From: Shark8 <onewingedshark@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: AWS built for Windows / GNAT GPL 2011
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:58:01 -0800 (PST)
Date: 2011-11-24T14:58:01-08:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7cd886ac-f84d-4960-b7ed-2e02e3fa6936@gi1g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4a394a81-8b58-4bcf-9598-43a99f4b0bbe@y12g2000vba.googlegroups.com
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> It is true, however, that compiling AWS on Windows requires a bit of
> investment due to the fact that the build system is based on utilities
> from the CygWin package. It is a big and very heavy dependency
> especially for those users who have no other reason to install this
> package.
I hear that; I wouldn't have CygWin on my computer if not for trying
to compile AWS.
IMO, Having that dependency makes AdaCore (and, by extension, Ada)
look bad; as if to say:
"Hey we have our own config/build system, but it's not good enough to
handle the compile/install by itself!"
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-24 22:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-21 14:54 AWS built for Windows / GNAT GPL 2011 Gautier write-only
2011-11-21 20:36 ` J-P. Rosen
2011-11-21 21:34 ` Maciej Sobczak
2011-11-22 15:03 ` Pascal Obry
2011-11-23 10:56 ` Gautier write-only
2011-11-23 21:36 ` Pascal Obry
2011-11-24 22:58 ` Shark8 [this message]
2011-11-25 1:59 ` Stephen Leake
2011-11-21 22:32 ` Gautier write-only
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