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: f65d0,bd4d2fccdf730b16 X-Google-Attributes: gidf65d0,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,1efdd369be089610 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,499ea588f6acabff X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: Ronald Cole Subject: Re: gnat-3.10 Date: 1997/07/01 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 253944119 Sender: ronald@devo.ridgenet.net References: <1997Jun23.102715.1@eisner> Organization: RidgeNet - SLIP/PPP Internet, Ridgecrest, CA. (760) 371-3501 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,gnu.gcc,gnu.misc.discuss Date: 1997-07-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes: > The reason we say no to your request for a copy of the latest version is > that we do not want you to waste time as you did on 3.09. Well, this is certainly the first time you have said this! Your public release of 3.09 certainly was a waste of time on the HPUX platform... > Apparently, you expected free support on those problems, and got a > bit upset when we declined. This is a lie. All I did was report the optimizer bug to report@gnat.com back in early February. Richard Kenner kindly sent a patch, but I didn't test it out because I thought (erroneously, with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight) that you would probably make a "patch" release (like are made for gcc or emacs when serious platform problems are encountered) right away. At no time did I demand that you fix it for me. Last month, I had heard that some of your customers were enjoying 3.10 on HPUX and so I asked if 3.10 for HPUX could at least compile itself according to your instructions. When you rather-rudely indicated that 1) yes, they were, and 2) yes, it could, I asked you for the source. > Since no free support will be available on 3.10 either, we will not > give you a copy until we feel it is in reasonable shape for a public > release. Since you distributed 3.09 publicly in such bad shape for the HPUX platform, I have reason to doubt that the public 3.10 will be any different. Additionally, I have reason to believe that your definition of "reasonable" adheres to a standard that is quite a bit lower than mine. -- Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My PGP fingerprint: E9 A8 E3 68 61 88 EF 43 56 2B CE 3E E9 8F 3F 2B