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: 2003-10-25 10:48:36 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_s52.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3F9AB718.8060409@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: <3F9879DA.6070205@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_s52 1067104115 24.34.139.183 (Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:48:35 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:48:35 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:48:36 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1669 Date: 2003-10-25T17:48:36+00:00 List-Id: Alexandre E. Kopilovitch wrote: > As far as I can see now, there are 2 very different purposes for the Registry. > They have in common a major notion of "referencing", but in other respects > they are different and even possibly potentially conflicting. > > First of them is pure Software Engineering purpose: to have a firmly established > way for unambiguous referencing a known component. This is something similar > to Java "packages" in its purpose (but not in design), yes? > > The second purpose is providing a kind of searchable public database where one > can find candidates for reuse. This database should differ from other public > resources of this kind in that that it should be better suited for systematic > and organized software development. Correct, but both these purposes/uses are equally important. > Then, if I understand correctly, the first purpose is considered as primary > one; and at this initial stage it takes all attention, while the second purpose > is expected to care for itself for some time. Well, this seems quite reasonable. Actually, I think I will end up devoting more of my time this week to the second purpose. This is in part because it needs to be more of a centralized activity. Once the maintenance tools are available, anyone will be able to submit entries, updates, or corrections. -- 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