[Emacs-ada-mode] gpr files

[Stephen Leake]

Ludovic Brenta <ludovic at ludovic-brenta.org> writes:

> Stephen Leake writes:
>> Distributing 'gnatpath' via the Ada mode website is a reasonable
>> interim step.
>
> That's OK with me, too, but I'm not sure the upstream emacs
> maintainers would appreciate shipping something written in Ada as part
> of the emacs distribution.  Have you checked with them?

I have not. I will when the current Emacs release is done. Unless that
takes so long that I feel like putting gpr support in the current
release!

But I don't think it matters much. Either they agree to distribute it
or not. It's not like we could rewrite it in C!

It's only a performance enhancement, not an essential feature.

If it is not distributed with Emacs, that would put pressure on
AdaCore to enhance 'gnat'. Maybe that would be effective, maybe not
:).

> As far as I'm concerned, I'm undecided whether I should include
> gnatpath in a next release of gnat-4.1 (which I maintain) or as part
> of ada-mode (which I don't, but since the maintainer seems MIA, I
> could take the package over).

It is dependent on the compiler version, since it uses internal
compiler files. So it makes the most sense to distribute it with the
compiler. 

I suppose it's time for me to set up a Debian box and consider becoming
the Ada mode maintainer for that as well. I should be testing Ada mode
on something other than Windows anyway.

What would you recommend as a reasonable Debian box? I can use my
current Windows laptop as an X display, so I only need the CPU and
disks.

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-- Stephe