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From: Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>
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Subject: Re: GNADE still alive?
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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:42:23 -0400
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Date: 2012-04-25T07:42:23-04:00
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Thomas Løcke <thomas@12boo.net> writes:

> On 04/24/2012 02:36 PM, Stephen Leake wrote:
>> I think the pro versions of GNATcoll include SQLite, but not the current
>> 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.
>
>
>
> There's SQLite support in the current dev version of GNATColl:
>
> svn co http://svn.eu.adacore.com/anonsvn/Dev/trunk/gps/gnatlib/
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Did that even make sense?  :)

That is pretty much what I said; any project needs support for bugs and
enhancements. If you can't provide that support yourself, you care about
project developers.

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-- Stephe