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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1efdd369be089610 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,499ea588f6acabff X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: f65d0,bd4d2fccdf730b16 X-Google-Attributes: gidf65d0,public From: Daniel R Risacher Subject: Re: gnat-3.10 Date: 1997/07/03 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 254386705 Sender: magnus@risacher References: <1997Jun23.102715.1@eisner> Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.gcc,gnu.misc.discuss Date: 1997-07-03T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: While I understand and sympathize completely with ACT's position, (as stated by Robert) I suggest that the more commonly used model for GNU software is to have separate "stable" and "bleeding edge" releases. Examples of this are Linux and the GIMP. You cannot set up Linux 2.1.43 without seeing many notices warning that it is a developmental, kernel-hacker's version. But you can download it just the same. I wouldn't expect anyone to provide support for 2.1.43 without being paid for it. The GIMP is similar. 0.54 is billed as a "mostly-stable" version, but developers (and patient users) have been playing with 0.99.x for a while. Support for 0.99 consists only of a mailing list of other users/developers. Guile has automatic, daily snapshots of the latest code available. I suggest this sort of policy might be a reasonable model for gnat distribution. I don't know; I don't use gnat, or Ada, for that matter. $2E-2, Dan Risacher >>>>> "Robert" == Robert Dewar writes: Robert> That is why we delay making public releases until we think Robert> that all the glitches have been ironed out. Some of our Robert> customers wait until well after the public release to Robert> switch versions, which seems quite reasonable, others want Robert> to move immediately to the new release. Robert> Robert Dewar Ada Core Technologies