Re: GNAT and related packages
Phil Brooke <pjb@debian.org> writes:
> What I'm really after here is some advice on where things might go with
> the packages I'm considering.
GNAT 3.14p and GNAT in GCC 3.2 are not ABI compatible. GNAT in GCC
3.2 is not complete, ASIS and GLADE are missing. GNAT in GCC 3.2 has
bugs which prevents it from compiling other packages which are in
Debian (e.g. the currently packaged version of GtkAda).
I don't think packaging libraries for GNAT in GCC 3.2 is worth the
trouble. Developers who want to use GCC 3 technology should upgrade
to GCC 3.3, which contains an updated version of GNAT, and I've read
reports that this version is more close to being usable than previous
GCC 3 versions (but still no comparison to GNAT 3.14p).
There is no indication on the timeframe in which GCC 3 GNAT will be
complete (ASIS, GLADE and Florist support), GDB support will arrive in
the GDB CVS, and the many open bugs in the GCC BTS will be even looked
at by the maintainers.
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