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> Should really a submitted library compile in every OS ever,
with every compiler ever, using the most complex dependencies there to
be found?

Given that Ada has always alowed the compiler to reject programs dependant =
upon implementation limits, I think that's a poor argument. However, it can=
 be argued that compiling should not ne part of the package manager's job. =
(OTOH, it makes sense to ensure that no invalid [non-compilabe due to synta=
x or other detectable error] is accepted into the repository.

Dependencies also ought to be indiccated/managed so as to allow a "recursiv=
e" retrival -- but, again, this should be limited to only the Ada side of t=
hings. (E.G. installing Firebird for a firebird-binding can properly be the=
 responsibility of the user.