[Fwd: Linux Gazette: Call for Papers]

[Fwd: Linux Gazette: Call for Papers]

[Jean-Pierre Rosen]

I just noticed the following. Did anybody in the community care about 
writing something? Ludovic for example?

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Re: [Fwd: Linux Gazette: Call for Papers]

[Ludovic Brenta]

Jean-Pierre Rosen writes:
> I just noticed the following. Did anybody in the community care
> about writing something? Ludovic for example?

Hi Jean-Pierre, I'm flattered that you thought of me.  Are you
alluding to "Ada in Debian" as a possible subject?  I note that Ada
has already had some exposure in 2002:

http://linuxgazette.net/issue81/adam2.html

<thinking aloud>
With all the material that already exists on various Ada web sites, it
would be possible to write a long series of articles for the LG, even
if articles are small and target an audience of newbies.  I can
imagine:

Introduction to Ada structured programming
Introduction to Ada generics
Introduction to Ada object-oriented programming
Introduction to Ada tasking
Introduction to Ada 2005
Introduction to Ada.Containers
Introduction to Ada in Debian
Introduction to GtkAda
Introduction to XML/Ada
Introduction to the Ada Web Server (potential for several articles:
HTTP, SOAP, WSDL, etc.)
Introduction to GPS

etc. etc. etc. (potential authors will know themselves :) )

Of course, it is easier to have ideas than to implement them :(
</thinking aloud>

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.

Re: [Fwd: Linux Gazette: Call for Papers]

[Jim Rogers]

Ludovic Brenta <ludovic.brenta@insalien.org> wrote in 
news:87pt2to0xe.fsf@insalien.org:

> <thinking aloud>
> With all the material that already exists on various Ada web sites, it
> would be possible to write a long series of articles for the LG, even
> if articles are small and target an audience of newbies.  I can
> imagine:
> 
<also thinking aloud>
The following list might benefit from a discussion seldom heard
these days about the benefits of strong typing as implemented in the
Ada type model. That discussion would provide a foundation for the
rest of the articles in the list below.

> Introduction to Ada structured programming
> Introduction to Ada generics
> Introduction to Ada object-oriented programming
> Introduction to Ada tasking
> Introduction to Ada 2005
> Introduction to Ada.Containers
> Introduction to Ada in Debian
> Introduction to GtkAda
> Introduction to XML/Ada
> Introduction to the Ada Web Server (potential for several articles:
> HTTP, SOAP, WSDL, etc.)
> Introduction to GPS

Jim Rogers

Re: [Fwd: Linux Gazette: Call for Papers]

[Jean-Pierre Rosen]

Ludovic Brenta a écrit :

> Jean-Pierre Rosen writes:
> 
>>I just noticed the following. Did anybody in the community care
>>about writing something? Ludovic for example?
> 
> 
> Hi Jean-Pierre, I'm flattered that you thought of me.  Are you
> alluding to "Ada in Debian" as a possible subject?  
Yes, or more generally as you are the package maintainer, you are at the 
forefront of the Ada-Linux connection.

> Introduction to Ada structured programming
> Introduction to Ada generics
> Introduction to Ada object-oriented programming
> Introduction to Ada tasking
> Introduction to Ada 2005
> Introduction to Ada.Containers
> Introduction to Ada in Debian
> Introduction to GtkAda
> Introduction to XML/Ada
> Introduction to the Ada Web Server (potential for several articles:
> HTTP, SOAP, WSDL, etc.)
> Introduction to GPS
> 
> etc. etc. etc. (potential authors will know themselves :) )
> 
> Of course, it is easier to have ideas than to implement them :(
> </thinking aloud>
All good ideas. Volunteers are the issue... unless we reuse.
For example, a summary of the tutorials at AE will be published in Ada 
User. Maybe this could be reused in LG, if Tullio agrees (I would be 
surprised he wouldn't).


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Re: [Fwd: Linux Gazette: Call for Papers]

[Ludovic Brenta]

Jean-Pierre Rosen writes:
> All good ideas. Volunteers are the issue... unless we reuse.  For
> example, a summary of the tutorials at AE will be published in Ada
> User. Maybe this could be reused in LG, if Tullio agrees (I would be
> surprised he wouldn't).

The issue of licensing needs to be considered for any reuse; the Linux
Gazette requires articles to be published under the Open Publication
License (http://linuxgazette.net/copying.html).

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.

Re: [Fwd: Linux Gazette: Call for Papers]

[Nick Roberts]

Jean-Pierre Rosen wrote:

>> Introduction to Ada structured programming
>> Introduction to Ada generics
>> Introduction to Ada object-oriented programming
>> Introduction to Ada tasking
>> Introduction to Ada 2005
>> Introduction to Ada.Containers
>> Introduction to Ada in Debian
>> Introduction to GtkAda
>> Introduction to XML/Ada
>> Introduction to the Ada Web Server (potential for several articles:
>> HTTP, SOAP, WSDL, etc.)
>> Introduction to GPS

> All good ideas. Volunteers are the issue... unless we reuse.

I would be willing to write on one of these subjects. For example, I
seem to answer questions on the subject of object-oriented programming
in Ada quite often on comp.lang.ada. (But I am not knowledgeable about
interfacing tagged types to C++ classes.)

If I were to submit the article to Linux Gazette, I would prefer to be
assured that it could be reproduced on AdaPower and/or AdaWorld without
encumbrance.

