:00:40 EST Organization: Bell Sympatico Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!torn!webster!nf1.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news20.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31906 Date: 2002-12-16T14:00:39-05:00 List-Id: steve_H wrote: > "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" wrote in message > >>In other words, we need some Ada package distros to do the >>same thing that Linux distros do. Make it easier to install and >>maintain all of those optional Ada packages that do exist. >> >>Any volunteers? ;-) > > this is such a group: http://www.gnuada.org/alt.html I do not know > how active the group is still. This effort is focused too much on Linux (only). Where is the *BSD installable versions for example? IMO what is needed is a fairly extensive _group_ of packages rolled into one RPM (or other installable package). Even nicer, would be a menu to allow you to exclude packages you didn't want to install as part of this one time install/update. The gnuada approach is still very much a piecemeal approach. What I am suggesting is an "Ada Distribution" where everything is included (maybe on CD), and you pick and choose what you want installed (including the option to install "all") at install time. Heck, I may do it myself someday, if I ever find the time. But time is my enemy at the moment ;-) -- Warren W. Gay VE3WWG http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3wwg