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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,6511c3dc6e1155c9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!trndny08.POSTED!da342007!not-for-mail From: "stephane richard" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <6Tq4d.4048$kn2.3759@trndny07> Subject: Re: GWindows and David Botton X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Message-ID: Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 01:14:33 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.44.85.231 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: trndny08 1095988473 129.44.85.231 (Thu, 23 Sep 2004 21:14:33 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 21:14:33 EDT Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4071 Date: 2004-09-24T01:14:33+00:00 List-Id: I understand Stephen, and for that statement alone, I'd back your choice of hosting at sourceforge. :-) Of course I don't plan on suffering the same faith ;-). you don't plan for that. :-) "Stephen Leake" wrote in message news:mailman.84.1095988127.390.comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org... > "stephane richard" writes: > >> I think the best thing to do for now is like konad did (in another thread >> on >> comp.lang.ada) and they host their extension to GWindows themselves at >> least >> until David eventually does reply. If you can't host it yourself, I'd be >> happy to host your modifications for you on my website >> (http://www.adaworld.com) is my website and I have plenty of space.. > > With all due respect, Stephane, I would suggest hosting a new Gwindows > project on Sourceforge, instead. It's entirely possible you will > suffer the same fate as David Botton (I hope he's moved on to > something he's happy with). Sourceforge is supported by a large > organization with what appears to be a solid business plan, so it's a > better choice for a joint project that we want to be around for a > while. > > I used to recommend Savannah, supported by the Gnu Project; Grace was > there. But they took a _long_ time to recover from a hacker attack; > they clearly devote their main effort to the Gnu Project itself, and > don't really have the resources for us casual users. > > -- > -- Stephe >