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=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,4798cdf5e1c2b226 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Received: by 10.68.236.170 with SMTP id uv10mr1862312pbc.4.1335283868020; Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:11:08 -0700 (PDT) Path: r9ni93594pbh.0!nntp.google.com!news2.google.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Alan Jump Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNADE still alive? Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:04:06 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <6551769.772.1335283446530.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbcqa1> References: <20565278.30.1335224824186.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbvd8> <82haw9gvcl.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <4f96b20e$0$282$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 99.43.10.175 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1335283867 19350 127.0.0.1 (24 Apr 2012 16:11:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:11:07 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <4f96b20e$0$282$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=99.43.10.175; posting-account=nD_N8QoAAACgNfe5vMwm0rMAu4pgYumJ User-Agent: G2/1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: 2012-04-24T09:04:06-07:00 List-Id: On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 7:00:46 AM UTC-7, Thomas L=F8cke wrote: > On 04/24/2012 02:36 PM, Stephen Leake wrote: > > I think the pro versions of GNATcoll include SQLite, but not the curren= t > > public version. I don't like the way AdaCore writes code (although I do > > like their compiler :), so I would find it hard to maintain/improve > > GNATcoll. But if you can afford an AdaCore support contract, that is > > definitely the way to go. >=20 >=20 >=20 > There's SQLite support in the current dev version of GNATColl: >=20 > svn co http://svn.eu.adacore.com/anonsvn/Dev/trunk/gps/gnatlib/ >=20 > Whether or not Alan is willing to risk using the latest SVN checkout > is another matter entirely. Personally I've never had any issues with > GNATColl dev. >=20 > re. your rant: I care about a project being actively developed because > I don't trust my own abilities. I get a certain feeling of safety and > comfort from knowing that there are people constantly working on fixing, > maintaining and improving on software X. >=20 > If I _feel_ software has been abandoned, I'm much less inclined to start > using it, unless I'm certain I can actually manage bug fixes and mainte- > nance myself, in which case I would much rather try to bring the project > back to life and hopefully entice other developers to join, as opposed > to just using and maintaining it by myself in my own walled garden. >=20 > Did that even make sense? :) Made sense to me. :-) I realize now that I made a glaring omission or three when I mentioned the = project. First, the project itself is FOSS. That makes my operating and dev= elopment budget precisely zero dollars, which precludes the "pro" versions = of GNATcoll and the like, which is why I first searched Sourceforge. I'm fu= rther limited, budget-wise, in that my development machine is also my perso= nal WinXX machine, and due to age and lack of processor power, I can't virt= ualize a Linux development environment. I have the GNAT GPL environment run= ning, and running well, and unless I've been terribly misinformed, I can do= cross-platform releases from it, so I'm even more reluctant to try and swi= tch horses. If GNADE is considered stable enough for routine use, I'll give it a go. Th= e project I'm looking at is itself about four years old and doesn't appear = to be actively worked on for at least two years, which is why I'm looking a= t dabbling with it. It should prove...educational. Doubly so, since I am ne= arly a complete Ada neophyte. I think that's enough curve balls to throw for one morning.