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-Thread: 103376,3e26dfa741e64e5f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!feeder2.news.jippii.net!reader1.news.jippii.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Niklas Holsti Organization: Tidorum Ltd User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050513 Debian/1.7.8-1 X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT GPL 2005 Edition is now available References: <432919be$0$10539$4d4eb98e@read.news.fr.uu.net> <1126773856.876636.265130@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <1126773856.876636.265130@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:01:05 +0300 NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.17.205.61 X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@saunalahti.com X-Trace: reader1.news.jippii.net 1126800148 81.17.205.61 (Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:02:28 EEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:02:28 EEST Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4719 Date: 2005-09-15T19:01:05+03:00 List-Id: Ludovic Brenta wrote: > ... > As of now, there are several possible choices for the next default Ada > compiler in Debian: > > * GNAT GPL 2005 Edition, with libgnat under GPL (from > libre.adacore.com) > > * gnat-3.4, with libgnat-3.4 under GMGPL (from gcc.gnu.org) > > * gnat-4.0, with libgnat-4.0 under GMGPL (from gcc.gnu.org) > > * gnat-3.4 from gcc.gnu.org, with patches merged from GNAT GPL 2005 > Edition, retaining the libgnat-3.4 under GMGPL. This means much > more work for me, and I invite contributions. This also means that > this compiler will be different from compilers in all other > distributions. > ... > Please cast a vote on this forum. This is the time to influence the > next version of Debian. I use GNAT 3.15p (20020523) on Debian "sarge" to create what is planned to be a non-GPL commercial program. Therefore, the GMGPL is important to me (also on Microsoft systems, of course). As I have not experimented with the post-3.15 GNAT versions, I have no favourite among 3.4 or 4.0, but vote for anything with the GMGPL rather than GNAT GPL 2005. My application uses GtkAda but does not use ASIS nor GLADE nor any of the other Ada libraries mentioned in this thread. Ludovic Brenta wrote: > > PS. ... I'd also like to > hear your reasons for using, or not using, Debian. I chose Debian mainly because it seemed the purest "Linux-spirit" distribution. It has worked well for me and I feel no need to change. -- Niklas Holsti Tidorum Ltd niklas holsti tidorum fi . @ .