Re: gprbuild finally ready for upload

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

Stephen Leake wrote:
> gprbuild (f34611e1bc299d7bd98a109624535b9d91740a9e) is finally ready 
> for
> upload; it passes all of the tests.
>
> However, there is one issue: I'm not clear 2011-1 is the best version
> string.
>
> The previous version was 1.3.0-2. AdaCore numbers their pro releases
> this way, but now labels the GPL releases with years. Since the 
> source
> is actually from the GPL release, it seems better to use the year.

2011-1 is OK for me.

> It would be difficult to figure out which of the pro releases (1.4.2,
> 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2) is "closest" to 2011.

Too bad that the source repository for gprbuild is private.

> I made no attempt to use the gnat project library in Debian, since 
> the
> gnat versions are so different between gnat-4.6 and gprbuild 2011.

gnat-4.6 is closest to GNAT GPL 2010.  Even then it might be quite 
different from it.  So you chose the best option; too bad for code reuse 
and modularity.

Thanks for all the fish :) please upload when you can.

BTW, where are you with your application as Debian Developer?

--
Ludovic Brenta.