From: jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk)
Subject: Re: Gnat Free ?
Date: 1998/10/19
Date: 1998-10-19T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <F12Gnt.53@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87u311bi9h.fsf@yakisoba.forte-intl.com
Ronald Cole (ronald@forte-intl.com) wrote:
: jerry@jvdsys.nextjk.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk) writes:
: > If I understand you correctly you want ACT to follow current practices
: > by prematurely releasing possibly unreliable software ?
: You don't understand how the Linux development model has proven
: successful, do you? Dewar's arguments for keeping Ada compiler
: development in the "Cathedral" are unconvincing.
I am familiar with the 'bazaar' vs 'cathedral' styles of development.
For now, ACT has -for reasons they deem sufficient- choosen to follow
the cathedral style of development.
Since GNAT is (what nowadays is called) Open Source, there is no reason
why another group could not develop GNAT on a paralel track using bazaar
style development.
In fact, a group of Linux users is trying just that. However, the
appearent lack of progress (waiting for 3.11 ? :-) and AFAIK lack of other
initiatives seem to justify ACT's decision.
However there is no reason why this couldn't change in the future. I have not
seen ACT taking any steps in preventing GNAT development other than
limiting the distribution of their own interim versions.
Jerry.
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Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-10-10 0:00 Gnat Executable Size Robert B. Love
1998-10-11 0:00 ` Bryce Bardin
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Donald Duck
1998-10-14 0:00 ` geertbosch
1998-10-14 0:00 ` dewar
1998-10-15 0:00 ` Donald Duck
1998-10-16 0:00 ` Gnat Free ? Donald Duck
1998-10-16 0:00 ` dewar
1998-10-16 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
1998-10-16 0:00 ` Donald Duck
1998-10-16 0:00 ` dewar
1998-10-19 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
1998-10-19 0:00 ` dewar
1999-02-13 0:00 ` Fred J. McCall
1998-10-16 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-16 0:00 ` dewar
1998-10-16 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1998-10-16 0:00 ` Andi Kleen
1998-10-17 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-10-18 0:00 ` Jonathan Guthrie
1998-10-18 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1998-10-19 0:00 ` dewar
1998-10-21 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1998-10-19 0:00 ` dewar
1998-10-18 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-10-19 0:00 ` Jonathan Guthrie
1998-10-18 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1998-10-19 0:00 ` dewar
1998-10-19 0:00 ` Andi Kleen
1998-10-19 0:00 ` dewar
1998-10-19 0:00 ` dewar
1998-10-23 0:00 ` Bruno BEAUFILS
1998-10-25 0:00 ` dewar
1998-10-17 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-10-17 0:00 ` The Ludwig Family
1998-10-18 0:00 ` dewar
1998-10-19 0:00 ` Dale Pontius
1998-10-19 0:00 ` dewar
1998-10-18 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1998-10-19 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-10-21 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1998-10-19 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1998-10-19 0:00 ` dewarr
1998-10-23 0:00 ` system
1998-10-17 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk
1998-10-18 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1998-10-19 0:00 ` Jerry van Dijk [this message]
1998-10-20 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-18 0:00 ` Andi Kleen
1998-10-17 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1998-10-17 0:00 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
1998-10-11 0:00 ` Gnat Executable Size Lieven Marchand
1998-10-13 0:00 ` Robert B. Love
1998-10-11 0:00 ` Niklas Holsti
1998-10-11 0:00 ` Corey Minyard
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Andi Kleen
1998-10-12 0:00 ` dennison
1998-10-12 0:00 ` Dave Wood
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1998-10-22 0:00 Gnat Free ? Van Snyder
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