From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,9a365c8b397c03a0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-1.proxad.net!feeder.news-service.com!feeder3.cambrium.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!not-for-mail From: Ludovic Brenta Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: using svn in GPS on Windows == wonky References: <475A77B0.8010201@obry.net> <0adb3565-1032-4db6-a7d1-92e81a0a1903@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <475AA484.1040205@obry.net> <475BC999.300@obry.net> <091655f9-414c-4c53-8e69-e1e0cd1f59e3@i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <475C48DE.1060102@obry.net> <01b6944b-2f40-4acf-b536-485c0c29f005@w40g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> <475CE813.9040000@obry.net> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:32:28 +0100 Message-ID: <87abof4psz.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:tT5GcyGi3EMDn3/KWEI7JwKAJ58= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Tele2 X-Trace: DXC=kF:LnDfBUD;Mii]OaCe>F66`Y6aWje^Y:35a>3@KK7m4m@[o=d]MiO=RREeQ50]0R;mZ6dS_J[7@: Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:18913 Date: 2007-12-12T21:32:28+01:00 List-Id: John Stoneham writes: > On Dec 10, 1:17 am, Pascal Obry wrote: >> >> If saying that something has already been fixed is cavalier, then ok. >> > > Saying that it's not an issue because it's been fixed in the version > you use (so it's not a problem for you), and ignoring the fact that > the fix is NOT available to those who use the binary GPL distribution > (so it IS still a problem for them) -- THAT is being cavalier. > > But that's fine. I understand that this is the general attitude > towards the GPL users, that we should be grateful we're getting > anything at all so we should just quit complaining about bugs which > are already fixed in a version we won't see for another year. It is true that you might not see another GNAT GPL release for another 6 months (I think you can expect the next release around May 2008), and that you don't get any support from AdaCore. However, the Subversion repository where AdaCore develop GPS is publicly available. Nothing stops you from compiling GPS for yourself. I understand that you might not have the energy or knowledge to do all that on your own. This is why collaborative projects such as Debian and The GNU Ada Project exist. Debian for example provided GPS 4.0 months before it became available in a GNAT GPL release, by taking the sources directly from the repository. -- Ludovic Brenta.