-- 
Nick Roberts

Re: [Fwd: Linux Gazette: Call for Papers]

[stephane richard]

"Nick Roberts" <nick.roberts@acm.org> wrote in message 
news:2v2f46F2hkmp0U1@uni-berlin.de...
>
> I would be willing to write on one of these subjects. For example, I
> seem to answer questions on the subject of object-oriented programming
> in Ada quite often on comp.lang.ada. (But I am not knowledgeable about
> interfacing tagged types to C++ classes.)
>
> If I were to submit the article to Linux Gazette, I would prefer to be
> assured that it could be reproduced on AdaPower and/or AdaWorld without
> encumbrance.
>
> -- 
> Nick Roberts

I think that would be a good idea, for archival sakes if not for anything 
else :-).  I think papers like that would get read quite alot. :-).

Re: [Fwd: Linux Gazette: Call for Papers]

[Ludovic Brenta]

"stephane richard" writes:
> "Nick Roberts" wrote in message 
>> I would be willing to write on one of these subjects. For example, I
>> seem to answer questions on the subject of object-oriented programming
>> in Ada quite often on comp.lang.ada. (But I am not knowledgeable about
>> interfacing tagged types to C++ classes.)
>>
>> If I were to submit the article to Linux Gazette, I would prefer to be
>> assured that it could be reproduced on AdaPower and/or AdaWorld without
>> encumbrance.
>>
>> -- 
>> Nick Roberts
>
> I think that would be a good idea, for archival sakes if not for anything 
> else :-).  I think papers like that would get read quite alot. :-).

Agreed.  Also, I read the license earlier today and I can assure you
that reproducing works under this license is specifically allowed.
The only encumberances I noticed were for paper copies, where for
example the author's name has to be printed in as large a font as the
title :)

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.

Re: [Fwd: Linux Gazette: Call for Papers]

[Simon Wright]

Ludovic Brenta <ludovic.brenta@insalien.org> writes:

> Agreed.  Also, I read the license earlier today and I can assure you
> that reproducing works under this license is specifically allowed.
> The only encumberances I noticed were for paper copies, where for
> example the author's name has to be printed in as large a font as
> the title :)

Actually that's not for the _author_ (whose name does have to appear
on the outside), it's the _original publisher_ (I suppose that means
LG in this case).

   "Any publication in standard (paper) book form shall require the
   citation of the original publisher and author. The publisher and
   author's names shall appear on all outer surfaces of the book. On
   all outer surfaces of the book the original publisher's name shall
   be as large as the title of the work and cited as possessive with
   respect to the title."


So if I were to republish an article, it would look like

  Linux Gazette's "An Ada Spellchecker", by Joe Bloggs, published by
  Simon Wright publications.

with the LG citation as large as the title. Most odd.

-- 
Simon Wright                               100% Ada, no bugs.

Re: [Fwd: Linux Gazette: Call for Papers]

[Andrew]

> From: Jim Rogers <jimmaureenrogers@att.net>
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Linux Gazette: Call for Papers]
[snip]
> > Introduction to Ada structured programming
> > Introduction to Ada generics
> > Introduction to Ada object-oriented programming
> > Introduction to Ada tasking
> > Introduction to Ada 2005
> > Introduction to Ada.Containers
> > Introduction to Ada in Debian
> > Introduction to GtkAda
> > Introduction to XML/Ada
> > Introduction to the Ada Web Server (potential for several articles:
> > HTTP, SOAP, WSDL, etc.)
> > Introduction to GPS
>
> Jim Rogers

I'd be interested in writing some papers.  Don't know if I really have
the qualifications but I suppose I could just post questions onto C.L.A.
right?
How much time do 'we' have?

Andrew Carroll
Carroll-Tech
720-273-6814
andrew@carroll-tech.net

Re: [Fwd: Linux Gazette: Call for Papers]

[Ludovic Brenta]

"Andrew" writes:
> I'd be interested in writing some papers.  Don't know if I really
> have the qualifications but I suppose I could just post questions
> onto C.L.A.  right?

I don't know what kind of article you have in mind, but even if you
don't know Ada well, you can still write an article describing how you
came to be interested in Ada, and what you've done so far with it.
Articles don't have to be technical, they just have to be related to
Linux :)

Of course you can ask here if you really want to write something
technical.

> How much time do 'we' have?

You have as much time as you want :) Just follow the guidelines and
submit your article.  If you submit 7 days or more before the end of
the month, you article will be published at the end of that month.
Otherwise, it will be published at the end of the next month.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.
"There are no emergencies - just people in a hurry".

Re: [Fwd: Linux Gazette: Call for Papers]

[Jean-Pierre Rosen]

Ludovic Brenta a écrit :

> Jean-Pierre Rosen writes:
> 
>>All good ideas. Volunteers are the issue... unless we reuse.  For
>>example, a summary of the tutorials at AE will be published in Ada
>>User. Maybe this could be reused in LG, if Tullio agrees (I would be
>>surprised he wouldn't).
> 
> 
> The issue of licensing needs to be considered for any reuse; the Linux
> Gazette requires articles to be published under the Open Publication
> License (http://linuxgazette.net/copying.html).
> 
That's exactly what I meant by "If Tullio agrees" (he is the editor of 
Ada User), plus of course checking with the authors. Tullio's e-mail can 
be found from the Ada-Europe site.

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