Re: new GNAT

[M E Leypold <development-2006-8ecbb5cc8aREMOVETHIS@ANDTHATm-e-leypold.de>]

Jeffrey Creem <jeff@thecreems.com> writes:

> M E Leypold wrote:
> 
> > No. It applies to the stuff distributed by ACT. IANAL but AFAIK
> > everybody could just mirror the files from ACT. I wouldn't recommend
> > it though, since in the GNAT-2006 release they have stripped the
> > linking exception from the source files even if they didn't change
> > anything (or hardly anything, see florist as an example). One is
> > probably better off distributing florist-3.15p than the
> > florist-gpl-2006 from the ACT site.
> > Regards -- Markus
> >
> 
> Or, one can use the florist from gnuada.sf.net. This is based on the

Exactly my point. Why mirror the GPL-forced version with minor
functionality patches if one can have the GMPGPLed version.


> last 3.15p florist with updates to keep it compiling with recent

Hm. I see 3.15p source only. Are the updates in CVS?

> Of course, given the lack of a complete test suite, it is certainly

What about the suite at http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~baker/florist.html?

Regards -- Markus