Re: GNAT packages in Linux distributions

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

Yannick Duchêne wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> Le Sun, 09 May 2010 23:26:10 +0200, Ludovic Brenta
> <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> a écrit:
>>> Whatever reasons might be, they aren't good. (:-()
>>
>> Oh no?  What about top-secret Ada code from the military that triggers a
>> bug in GNAT?
> Yes, every one can understand that and probably did think about that
> while reading your words. However, a patch does not expose any private
> data,  unless you claim some details all over the worlds.

The discussion was not about patches, it was about bug reports (which
often contain reproducers that may be proprietary).  The patches
eventually make it into the FSF GCC; just look at the changelog.  The
only problem with this is that there is a delay between the time when
the bugs are fixed in GNAT Pro (usually < 1 week after being reported)
and the time they are fixed in FSF GCC (up to 2 years, sometimes even
more).

Not reporting a bug is the only certain way never to see it fixed.
Therefore, if you don't have a support contract, report all your bugs.
They will get fixed eventually.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.