[PolyORB-users] [Debian packaging]Trying to build shared libs

[Ludovic Brenta]

Selon Thomas Quinot <quinot at adacore.com>:
> * Ludovic Brenta, 2009-03-13 :
> 
>>>> These options are all open.  The one option that is not open at
>>>> this point is to package GNAT GPL 2009 Edition (the compiler); I
>>>> simply lack the manpower for that and Debian users have decided they
>>>> prefer the run-time library to be GMGPL, just like for all other
>>>> languages supported by GCC.
>>> 
>>> That's a pity since the GPL release includes matched compiler and
>>> PolyORB versions that are known to be compatible.
>> 
>> The pity will disappear the instant AdaCore makes their GNAT GPL
>> repository public (as opposed to tarballs once a year). It would
>> become possible to backport all compiler improvements necessary into 
>> GCC without having to wait for either a GNAT GPL release or a GCC
>> release.
> 
> I'm not sure what you are referring to, there is no distinct
> repository for GNAT GPL, these releases are made off our standard
> internal development tree, and changes made there are also contributed
> to the FSF tree, so it's already the case that these improvements are
> publicly available.

That's true only if you ignore GCC's staged development process. Right
now, for example, the FSF's policy is to accept only regression and
documentation fixes. As a result, the particular patch that increments
PCS_Version in the compiler is waiting in a queue inside AdaCore and is
not published anywhere. It will be published to the FSF repository only
after the trunk is reopened for stage 1.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.