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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,15267b2c375b45c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-23 18:02:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!wn13feed!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!attbi_s54.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3F9879DA.6070205@comcast.net> From: "Robert I. Eachus" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Component Registry proposal References: <3F92BEAA.9030004@comcast.net> <3F97EBFD.8040901@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.34.139.183 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: attbi_s54 1066957360 24.34.139.183 (Fri, 24 Oct 2003 01:02:40 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 01:02:40 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 01:02:40 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1564 Date: 2003-10-24T01:02:40+00:00 List-Id: sk wrote: > Is your proposal just for a registry of packages and not > to actually put together a library in terms of packages ? Correct. It should end up being an inventory of what exists and is available, as well as, a guide to who is using which names. But that is information useful to someone putting together a consistant library, not a library in and of itself. > I must admit that if this is the case, I have probably > volunteered for something I thought was something else :-) > > Another thought, what would the "registry" provide more than > an equivalent web page of links to other peoples packages ? Yes. If nothing else the existance of the registry should make it much easier for people to find out what is "out there" and available for use. So it will promote reuse just by existing. But only if combined with a project to pull together a joint library will it fullfill its intended purpose. I chose this as a first step I can make happen. -- Robert I. Eachus "Quality is the Buddha. Quality is scientific reality. Quality is the goal of Art. It remains to work these concepts into a practical, down-to-earth context, and for this there is nothing more practical or down-to-earth than what I have been talking about all along...the repair of an old motorcycle." -- from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig