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: 103376,8a402d78988bdf2b X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-12-20 04:37:52 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!priapus.visi.com!orange.octanews.net!news.octanews.net!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!proxad.net!213.200.89.82.MISMATCH!tiscali!newsfeed1.ip.tiscali.net!feed.news.tiscali.de!news.csl-gmbh.net!skynet.be!skynet.be!louie!tjb!not-for-mail Sender: lbrenta@lbrenta Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: GNU/Linux distro wars (was: SYSAPI and SYSSVC for Windows) References: <%VlDb.5454$Pg1.1321@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net> From: Ludovic Brenta User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Date: 20 Dec 2003 13:37:50 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: -= Belgacom Usenet Service =- NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.136.14.163 X-Trace: 1071923870 reader5.news.skynet.be 17856 217.136.14.163:38952 X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@skynet.be Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:3624 Date: 2003-12-20T13:37:50+01:00 List-Id: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" writes: > Ludovic Brenta wrote: > > > "Ekkehard Morgenstern" writes: > ... > > Indeed. I switched from Red Hat to Debian because the RH distribution > > did not contain some packages I wanted, and when I found RPMs from > > other distros they would often break things. Debian is the largest of > > all distributions and does not suffer this problem to the same extent, > > because most everything I want is just there already. > > I have been trying out Gentoo lately (www.gentoo.org). They seem to > have better Ada packages support than some other distros (this is > important if you're time pressed or lazy ;-). Now you're insulting me :) I've been packaging Ada software for Debian since July this year, and my ambition is to make Debian the best Ada platform around. [...] > Ada packages support is what coaxed me into trying it. I have a few > small issues with it (bugs to report), and some of the Ada packages > are not fully bug free yet. But they obviously have plans to fix > these at some point. I was impressed to see that they have packaged > things like Booch components and the Charles library (as only two > examples). They have even packaged the cbind tool, for generating > thin Ada bindings from C code. I have packaged Charles for Debian, but not the Booch Components. For now I have 7 packages in unstable, and there are other packages maintained by other people. My packages are: In unstable: asis, gnat, gnat-doc, gnat-gdb, gnat-glade, libflorist-3.15p-1, libgtkada2 On my repository at ada-france (will be added to unstable shortly): gnade, gnat-glade-doc, gnat-gps, libcharles0 All of these are available today in binary form. There are several other Ada-related packages in Debian, such as gnat-3.3 (the FSF version of GNAT), ada-reference-manual, libgtkada, gvd, and gch. Also, I have noted some bugs in the Gentoo packages like GPS. I spend a lot of time ensuring the Debian packages are as bug-free as possible, and do not hesitate to patch the source code if I have to. If anyone on this list wishes to package more stuff for Debian, I can assist. However, I am not an official Debian developer yet and I have decided no to overtax my sponsor with gazillions of new packages. I think I have already packaged most of the important Ada stuff, but if you think there is something badly missing I will consider packaging it. -- Ludovic Brenta.