Re: Ada Component Registry proposal

["Stephane Richard" <stephane.richard@verizon.net>]

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Well I'm reviewing it right now :-).  Have you taken a decision on where
you'd be putting the copyright as we discussed in emails?

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"Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> sk wrote:
> > I would like to propose "Ada95" as the root of the library
> > hierarchy.
>
> I think we should be aiming for the future, not the past.
>
> > This naming convention could also be used to happily distinguish
> > between code strictly for '83, '95 and '0y
> >
> > Ada83.Gtk, Ada83.SDL, Ada83.Sockets etc.
> > Ada95.Gtk, Ada95.SDL, Ada95.Sockets etc.
> > Ada0y.Gtk, Ada0y.SDL, Ada0y.Sockets etc.
>
> What about Ada80.Sockets, Ada87.Sockets, and Ada2000.Sockets?
>
> The differences between some of these versions, and others not mentioned
> is slight.  (For example, there were three differences between MIL-STD
> 1815A, and ANSI/MIL-STD 1815A, and the second was the page number for
> 2-2. ;-)  But the current standard really is Ada 2000, although its
> formal name is more cumbersome.  It is possible to get a copy of TC1 and
> see what changed between Ada 95 and Ada 2000, but I prefer to just use
> the standard as posted at: http://www.ada-auth.org/~acats/arm.html
>
> To quote from that page: "When ISO published the Technical Corrigendum,
> it did not also publish a document that merges the Technical Corrigendum
> changes into the text of the International Standard. However, ISO rules
> require that the project editor for the Technical Corrigendum be able to
> produce such a document on demand. The document available here is what
> the project editor would provide to ISO in response to such a request.
> It should be understood that the publication of any ISO document
> involves changes in "boilerplate" as well as a review by professional
> editors that may introduce editorial changes."
>
> I'm not trying to be a stickler for accuracy here, just pointing out
> that the Ada standard is evolving.  I'd hate to have the CAL come out
> labelled as Ada95 (or Ada2000) just in time for the Ada 0X standard.
>
> > I am not trying in any way to usurp RI Eachus' effort, I am
> > just trying to keep the ball rolling whilst he is formalizing.
> >
> > There seems to be a lot of momentum at the moment for defining
> > and creating a common/standard library and I want to keep it going.
> >
> > With the idea of keeping the momentum going, I am willing to
> > volunteer a start at doing some of the inventory work to meet
> > RI Eachus' proposal and as per any discussion that this message
> > invokes..
>
> I'll be calling soon. ;-)  But right now I could use a couple more
> people who know XML to do some reviewing.
>
> -- 
>                                                      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
>