Re: Ada Component Registry proposal

[sk <noname@myob.com>]

I would like to propose "Ada95" as the root of the library
hierarchy.

Many Ada projects have a common name such as (my own stuff)
EduOS-Ada, or GtkAda or <normal-name>+<"Ada"> which always
suggests that "Ada" is "special" with all the negative conotations.

I believe (note the singular pronoun *I*, a sample set of 1 :-)
that some people, including myself, are put off by this seemingly
egotistical naming convention that the Ada community seems to follow.

So GtkAda -> Ada95.Gtk etc.
... AdaSockets -> Ada95.Sockets
etc.

This naming convention could also be used to happily distinguish
between code strictly for '83, '95 and '0y

Ada83.Gtk, Ada83.SDL, Ada83.Sockets etc.
Ada95.Gtk, Ada95.SDL, Ada95.Sockets etc.
Ada0y.Gtk, Ada0y.SDL, Ada0y.Sockets etc.

with of course the possibilities of renaming etc.

package Ada95.Sockets renames Ada83.Sockets;
package Ada0y.Sockets renames Ada83.Sockets;

as an example.

I am not trying in any way to usurp RI Eachus' effort, I am
just trying to keep the ball rolling whilst he is formalizing.

There seems to be a lot of momentum at the moment for defining
and creating a common/standard library and I want to keep it going.

With the idea of keeping the momentum going, I am willing to
volunteer a start at doing some of the inventory work to meet
RI Eachus' proposal and as per any discussion that this message
invokes..

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