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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Subject: Re: One united Ada policy for all Linux distributions?
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 07:41:18 -0700 (PDT)
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Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote on comp.lang.ada:
> On Wed, 19 May 2010 15:23:51 +0200, Bj=F6rn Persson wrote:
> > Another difference, in addition to the ones Ludovic mentioned, is that =
the
> > Debian policy requires static libraries in the -dev packages, while Fed=
ora
> > strongly discourages packaging static libraries and mandates that they =
be
> > kept in -static packages, separate from the dynamic libraries in the -d=
evel
> > packages, if they really must be included.
>
> Isn't Debian's dev =3D Fedora's devel?

At the conceptual level, yes.  When you look into the details,
however, you find the differences that Bj=F6rn and I mentioned.  Tu
summarize and in no particular order:

* Debian provides static libraries, Fedora doesn't.
* Fedora supports multilib, Debian doesn't (yet).
* Fedora provides sources in -debuginfo packages, Debian doesn't (in -
dbg packages).
* Debian installs .gpr files in /usr/share/ada/adainclude, Fedora in /
usr/lib/gnat.
* Debian understands the aliversion concept, Fedora doesn't (yet).

Whether or not these differences really matter, in practice, to a
third-party developer who builds their software against the packaged
libraries, I'm not sure.  I guess it would depend on the way the
developer chooses to build their software.

--
Ludovic Brenta.