Re: Building the 2021 source release of GnatStudio

[Roger Mc <rogermcm2@gmail.com>]

On Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 7:25:53 PM UTC+10, roda...@gmail.com wrote:
> Greets all, 
> 
> Has anyone managed this successfully with the Community Edition 
> source release ? 
> 
> As I find it, the source and dependent project sources are out of 
> version sync. 
> 
> When those problems are sorted out, the python support files 
> installed to '/usr/share/gnatstudio' are problematic at best, to put it 
> 'nicely'. They differ largely from the python support files installed in 
> the corresponding 2021 binary install (and, in fact, break running 
> GnatStudio). 
> 
> I wonder how this can be (unless I have made several fundamental 
> build errors). 
> 

Yes! I once tried to build it and found similar problems.
My attempt also included converting many Python 2 sources to Python 3.
I note that you refer to "the main Ada IDE" and I tend to agree.
The fact that the causes of the problems are due to "python support files ", including version syncing, causing problems with building "the main Ada IDE" and not Ada can quite possibly give a negative impression for Ada even though Ada is not the culprit.  
I am currently trying to use VS Code, but find the 2019 CE GPS version preferable.