From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Installation problem in Debian 7: gnatcoll-gpl-2013-src Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 09:24:33 +0200 Organization: cbb software GmbH Message-ID: <17fyzwhfbp2oy$.pg62b9cua2ln.dlg@40tude.net> References: <1683c2c3-6906-4d54-9321-4e25c7495ecf@googlegroups.com> <87sj02ci0n.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <1cqoxo0drwvmy.1o99bt8jysghh.dlg@40tude.net> Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de NNTP-Posting-Host: IenaDxMXK2hi7fvYcb+MlQ.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:15998 Date: 2013-07-01T09:24:33+02:00 List-Id: On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 12:44:38 -0700 (PDT), Multiplayer1080 wrote: > Dimitry, I can ask you a question?? Do you keep these updated packages > without help or with friends? Yes, but proposals, contributions, bug reports are welcome. Regarding the DB the common approach to use it is IMO flawed. I have got lengthy discussions on it, but the core issue is this. Ada's approach to software design is that you say what you want and the language implements that for you. In short it is high-level and abstract, which makes Ada software portable, safe, maintainable etc. In the case of DB, people do just the opposite. They strive to adapt the program to a concrete DBMS and DB for whatever, usually wrong, reasons. It might be understandable if the DB were given. But in most cases it is not so. > Do you do this for a company that sells libraries or passion? The license is GM GPL, so it is free, more free than pure GPL. But, yes, the library is used in commercial products. -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de