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> Actually we have some internal debate here about the value
> of the public releases given the development of the public
> FSF GCC version. The latter is perfectly suitable for
> research and student use, which is the primary target of
> the public versions. Moreover, for general Free Software
> being developed in Ada, we think it much more important
> that it compiles and runs on the GCC 3 based FSF version
> than on an obsolete 2.8 based technology. The requirements
> for production use are of course radically different.


Hi!

How many error reports do ACT get from users of the public release?
Do you usually get reports on problems that are already detected by paying
customers?
Do you get many reports, from users of the public release, that are invalid
alltogether(hence waste of your time)?

Frank