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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f1a4cf648f2724ee X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-28 19:21:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!psiuk-p2!psiuk-p3!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ARG asks Ada Community for API Proposals. Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:41:40 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: References: <3CEDA711.5040303@telepath.com> <3CEED532.2090701@telepath.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 1022596901 18884 136.170.200.133 (28 May 2002 14:41:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 May 2002 14:41:41 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24892 Date: 2002-05-28T14:41:41+00:00 List-Id: Not a bad idea, but a granularity of 10 years is not going to make Ada very reactive to changing needs. I'd imagine an update cycle of 1 year being about as long as it ought to go. Also, you'd want to consider that some sections of the library might be highly stable while other sections might go through more revisions/extensions. Would it be better to maintain them all as separate things rather than house them all under an "Ada03" or "Ada04" root? It might be more conducive to maintaining multiple versions/levels of libraries with substantially different capabilities. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com "Dale Stanbrough" wrote in message news:dstanbro-AB7971.22342925052002@mec2.bigpond.net.au... > > Perhaps we should have a package structure that includes versioning > information... > > e.g. > > package Ada95 is end; > package Ada95.Containers is... > > package Ada05 is end; > package Ada05.Containers is... > > to allow for different language features. This would allow for > upgrades in the future while not requiring existing code to be > modified. > > Do we have access to the list of features that have been proposed > for Ada0Y? > > Dale