Re: Will the defect with formal package parameters be fixed in GNAT GPL 2009?

[Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net>]

>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Hughes <eric.eh9@gmail.com> writes:

Eric> I'm protesting. The AdaCore relationship to the free software
Eric> world is broken. I won't be using GNAT. It's not my problem, and I
Eric> won't be spending even a moment of my time fixing it myself.

I get that, but why are you protesting *here*? None of the people
participating to this thread so far can do anything about AdaCore's
GNAT.

Eric> I do see some worth, however speculative, in spurring people who
Eric> care to do something about it. Given the reactions I've received,
Eric> that worth is becoming increasingly speculative.

I think many are puzzled by the energy you spend protesting here, while
you can probably get the bug fixed by reporting it through the proper
channel on the GCC site. This is where the community support takes
place, and code is synchronized on a regular basis between the FSF GCC
and AdaCore. A bug fixed in one of the code base will get fixed in the
other one.

You might not like this situation (AdaCore not providing free support
for the GPL version), but this is the way it is and most people are
satisfied with it. AdaCore has no obligation to provide free GNAT
releases, but they chose to do so as a community service[1]. You seem to
think that they should do more than that and provide free support as
well. I don't understand why.

  Sam

Notes: 
[1] And because it can only increase the number of Ada programmers,
    which is good for them.
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