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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ac39a12d5faf5b14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-17 13:44:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Development process in the Ada community Date: 17 Apr 2002 16:39:32 -0400 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (skates.gsfc.nasa.gov) Message-ID: References: <3CB94312.5040802@snafu.de> <4519e058.0204150645.62003096@posting.google.com> <3CBCEB15.E104D1F5@adaworks.com> <4519e058.0204170958.22f797c4@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1019076347 14761 128.183.220.71 (17 Apr 2002 20:45:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Apr 2002 20:45:47 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22676 Date: 2002-04-17T20:45:47+00:00 List-Id: dennison@telepath.com (Ted Dennison) writes: > Richard Riehle wrote in message > news:<3CBCEB15.E104D1F5@adaworks.com>... > > Even GNAT will disappear if ACT discovers there is > > no financial reward in supporting it. > > That is wrong. ACT does not own Gnat. Its source copyrights are held > by the FSF, and it is now part of the gcc baseline. As long as gcc is > around, Gnat will be around. Not quite true. Parts of gcc and binutils are dropped from the gcc baseline when they are no longer maintained. Old processors are the most common parts dropped. If ACT stops maintaining GNAT, and nobody else picks it up, it will eventually be dropped from gcc. -- -- Stephe