Re: Where is the Ada for LINUX Team site?

["Juergen Pfeifer" <juergen.pfeifer@gmx.net>]

> I have just tried to visit this extremely useful site
> (www.gnuada.org/alt.html) only to encounter the message:
>
>    "This site is closed. Please look at the official places for the GNAT
> tarfiles."
>
> Does anyone know what has happened to it?
>
Yes, the site is closed and it's uncertain whether or not I'll continue to
contribute. This
doesn't mean that other people may take over the site and continue to
operate it.

As you all may know, I did all the www.gnuada.org stuff in my spare time as
a pure
hobbyist activity. Packaging is boring stuff, but I was motivated by the
overwhelmingly
positive feedback. There obviously is a need for out-of-the-box installation
of GNAT
on GNU/Linux. A lot of students used it, and that was the biggest motivation
for me to help
these guys to discover Ada on GNU/Linux without installation pain.

But it has been brought to my attention that ACT and the FSF see major
deficiencies
in the ALT packages. All these discussions have been done behind my back
without
involving me. There seems to be an ongoing discussion of GNAT packaging
issues
where ALT is not involved any my mail offering to transfer our packaging
knowledge
remained unanswered.

As I'm doing this as hobby the least thing I'm interested in is politics,
flaming and FUD.
Withdrawing my contribution is the easiest way for me to step out of the
fireline. It
has also the advantage that people can now start from scratch without a need
to take
care of an existing and established packaging scheme.

I'll focus on other projects in the meantime.

Sorry for the bad news.

J�rgen