Re: gcc 3.4.2 Ada

[Jerry van Dijk <jerry@jvdsys.demon.nl>]

Stephane Riviere writes:

> >No, I really do not have the time to port gnatwin, gnatcom and gwindows to
> >this -to me- confusing set of old tools.
> 
> AIDE is not a confusing set of old tools but a coherent set of
> reliables tools, working together gracefully in a consistent directory
> structure (keeping Unix directory structure in mind). 

Ok. (Well, I did say _to_me_ :-)

> (but you may think Debian is also a confusing set of old tools).

Yes, I have been using Mandrake for a few years now.

> AIDE is only made up of multi-platform tool in order to propose to

What I would like to see is a gnat-3.15p-like package with the latest GNAT,
debugger (remember, dwarf format now), GPS and docs in windows formats.

For me, cross-platform is a nice bonus, but not at the expense of windows
functionality. From where I am sitting, there is nothing to cross-platform
too (alas).

> However, I'm aware GWindows is a very valuable tool, at first glance
> easiest to use than GtkAda, and used by many fine people (like
> gauthier de montmollin for its TexDvi graphic utility).

Yes, GWindows is a _very_ nice tool. However, it depends both on the gnatcom
and the GNAT version. So if you offer two versions of GNAT you need to offer
GNATCOM/GWINDOWS for them both, add more versions of any of them and you see
that maintaining a port/package independent from AdaPower will quickly start
to consume scares resources.

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