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 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> From: Brian May User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:33:00 +1000 Message-ID: Cancel-Lock: sha1:yf44IrqCfbZqKNNKiqLJ6AQsS14= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: snoopy.microcomaustralia.com.au X-Trace: news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com 1126776729 202.173.153.89 (15 Sep 2005 19:32:09 +1000) X-Complaints-To: abuse@pipenetworks.com X-Abuse-Info: Please forward all headers to enable your complaint to be properly processed. Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news1.optus.net.au!optus!snewsf0.syd.ops.aspac.uu.net!news.netspace.net.au!news.melbourne.pipenetworks.com!not-for-mail Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4689 Date: 2005-09-15T19:33:00+10:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Ludovic" == Ludovic Brenta writes: Ludovic> As of now, there are several possible choices for the Ludovic> next default Ada compiler in Debian: Ludovic> * GNAT GPL 2005 Edition, with libgnat under GPL (from Ludovic> libre.adacore.com) Ludovic> * gnat-4.0, with libgnat-4.0 under GMGPL (from gcc.gnu.org) I would suggest one of the above two. I would tend to prefer gnat-4.0 if anything, but I suspect GNAT GPL 2005 might have better Ada2005 support (true/false?). The licensing issue is not an issue for me. Would it be possible/practical to develop the library packages in such a way they can be recompiled against another compiler if desired? As a wishlist, I would also ask for a Debian package of GNAT GPL 2005 that will install (or at least compile) on sarge... ;-) -- Brian May