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=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MSGID_RANDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b5a423f2d50e9a6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-11-21 21:40:06 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail From: Robert Dewar Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Where is the Ada for LINUX Team site? Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 05:27:31 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. Message-ID: <8vflfv$uft$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <8v9klo$rgl$1@neptunium.btinternet.com> <8v9vgk$v8j$06$1@news.t-online.com> <8va26k$bqb$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8vbhu4$fqh$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8vcjtb$ees$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8venks$634$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8vfkr2$u2b$1@nnrp1.deja.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.240 X-Article-Creation-Date: Wed Nov 22 05:27:31 2000 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.61 [en] (OS/2; I) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x71.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 205.232.38.240 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDrobert_dewar Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:2358 Date: 2000-11-22T05:27:31+00:00 List-Id: Just to further clarify, the fact that the ALT team did not achieve everything we hoped they might from our Paris meeting was neither a surprise or a disappointment. We were operating in maximal optimistic mode in Paris, and part of the important dynamic here was that we were not somehow depending on volunteer work, so that we were disappointed when it did not all get done. In particular, setting up and maintaining a public tree is a huge effort, not one easily done with just volunteer effort (after all no one has done it for GNAT yet ... and we certainly know how much work is involved). On the contrary, we sketched out a plan of action that would benefit the GNU/Linux community, and as you know a lot was achieved. As I have mentioned in the past, I consider the RPM's very useful to a lot of people, and indeed the technology developed there will be very useful to us in distributing RPM's in future (as some of you may or may not know, the RPM technology for these GNAT RPM's is particularly sophisticated and effective. Robert Dewar Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.