Re: Contributing patches to GPL Ada projects (was: Is Ada dead?)

["McDoobie" <chris@dont.spam.me>]

In article <l8wv5hgdhy.fsf@berlin.int.act-europe.fr>, Emmanuel Briot
<briot@gnat.com> wrote:


> 
> No, this argument is incorrect for the projects I was speaking about
> (GtkAda, GVD, Xml/Ada).
> 
> At least for the first two, the CVS tree is accessible to everyone
> read-only
> (provided of course they recompile their own version, we do not
> distribute
> daily binaries). It isn't the case yet for the third one, but then it is
> in a very early stage of development.
> 
> I was also speaking of the ada-mode for Emacs. I am happy to report that
> I do get some patches for it (almost always from the same 3 or 4
> persons, though).
> 
> So everyone should be able to contribute, and see their patches
> integrated (or reviewed) into the CVS tree fast enough.

> And this is definitely the way other free-software projects work, even
> when there are companies behing them (Gnome/Simian,
> Linux/Redhat/Suze,.... ).
> 
> ACT does fund some internal developments on the revenues from supported
> customers (after all, that's where GVD started, as well as several other
> tools). We also add enhancements requested by these supported customers.
> 
> But if a non-supported user has needs, the best way to see them
> integrated is to try and submit patches :-)
> 
> Emmanuel

I'm all for supporting and patching GVD and such. I'd love to help. The 
problem is that my coding skills arent the greatest at the moment.

What can I do as a novice Ada developer to help in these projects?

I'd help with the Emacs mode, but I'm more of a vi person. ;->

Any info would be appreciated.

McDoobie
chris@dont.spam.me