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Subject: Re: Debian GNAT 4.7, status?
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:01:34 +0100
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Le Sun, 30 Dec 2012 10:10:15 +0100, Dmitry A. Kazakov  =

<mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> a =C3=A9crit:

> Any soon?
>
> P.S. I am asking because yesterday I discovered a severe bug in Debian=
's
> GNAT 4.6 (compiler freeze). Fedora is already 4.7 and there is no bug.=

>

I had the same question, and Ludovic suggested to either do with 4.6,  =

either switch to Debian unstable, or wait for at least 2013-03.

See:  =

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=3D#!topic/comp.lang.ada/6CbI=
sQ21GRw

Le Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:26:21 +0200, Ludovic Brenta  =

<ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> a =C3=A9crit:
> I recommend you not wait for gnat-4.7 or gnat-4.8, sorry.  Also if you=

> want to minimize the waiting, switch to Debian unstable because gnat-4=
.7
> will appear there first.
>
> I've started work on gnat-4.7 but it will be some time before it is in=
 a
> state where I can upload to unstable.  How much time, I cannot tell as=
 I
> do all of this in my spare time.  Even then it is possible that I deci=
de
> that gnat-4.8 will be the next default compiler in Debian 8 "Jessie".
> I'll make that decision around March 2013, after GCC 4.8 is released.


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