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From: les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell)
Subject: Re: EGCS & GNAT Was (Re: GNAT versions)
Date: 1999/04/25
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Date: 1999-04-25T00:00:00+00:00
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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:
>
>> 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