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Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 12:45:19 +0800
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Martin Krischik wrote:

> Adrian Hoe wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi and Happy New Year everyone :-),
>>
>>I tried to compile the dgate.adb in GtkAda-2.2.1 with gnat/gcc 3.3.3
>>under SuSE Linux 9.1 Pro and I got an error:
> 
> 
> To cut it short: 3.3.x is to buggy to work with. The only thing 3.3.x
> version are good for is compiling a newer version from the cvs archive.
> 
> Maybe you want to read:
> 
> http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Ada:Installing
> 
> With Regards
> 
> Martin


Is 3.4 less buggy then 3.3.x as suggested in your website?

I agree with you that bootstrapping from source and CVS will not 
necessarily work each time. It is very tedious.

Why not prebuild packages (rpm, tar balls, pkg, etc.) and make available 
for download for a small fee (for the time and trouble the builder has 
invested)? Or, make into CDs and charge for a small fee.

Yes, this is contradict to the idea of free software. But getting the 
right package or right build for one's system is a tedious process.

Why not setup a non-profit org to do this? The fee collected can be 
channeled back to Ada development and as well as Ada promotion? 
Interested? Contact me at my email or website.
-- 
Adrian Hoe
m a i l b o x AT a d r i a n h o e . c o m