From: les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell)
Subject: Re: EGCS & GNAT Was (Re: GNAT versions)
Date: 1999/04/25
Date: 1999-04-25T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7g0qj1$1td0$1@Mercury.mcs.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7fua23$fgh$1@nnrp1 <37234dca.a <1999Apr25.201259.1@eisner
In article <1999Apr25.201259.1@eisner>,
Larry Kilgallen <kilgallen@eisner.decus.org> wrote:
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>In article <37234DCA.A509D0D9@aasaa.ofe.org>, David Starner <dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org> writes:
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>> I still don't understand the great worries about GNAT beta versions
>> getting distributed.
>
>Neither do I, but people keep bringing this up in comp.lang.ada
>as a political football, without anyone coming up with a single
>example where there has been a problem with the current system
>of releasing only software that has received the fuller testing.
It is mostly bickering about the meaning of the GPL. As in how
you can distribute even one bugfix copy of something with
a license that ensures the right to source and the right to
redistribute the source while witholding the source and insisting
that the recipient not redistribute? One or the other doesn't
make sense.
>As an Ada fan, I would much prefer the versions of Ada available
>(from all sources) were as defect-free as possible, so those who
>are not already firmly in the Ada camp will not get disuaded by
>encountering defects.
If the old versions are perfect, why is there ongoing development?
Les Mikesell
les@mcs.com
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Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-04-17 0:00 Ada compiler for PC? Michael Feher
1999-04-17 0:00 ` Steven Hovater
1999-04-17 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-04-18 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-04-20 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-20 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-04-20 0:00 ` GNAT versions ( was :Ada compiler for PC?) SpamSpamSpam
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Glen
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-21 0:00 ` root
1999-04-22 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Glen
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Russell Senior
1999-04-23 0:00 ` bourguet
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Geoffrey KEATING
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-25 0:00 ` EGCS & GNAT Was (Re: GNAT versions) David Starner
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-26 0:00 ` GNAT versions ( was :Ada compiler for PC?) Geoffrey KEATING
[not found] ` <7fua23$fgh$1@nnrp1 <37234dca.a509d0d9@aasaa.ofe.org>
1999-04-26 0:00 ` EGCS & GNAT Was (Re: GNAT versions) Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-26 0:00 ` GNAT versions ( was :Ada compiler for PC?) bourguet
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
1999-04-23 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-24 0:00 ` Christopher Browne
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Russell Senior
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-24 0:00 ` Russ Allbery
[not found] ` <7fqld6$htu$1@nnrp1.dej <1999Apr23.172908.1@eisner>
1999-04-24 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
[not found] ` <7frqmj$bg6$1@mulga.cs.mu.oz.au>
1999-04-24 0:00 ` Leslie Mikesell
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Russ Allbery
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Maciej Stachowiak
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Maciej Stachowiak
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Per Bothner
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Stan Shebs
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-28 0:00 ` David Kastrup
1999-04-28 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Per Bothner
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-04 0:00 ` Mike Stump
1999-05-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-06 0:00 ` Mike Stump
1999-05-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-06 0:00 ` Andi Kleen
1999-05-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-07 0:00 ` Mike Stump
1999-05-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-08 0:00 ` Pascal F. Martin
1999-05-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-08 0:00 ` bill
1999-05-17 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1999-05-19 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-04-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-24 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-18 0:00 ` Ada compiler for PC? Wilhelm Spickermann
[not found] ` <7fua23$fgh$1@nnrp1 <37234dca.a <1999Apr25.201259.1@eisner>
1999-04-25 0:00 ` Leslie Mikesell [this message]
1999-04-26 0:00 ` EGCS & GNAT Was (Re: GNAT versions) Robert Dewar
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-04 0:00 ` Mike Stump
1999-05-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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