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: 103376,594ba004bb886c71 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-04!sn-xit-08!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: Jerry van Dijk Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: gcc 3.4.2 Ada Date: 03 Oct 2004 21:09:30 +0200 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: Sender: jerry@JVDSYS References: <4155167B.C0DC007B@yahoo.com> <0Pk5d.9793$gG4.888@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net> <878yaw523k.fsf@insalien.org> <415fba69.57543983@news.free.fr> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4620 Date: 2004-10-03T21:09:30+02:00 List-Id: 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. -- -- Jerry van Dijk -- Leiden, Holland -- -- 'Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire." -- Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)