Jacob Sparre Andersen <[email protected]> writes:

> Stephen Leake wrote:
>> Ludovic Brenta <[email protected]> writes:
>>> Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
>
>> Currently, synaptic gives an empty list when searching for
>> "ada-compiler dependencies". So for that to work, all Ada packages
>> should Suggest ada-compiler. That might be better than Suggest gnat.
>
> Yes.
>
>>>> Wouldn't my suggestion of a dummy "Ada developer's complete
>>>> toolbox" package solve this?
>>>
>>> Yes; I think I'll try to implement your suggestion when I get
>>> around to it.  The problem is that this meta-package would require
>>> maintenance.
>>
>> How will you decide what to include in it?
>
> If a -dev package follows the Debian policy for Ada (and contains Ada
> source code), then it is clearly a candidate.

Yes, it is easy to come up with a list of candidates. But then you have
to decide whether to include it. That's what I'm interested in. What are
the decision criteria?

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-- Stephe


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