default compiler in Debian (was: Dependencies of -dbg and -doc packages)

[Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>]

Jacob Sparre Andersen <jacob@jacob-sparre.dk> writes:
> Stephen Leake wrote:
>> Jacob Sparre Andersen <jacob@jacob-sparre.dk> writes:
>>> Ludovic Brenta wrote:
>
>>>> http://green.ada-france.org:8081/branch/changes/org.ludovic-brenta.debian-ada-policy
>>>
>>> I don't think forcing people to use the _current_ version of GNAT
>>> necessarily is a good idea.
>>
>> I don't think the policy says that; can you point to the sentence
>> that does?
>
> OK.  I'll rephrase it:
>
>    I don't think forcing people to use the _default_ Ada
>    compiler necessarily is a good idea.
>
> People might have good reasons for using a non-default version of the
> Ada compiler for a project.

I have never supported this, mostly for lack of manpower.

People _can_ install a non-default version of gnat.  If they do so
however, they _cannot_ install any -dev packages; they are on their own
with just the compiler.  This is already the case even before my latest
changes because -dev packages already depend on gnat-x.y and gnat
depends on the same gnat-x.y.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.