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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,fd31e7255f90c653,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-01-27 12:04:55 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!fu-berlin.de!skynet.be!skynet.be!louie!tjb!not-for-mail Sender: lbrenta@lbrenta Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Update on Ada packages in Debian GNU/Linux From: Ludovic Brenta Date: 27 Jan 2004 21:04:51 +0100 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: -= Belgacom Usenet Service =- NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.201.174.129 X-Trace: 1075233894 reader0.news.skynet.be 315 80.201.174.129:57581 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@skynet.be Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4925 Date: 2004-01-27T21:04:51+01:00 List-Id: Folks, Yesterday, my Ada packages have all reached "testing" in Debian. In a nutshell, this means that: - they will be in the next stable release of Debian (i.e. on the CD-ROMS and DVDs). This release is code-named "Sarge" and will become the new "stable" release Real Soon Now(tm). But as always, the only release date you will ever get from a Debian developer is, "when it's ready" :) - they have passed certain quality tests, most notably to ensure no package is broken by them. - they are all built using GNAT 3.15p. For more details, please see http://www.debian.org/devel/testing. Here is a list of the Ada-related packages that are in Debian: Woody testing -------------------------------------------------------------------- - 20021112 ada-reference-manual 1.4 1.6 adacgi 1.0 1.8.4.2 adasockets 3.14p 3.15p asis 19990519 19990519 gch (GNAT Style checker) 1.2.0 1.4.3a gnade (GNU Ada Database Environment) 3.14p 3.15p gnat (GNU Ada Translator) 3.14p 3.15p gnat-doc - 5.3.gnat0.0.20030225 gnat-gdb (Ada-aware version of GDB) 3.14p 3.15p gnat-glade (GLADE distributed systems) 3.14p 3.15p gnat-glade-doc - 1.4.0 gnat-gps (the GNAT Programming System) 1.2.0 - gvd (the GNU Visual Debugger) - 20030813 libcharles0 3.14p 3.15p libflorist-3.15p-1 1.2.8 - libgtkada1 (GtkAda version 1) - 2.2.1 libgtkada2 (GtkAda version 2) - 1.0 libxmlada1 (XML/Ada) - 0.7.13.3 topal In addition, the two packages gnat-3.2 and gnat-3.3 provide the FSF version of GNAT. I believe that these packages together provide a good foundation to build on. With Debian, you now get a complete Ada development system including compiler, debugger, IDEs, and several libraries, all prepackaged and precompiled for you. Most, if not all, packages are available on three architectures: i386, sparc, and powerpc. Several packages provide libraries. For them, I always distribute their files (*.ads, *.adb, *.ali, *.so and *.a) according to Florian Weimer's proposed GNU Ada Environment Specification (http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/projects/ada/gnae.php). In addition to this, I always provide a GNAT project file that makes it very easy to build your applications against the libraries. If there is software (library or application) that you would like me to package for Debian, please tell me. I will try to provide some of the most popular packages. The more people request a particular package, the more I will consider it popular :) I will also tend to favour well-tested, mature software over experimental releases. However, as Debian is a volunteer effort, I cannot make any promises unless you pay me :) The release of Sarge is nigh! -- Ludovic Brenta.